1971 Syrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 22 March 1971.^[1] There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.2% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95.3%.

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hafez al-Assad	Ba'ath Party	1,919,609	99.20
Against			15,480	0.80
Total			1,935,089	100.00

Valid votes			1,935,089	99.96
Invalid/blank votes			714	0.04
Total votes			1,935,803	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,031,306	95.30
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

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

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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