Socialist Unionists

Socialist Unionists الوحدويون الاشتراكيون
Leader	Fayiz Ismail
Founded	1962
Split from	Ba'ath Party
Headquarters	Damascus, Syria
Ideology	Nasserism Arab Nationalism Arab Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	National Progressive Front
People's Council	2 / 250
Website
alwahdawi.org
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The Socialist Unionists (Arabic: الوحدويون الاشتراكيون‎ Al-Wahdawiyyun Al-Ishtirakiyyun) is a leftist Nasserist political party in Syria. The party was founded in 1962 through a split in the Ba'ath Party. It is part of the National Progressive Front of legally permitted parties that support socialism and Arab nationalism. The party leader is Fayiz Ismail.

Parliamentary elections

Election year	# of overall seats won	±
People's Council of Syria
1973	1 / 250	3
1977	3 / 250	2
1981	8 / 250	5
1986	8 / 250
1990	7 / 250	1
1994	7 / 250
1998	7 / 250
2003	0 / 250	7
2007	6 / 250	6
2012	18 / 250	12
2016	2 / 250	4

External links

Party website

Political parties in Syria
National Progressive Front	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 134 pan-Arab organization Socialist Unionists (18) Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) (8) Syrian Communist Party (Unified) (3) National Vow Movement (3) Arab Socialist Union (2)
Popular Front for Change and Liberation	Syrian Social Nationalist Party (4) People's Will Party (1)
Unrepresented	Democratic Socialist Unionist Party Social Democratic Unionists Arabic Democratic Unionist Party Arab Socialist Movement Democratic People's Party Syrian Turkmen Assembly Syrian Turkmen National Bloc Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party Arab Revolutionary Workers Party Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria Syriac Union Party Democratic Arab Socialist Union Movement for Justice and Development in Syria Democratic Union Party National Youth Party Kurdish Future Movement Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Reform Party of Syria
Defunct parties	National Bloc National Party People's Party League of Nationalist Action Arab National Party Arab Ba'ath Party Arab Ba'ath Movement Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party Syrian Communist Party Arab Liberation Movement Socialist Cooperation Party Arab Communist Party Communist Labour Party Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)
Banned Islamist parties	Hizb ut-Tahrir Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
Kurdish parties	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria Democratic Union Party Kurdish National Council Kurdish Supreme Committee Kurdish Future Movement Kurdish National Alliance in Syria Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party
Assyrian parties	Assyrian Democratic Organization Syriac Union Party Assyrian Democratic Party
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