General election in Syria 2007

The 2007 general election in Syria was held on April 22, 2007.

The ruling Ba'ath Party received an absolute majority with 134 out of 250 seats in the People's Council , together with allied parties in the National Progressive Front and independents a two-thirds majority.

The seats for the parties on the National Progress Front increased from 167 to 169, while the seats for independent candidates decreased from 83 to 81. The election was boycotted by the opposition in exile, manipulated and described as a “farce”.

Modalities

The number of candidate entries for the parliamentary election reached 9,770 by the closing date, of which 2,293 were accepted, including 158 women. The candidates ran for 250 seats, which are divided among the 14 Syrian governorates as follows:

Distribution of seats:

National Progress Front , 169 seats

Independent, 81 seats

Governorate	Seats	proportion of
Damascus	29	11.6%
Rif Dimashq	19th	7.6%
Quneitra	5	2%
Daraa	10	4%
as-Suwaidā '	6th	2.4%
Homs	23	9.2%
Tartous	13	5.2%
Latakia	17th	6.8%
Hama	22nd	8.8%
Idlib	18th	7.2%
Aleppo	52	20.8%
ar Raqqah	8th	3.2%
Deir ez-Zor	14th	5.6%
al-Hasakah	14th	5.6%

Results

About 56.12% of the 11.96 million voters cast their votes, and 30 female candidates were elected to parliament, as many as in 2003.

Parties	Seats	In the FNP
National Progressive Front	169
Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party		134
Arab Socialist Union		8th
Socialist Unionists ( al-wahdawiyyun al-ischtirakiyyun )		6th
Syrian Communist Party - Bakdasch ( Wisal Farha Bakdasch faction)		5
Democratic-Socialist Unionist Party ( Hizb al-wahdawi al-ischtiraki ad-dimuqrati )		4th
Arab Socialist Movement		3
Syrian Communist Party - United ( Yusuf Faisal Group)		3
National Pact Movement ( Harakat al-ʿahd al-watani )		3
Syrian Social Nationalist Party		2
Arab Democratic Unionist Party ( Hizb al-ittihad al-ʿarabi ad-dimuqrati )		1
Social Democratic Unionists ( al-wahdawiyyun ad-dimuqratiyyun al-idschtimaʿiyyun )		0
Non-attached	81
Total (voter turnout 56.12%)	250
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ^ Syria to hold election on April 22 Press TV, Accessed April 27, 2007
2. ^ Criticism of the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections in the Official Syrian Press and Among the Syrian Opposition Middle East Media Research Institute, Accessed April 27, 2007
3. ^ Ruling Syrian party wins election BBC News, Accessed April 27, 2007
4. ↑ Syria's ruling party wins in vote  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Houston Chronicle, Accessed April 27, 2007  
5. ↑ Syrian Parliament