2020 Syrian parliamentary election

2020 Syrian parliamentary election
19 July 2020
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
Registered18,766,014
Turnout33.17% ( 24.39pp)
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader Bashar al-Assad Independent politicians
Party Ba'ath Party Independent
Alliance NPF
Last election 200 50
Seats won 183 67
Seat change 17 17
Speaker before election

Hammouda Sabbagh
Ba'ath Party

Elected
Speaker

Hammouda Sabbagh
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in Syria on 13 April 2020 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria. However, on 14 March they were postponed to 20 May due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 7 May it was decided to postpone the elections until 19 July. Syria's parliamentary elections occur every four years, with the last held in 2016.

A total of 1,656 candidates ran for office, competing for all 250 seats in Syria's parliament.

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