US EditionSyrian Women Win 4% of Seats as Election Postponed in 12 Districts
Syria’s post-Assad elections featured 1,578 candidates with women making up 14%, but only 4% of seats won, highlighting ongoing political and social barriers.
- On Sunday, 5 October, Syria held its first parliamentary elections since Assad's fall, with polls closing after extended hours in Damascus and the Supreme Committee reporting winners in 50 districts.
- Following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia last December, Ahmed al-Sharaa's transitional administration formed in January pursued reforms leading to the parliamentary vote.
- Electoral officials say 1,578 candidates competed for 210 seats, with 14% women, while around 6,000 electoral‑college members selected candidates to fill nearly two‑thirds under a system with 140 contested seats and 70 presidential appointments.
- Preliminary results show women winning 4% of seats , voting excluded Suwayda and Kurdish-held regions leaving 21 seats unfilled, while observers monitored the National Library polling center in Damascus.
- Critics say the election favors well-connected figures and that only 4% of the 119 members are women, with weak Christian representation, while women's organisations call for at least 30% female inclusion.
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Initial Results of Syria Parliament Poll Suggest Few Wins for Women, Christians, Minorities
Elections in Syria saw few wins for women or ethnic and religious minorities, according to initial results of the country’s first post-Assad parliamentary poll. “Among the most significant shortcomings of the electoral process were the unsatisfactory results for Syrian women’s representation,” Nawar Najma, a spokesman for Syria’s higher electoral committee, told reporters on Oct. 6. “Christian representation was limited to two [parliamentary] se…
After 53 years of dictatorship, Syria has elected. Kurds, Christians and Alawites are underrepresented in parliament, women are almost not represented at all, but there is also praise for the historic step.
Inside Syria’s First Post-Assad Elections
On Monday, Sept. 29, the lights inside the Al-Kindi Cinema in Damascus dimmed not for a screening of old Syrian classics and foreign dramas, but for something far more theatrical: a campaign pitch. One by one, candidates climbed to the podium flanking the stage, addressing the audience of voters, their peers in the city’s electoral college. The profiles were diverse: former activists, businesspeople, lawyers, ex-rebels. These were the contenders…
Free elections were held for the first time on weekends. Women and activists criticise the fact that the process strengthens President Al-Sharaa's power
Syria has announced the results of the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of Assad.
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