Syrian presidential election, 2000
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Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 July 2000,[1] following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The only candidate was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 94.6%.[2] Political opposition to the president was not allowed.[3]
Results
Choice | Votes | % |
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Bashar al-Assad | 8,689,871 | 99.7 |
Against | 22,439 | 0.3 |
Invalid/blank votes | 219,313 | – |
Total | 8,931,623 | 100 |
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
- ↑ Syria: Syrian presidential election in 2000; confirmation of whether businessmen and/or other influential people in the community were pressured by security officers to collect other people's identity cards for the security officer's use in the election (June-July 2001) Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 24 March 2003
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