Country: | Syria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1986 Syrian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1994 Syrian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria |
Majority Seats: | 126 |
Election Date: | 22–23 May 1990 |
Image1: | Hafez al-Assad official portrait.jpg |
Leader1: | Hafez al-Assad |
Party1: | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
Alliance1: | National Progressive Front (Syria) |
Last Election1: | 130 |
Seats1: | 134 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Independents |
Last Election2: | 35 |
Seats2: | 84 |
Seat Change2: | 49 |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Abd al-Qadir Qaddura |
Before Party: | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
After Election: | Abd al-Qadir Qaddura |
After Party: | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region |
Turnout: | 49.64% |
Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 22 and 23 May 1990.[1] No political parties were permitted outside the National Progressive Front, though candidates outside this group could run as independents. Approximately 9,000 candidates ran as independents.[2] Members were elected using the multiple non-transferable vote in fifteen districts, with an average district magnitude of 16.6.[3] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 134 of the 250 seats.[4] Voter turnout was 49.6%.