This is a list of deputies elected to the Syrian parliament of 1961. The Syrian parliamentary election was held on 1—2 December 1961.[1] There are no official records, but the number of eligible voters was estimated at between 1,000,000 and 1,250,000.[2] More than 1,800 candidates, among them 11 women, contested for the 172-seat constitutional assembly.[3] [4] Participation in the various constituencies varied between 48—84%, "a figure not reached in Syria before."[2]
| Independent | People's Party | National Party | Baath Party | Muslim Brotherhood | Arab Liberation Movement |
| Bedouins reserved seats | Non-Muslim reserved seats | Speaker of the Parliament |
Damascus Province had eight constituencies and was allocated 33 seats: Damascus (17 seats, 3 reserved for non-Muslims), Al-Ghouta (3 seats), Duma (4 seats), Al-Nabk (2 seats), Al-Qutaifah (1 seat), Al-Zabadani (1 seat), Al-Qunaitra (3 seats) and Qatana (2 seats).[5]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalid al-Azm | Independent | Damascus | |
| Maamun al-Kuzbari (1961—1962) | Independent | Damascus | |
| Isam al-Din al-Attar | Muslim Brotherhood | Damascus | |
| Muhammad Abdin | Independent | Damascus | |
| Sabri al-Assali | National Party | Damascus | |
| Hussein Khattab | Muslim Brotherhood | Damascus | |
| Said al-Ghazzi (1962—1963) | Independent | Damascus | |
| Rashad Jabri | Independent | Damascus | |
| Fuad al-Adil | Independent | Damascus | |
| Adnan al-Quwatli | National Party | Damascus | |
| Rashid ad-Duqr | Independent | Damascus | |
| Umar Awdat al-Khatib | Muslim Brotherhood | Damascus | |
| Zuhayr ash-Shawish | Muslim Brotherhood | Damascus | |
| Bashir Ramadan | Independent | Damascus | |
| Awad Barakat | Independent | Damascus | |
| Suhayl al-Khuri | National Party | Damascus | |
| Hunayn Sahnawi | Independent | Damascus | |
| Muhammad Said al-Abbar | Muslim Brotherhood | Al-Ghouta | |
| Abd al-Rauf Abu Tawq | Muslim Brotherhood | Al-Ghouta | |
| Muzhar ash-Shurbaji | National Party | Al-Ghouta | |
| Mahmud al-Hakim | Baath Party | Duma | |
| Ahmad Ismail | Arab Liberation Movement | Duma | |
| Muhammad Subhi Taha | Independent | Duma | |
| Mahmud al-Azm | National Party | Duma | |
| Amin al-Nufayri | Independent | Al-Nabk | |
| Ibrahim Tayfur | National Party | Al-Nabk | |
| Mahmud Muhammad Diyab | Independent | Al-Qutaifa | |
| Jamil al-Shamat | Independent | Al-Zabadani | |
| Faur Bin al-Amir Mahmud | Independent | Al-Qunaitra | |
| Abd al-Razzaq al-Tahhan | Independent | Al-Qunaitra | |
| Abd al-Rahman Ayyub | Independent | Al-Qunaitra | |
| Hussein Maryud | Baath Party | Qatana | |
| Adil Ajlani | National Party | Qatana | |
Daraa Province had two constituencies and was allocated 7 seats: Daraa (3 seats) and Izra' (4 seats).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Rizq Abu-Zayd | Independent | Daraa | ||
| Abd al-Latif al-Miqdadi | Independent | Daraa | ||
| Muhammad Muflih al-Zu'bi | Independent | Daraa | ||
| Ahmad Abd al-Karim | Independent | Izra' | ||
| Abd al-Hamid al-Khalil | Arab Liberation Movement | Izra' | ||
| Muhammad Khayr al-Hariri | National Party | Izra' | ||
| Khalid al-Sarhan | Independent | Izra' |
Suweida Province had three constituencies and was allocated 4 seats: Sweida (2 seats), Salkhad (1 seat) and Shahba (1 seat).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hussein Murshid | Independent | Sweida | ||
