1953 Syrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 July 1953.[1] There was only one candidate, Adib Shishakli, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 86.8%.[2]

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Results

Choice	Votes	%
Adib Shishakli	861,910	99.7
Against	2,515	0.3
Invalid/blank votes	560	–
Total	864,425	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., p227

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