Parliamentary elections were held in Syria were held between 30 November and 1 December 1998 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria, the unicameral parliament.[1] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 82%.
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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria 126 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 82.22% | ||||||||||||||||||
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Results edit
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Ba'ath Party | 135 | 0 | |||
| Syrian Communist Party | 8 | 0 | |||
| Arab Socialist Union Party | 7 | 0 | |||
| Socialist Unionist Party | 7 | 0 | |||
| Arab Socialist Movement | 4 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Socialist Unionist Party | 4 | 0 | |||
| Arabic Democratic Union Party | 2 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 83 | 0 | |||
| Total | 250 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 5,501,940 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,691,323 | 82.22 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References edit
- ^ 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