Parliamentary election in Syria 2003

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on March 5, 2003 . It was the first People's Council elections to be held under the new President Bashar al-Assad . The number of seats that the ruling National Progress Front received was 167, while the Independents received 83 seats. The Ba'ath Party alone won 135 seats (126 are required for an absolute majority). The turnout was 63%. After the election, Muhammad Naji al-Utri was appointed Prime Minister.

Results

Political party	Seats	In the NPF
National progress front	167
Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party		135
Arab Socialist Movement		32
Arab Socialist Union
Syrian Communist Party ( Chalid Bakdash faction)
Syrian Communist Party ( Yusuf Faisal faction)
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Socialist Unionists
Social Democratic Unionists
Independent	83
Total (voter turnout 63%)	250
Source:

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs