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| Registered | 8,834,994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 57.56% ( 6.30pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held inSyria to elect thePeople's Assembly on 13 April 2016,[1] electing members for the2016–2020 parliamentary term.
Amidst nearly five years of civil war and ensuing negotiations for a ceasefire, following theRussian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War andSyrian Arab Army gains, PresidentBashar 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 andDeir ez-Zor Governorate were mostly occupied byISIL. As such, elections did not take place in these provinces. Parts ofAleppo,Homs, andDaraa 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.
All 250 members of thePeople's Assembly were elected from 15 multi-member constituencies[2] ingeneral tickets.
| Constituency | Seats | Population (est. 2011)[3][4] |
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| 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 |
The Ba'ath Party-ledNational Progressive Front won 200 of the 250 seats, while the opposition inside and outside the country boycotted the elections; voter turnout was 57.56%. TwoArmenians were elected to thePeople's Assembly.[5]
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| National Progressive Front | Ba'ath Party | 172 | ||||
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 7 | |||||
| Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) | 3 | |||||
| Socialist Unionist Party | 2 | |||||
| Arab Socialist Union Party | 2 | |||||
| Syrian Communist Party (Faisal) | 1 | |||||
| National Covenant Party | 1 | |||||
| NPF-affiliated independents | 12 | |||||
| Independents | 50 | |||||
| Total | 250 | |||||
| Total votes | 5,085,444 | – | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 8,834,994 | 57.56 | ||||
| Source:IPU | ||||||
Germany – Martin Schaefer, spokesman for theForeign Ministry has announced thatGermany would not accept the results of the election. He stated that "holding free and fair elections is simply impossible in the current situation, with all the refugees, in a full civil war situation."[6]
United States –John Kirby, spokesman for theUnited States Department of State has announced that theUnited States believes the elections to not be credible, fair or free. He cited the departure of many citizens as a result of theSyrian Civil War.[7]| Presidential elections | |
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