1999 Syrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 February 1999.^[1] There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 100% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 98.5%.^[2]

The President Hafez al-Assad was reelected for more 7 years of mandate until 2006. Hafez died on 10 June 2000 at 69 years old.

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hafez al-Assad	Ba'ath Party	8,960,011	100.00
Against			219	0.00
Total			8,960,230	100.00

Valid votes			8,960,230	99.99
Invalid/blank votes			917	0.01
Total votes			8,961,147	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,101,000	98.46
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
^ Nohlen et al., p228

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

[2] Nohlen et al., p228

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