Presidential election in Syria 2007
A referendum on the acceptance of the presidential candidate Bashar al-Assad was held in Syria on May 27, 2007 after the People's Council voted to propose the incumbent for a second term on May 10, 2007.
According to the 1973 Syrian Constitution , the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party was the leader of state and society, and therefore the president had to be a member of the party. The National Progress Front , a political coalition led by the Ba'ath Party, nominates a candidate in parliament, the People's Council. The candidate must be approved by at least two thirds of the members so that the next step is a referendum, in which a candidate must receive at least 51% of the votes.
Result
According to Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed , Assad won with 97.62 percent of the vote. The election was boycotted by the opposition in exile, manipulated and called a "farce".
| option | be right | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 11.199.445 | 97.62% |
| No | 19,653 | 0.17% |
| Invalid | 253.059 | 2.21% |
|
Total (turnout 95.86%, 11,967,611 voters) |
11,472,157 | 100.00% |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Syrians Vote For Assad in Uncontested referendum: Foes of President Election Boycott Washington Post 28 May, 2007
- ↑ Syrian President wins 97pc of vote Herald Sun , 29 May 2007
- ↑ Over 97% of Syrian voters back Bashar Assad for new seven-year mandate al Bawaba, May 29, 2007
- ^ Ruling Syrian party wins election BBC News, Accessed April 27, 2007
- ↑ SANA (news agency) ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
