2007 Syrian parliamentary election

22 April 2007
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria 126 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	56.12%
First party Second party   Leader Bashar al-Assad – Party Ba'ath Party Independents Alliance NPF Last election 167 83 Seats won 169 81 Seat change 2 2
Speaker before election Mahmoud al-Abrash Ba'ath Party Elected Speaker Mahmoud al-Abrash Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 22 April 2007. The number of seats reserved for the parties in the National Progressive Front was increased to 170 from 167, decreasing the seats for independents to 80 from 83.^[1] The election was boycotted by the opposition in exile, who described it as a "farce".^[2]

Pre-election events

The number of entrants to the parliamentary election race at the deadline reached 9,770, of whom 2,293 were approved, including 158 women. The entrants competed for 250 seats which are divided among the 14 governorates of Syria as follows:

Results

According to results released on 26 April 2007, the National Progressive Front won 169 seats, while independents won the other 81 seats.^[3] Turnout was 56.12% of the 11.96 million eligible voters, and 30 female candidates were elected, exactly as many as in 2003.^[4] Opponents of the government and human rights activists claimed fraud and a turnout of at most 10 percent.^[5]

Party		Seats	+/–
	Ba'ath Party	134	–1
	Arab Socialist Union Party	8	+1
	Socialist Unionist Party	6	–1
	Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)	5	+1
	Democratic Socialist Unionist Party	4	0
	Arab Socialist Movement	3	–1
	Syrian Communist Party (Faisal)	3	–1
	National Covenant Party	3	+1
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party	2	+2
	Arabic Democratic Union Party	1	New
	Social Democratic Unionists	0	New
	Independents	81	–2
Total		250	0
Source: Syrian Parliament

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