Parliamentary elections will be held in Syria on 15 July 2024. The date was set by a decree issued by president Bashar al-Assad on 11 May 2024.[1] 250 members will be elected to serve a four-year legislative term.[1] Candidate submissions were accepted between 20 and 26 May.[2] On 29 May the Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections announced that 11,897 people had applied to run for the People's Council, of whom 9,194 were approved to run.[3] The government has selected 8150 polling stations for the election.[4]
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Elections are not expected to have effect on politics of Syria.[5][6] Protestors in Suwayda have called for a boycott of the elections.[7]
References
- ^ a b Oweis, Khaled Yacoub (12 May 2024). "Syria to elect parliament in July after Assad makes changes in ruling Baath party".
- ^ "بعد تغييرات أمنية وحزبية... هل دمشق مقبلة على تغييرات فعلية؟" [After security and partisan changes... Is Damascus on the verge of actual changes?]. Asharq Al-Awsat (in Arabic). 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "أكثر من ثلثهم عمال وفلاحون.. 9194 مرشحاً لانتخابات برلمان النظام السوري" [More than a third of them are workers and farmers... 9,194 candidates for the Syrian regime’s parliamentary elections]. Syria TV (Turkey) (in Arabic). 2024-05-29.
- ^ جوليا, عوض (2024-07-04). "اللجنة القضائية العليا للانتخابات: تحديد 8150 مركز اقتراع في انتخابات مجلس الشعب" [The Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections: We selected 8,150 polling stations for the People’s Assembly elections]. Syrian Arab News Agency (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Pran, Vladimir; Sfeir, Maroun (2024-04-25). "The Syrian parliamentary elections are coming up. Should anyone care?". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Syrians believe parliamentary elections offer no prospects of change". North Press Agency. 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "دعوات في السويداء لمقاطعة انتخابات مجلس الشعب" [Calls in Suwayda to boycott the People's Assembly elections]. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 2024-07-04.