1953 Syrian parliamentary election
Appearance
Member State of the Arab League |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 9 October 1953.[1] They were the elections held under the 1953 constitution, which granted universal suffrage to women, scrapping the educational requirements used in previous elections.[2]
The result was a victory for the Arab Liberation Movement, which won 72 of the 82 seats.[3] The People's Party and the National Party were both closed down and prohibited from operating. Most of their leaders were imprisoned or under house arrest due to President Adib al-Shishakli's tyrannical regime that came to power after a coup d'état 3 years earlier.
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Arab Liberation Movement | 72 | New | |||
Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Syrian Communist Party | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 9 | –22 | |||
Total | 82 | –32 | |||
Total votes | 864,425 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 995,417 | 86.84 | |||
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., p216
- ^ Nohlen et al., p225