1973 Syrian parliamentary election

1973 Syrian parliamentary election

← 1961 25 and 26 May 1973 1977 →
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria 126 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Hafez al-Assad Party Ba'ath Party Independent Alliance NPF Last election 87 59 Seats won 122 46 Seat change 35 13
Speaker before election Ba'ath Party Elected Speaker 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] They were also the first elections 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.

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