Syrian parliamentary election, 1973

25 and 26 May 1973

All 250 seats to the Parliament of Syria 126 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Hafez al-Assad
Party	Ba'ath Party	Independent
Last election	87	59
Seats won	122	46
Seat change	35	13

Speaker before election

Fahmi al-Yusufi
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Mohammad Ali al-Halabi
Ba'ath Party

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Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 25 and 26 May 1973.^[1] The result was a victory for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, which won 122 of the 186 seats.^[2] It was also the first election in which the Syrian-led Ba'ath Party ran for seats in parliament, the original Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party had been dissolved in 1966.

Results

Party	%	Seats	+/–
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party		122	+35
Independents		46	–13
Syrian Communist Party		8	0
Arab Socialist Union		6	–5
Arab Socialist Movement		3	–1
Socialist Unionists		1	–3
Invalid/blank votes	–	–	–
Total		186	+13
Source: Nohlen et al.

Note that the changes in distribution of seats relate to the 1971 People's Assembly, which was appointed by President Hafez al-Assad.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p226

Elections and referendums in Syria

Presidential elections	1949 1953 1958 1971 1978 1985 1991 1999 2000 2007 2014

Parliamentary elections	1919 1928 1931 1932 1936 1943 1947 1949 1953 1954 1961 1973 1977 1981 1986 1990 1994 1998 2003 2007 2012 2016

Local elections	2011 2015 (Rojava)

Referendums	1949 1953 1958 1961 1971 1973 2012

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