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2016 Syrian parliamentary election

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2016 Syrian parliamentary election

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All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader Bashar al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Last election 168
Seats won 200
Seat change Increase 32

Speaker before election

Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Hadiya Abbas
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria to elect the People's Council on 13 April 2016,[1] electing members for the 2016–2020 parliamentary term.

Background

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Amidst nearly five years of civil war and ensuing negotiations for a ceasefire, following the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War and Syrian Arab Army gains, President Bashar al-Assad called the election.

At the time of the election, Idlib Governorate was almost entirely outside government control, as it was controlled by rebels. Raqqa Governorate and Deir ez-Zor Governorate were mostly occupied by ISIL. As such, elections did not take place in these provinces. Parts of Aleppo, Homs, and Daraa governorates were also held by anti-government forces at the time of the election. Rojava had also been semi-autonomous since the civil war began.

Electoral system

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All 250 members of the People's Council were elected from 15 multi-member constituencies[2] in general tickets.

Constituency Seats Population
(est. 2011)[3][4]
Damascus Governorate 29 1,754,000
Rif Dimashq Governorate 19 2,836,000
Aleppo (city) 20 2,132,100
Aleppo Governorate 32 2,735,900
Homs Governorate 23 1,803,000
Hama Governorate 22 1,628,000
Latakia Governorate 17 1,008,000
Idlib Governorate 18 1,501,000
Tartus Governorate 13 797,000
Raqqa Governorate 8 944,000
Deir ez-Zor Governorate 14 1,239,000
Al-Hasakah Governorate 14 1,512,000
Daraa Governorate 10 1,027,000
As-Suwayda Governorate 6 370,000
Quneitra Governorate 5 90,000
Total 250 21,377,000

Results

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The Ba'ath Party-led National Progressive Front won 200 of the 250 seats, while the opposition inside and outside the country boycotted the elections; voter turnout was 57.56%. Two Armenians were elected to the People's Council.[5]

Party or allianceVotes%Seats
National Progressive FrontBa'ath Party172
Syrian Social Nationalist Party7
Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)3
Socialist Unionist Party2
Arab Socialist Union Party2
Syrian Communist Party (Faisal)1
National Covenant Party1
NPF-affiliated independents12
Independents50
Total250
Total votes5,085,444
Registered voters/turnout8,834,99457.56
Source: IPU

Reactions

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References

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  1. ^ "Syrian Arab Republic: Elections for Majlis al-Shaab (Syrian People's Council)". IFES Election Guide. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ^ President Assad calls for parliamentary elections next April Archived 10 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine AMN, 22 February 2016
  3. ^ "Population estimates on 31 December 2011" (in Arabic). Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ "2004 census data" (in Arabic). Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ Hairenik (17 April 2016). "Two Armenians Elected to Syria's Parliament". Armenian Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  6. ^ "The Latest: Syrian opposition in Geneva lashes out at Assad". The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Syrian elections not credible or fair with Assad: US - the Journal of Turkish Weekly". Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.