Syrian presidential election, 2000

Syrian Presidential Election, 2000
10 July 2000 (2000-07-10)

 
Nominee Bashar al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Popular vote 8,689,871
Percentage 99.7%
President before election

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

 Elected President

Bashar al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Syrian Arab Republic
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A Presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000,[1] following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The 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]

Background

After the death of President Hafez al-Assad on June 10, the Syrian parliament voted to amend the Constitution to lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad's age.[4][5]

Results

Choice Votes %
Bashar al-Assad8,689,87199.7
Against22,4390.3
Invalid/blank votes219,313–
Total8,931,623100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ↑ Nohlen et al., p228
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Bashar al-Assad: Eyeing the future. BBC News. June 11, 2000.
  5. ↑ Kifner, John. Syrians Vote To Confirm Assad's Son As President. New York Times. July 11, 2000.
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