| Naif Jarbu | Baath Party | Sweida | ||
| Muhammad Mustafa al-Atrash | Independent | Salkhad | ||
| Nawwaf Hasan Amir | Baath Party | Shahba |
Homs Province had four constituencies and was allocated 16 seats: Homs (11 seats, 1 reserved for non-Muslims), Jubb al-Jarrah (1 seat), Tadmur (1 seat) and Talkalakh (3 seats, 1 reserved for non-Muslims).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratib al-Husami | People's Party | Homs | |
| Faydi al-Atassi | People's Party | Homs | |
| Farhan al-Jandali | People's Party | Homs | |
| Sami Tayyarah | Arab Liberation Movement | Homs | |
| Said al-Tilawi | National Party | Homs | |
| Muhammad Ali Mashaal | People's Party | Homs | |
| Tayyeb al-Khoja | Muslim Brotherhood | Homs | |
| Hani al-Sibai | Independent | Homs | |
| Munib Raslan | Independent | Homs | |
| Abdallah Farkuh | National Party | Homs | |
| Musallam Haddad | People's Party | Homs | |
| Ahmad Dahiyah | Independent | Jubb al-Jarrah | |
| Munir Ahmad al-Fayyad | Independent | Tadmur | |
| Mansur Tawfiq al-Hasan | Independent | Talkalakh | |
| Abd al-Karim Dabbah al-Dandashi | Arab Liberation Movement | Talkalakh | |
| Khalil Jurji Daass | Independent | Talkalakh | |
Hama Province had four constituencies and was allocated 13 seats: Hama (7 seats), Salamiyah (2 seats), Saan al-Sain (1 seat) and Masyaf (3 seats).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akram El-Hourani | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Mustafa Hamdun | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Abd al-Ghani Qannut | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Abd al-Aziz Uthman | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Muhammad Ali Adil | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Muhammad Aturah | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Khalil Kallas | Baath Party | Hama | ||
| Mustafa Mirza | Independent | Salamiyah | ||
| Mustafa Tamir | Independent | Salamiyah | ||
| Muhammad Bin Abd al-Karim Dayyub Nasir | Independent | Saan al-Sain | ||
| Qahtan al-Hawwash | Baath Party | Masyaf | ||
| Muhammad Sulayman Ali Maaruf | Baath Party | Masyaf | ||
| Abd al-Hadi Ahmad | Baath Party | Masyaf |
Hasakah Province had five constituencies and was allocated 11 seats: Hasakah (4 seats, 1 reserved for non-Muslims), Shedada (1 seat), Qamishli (4 seats, 1 reserved for non-Muslims), Al-Malakiya Dayrik (1 seat) and Ras al-Ayn (1 seat).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Rashid al-Zubaa | Independent | Al-Hasakah | |
| Khalil Ibrahim Pasha | Independent | Al-Hasakah | |
| Kaud al-Tallaa | Independent | Al-Hasakah | |
| Ziya Malak Ismail | Independent | Al-Hasakah | |
| Sulayman Ali al-Asaad | Independent | Shedada | |
| Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasu | Independent | Al-Qamishli | |
| Abd al-Razzaq al-Naif | Independent | Al-Qamishli | |
| Talaat Abd al-Qadir | Independent | Al-Qamishli | |
| Ilyas Najjar | Independent | Al-Qamishli | |
| Dahhan Naif Bin Mustafa Pasha | Independent | Al-Malakiya Dayrik | |
| Muhajjim al-Muhaydi | Independent | Ayn-Isa | |
Deir ez-Zor Province had three constituencies and was allocated 9 seats: Deir ez-Zor (5 seats), Mayadin (2 seats) and Abu Kamal (2 seats).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abd al-Samad al-Futtayih Raghib al-Bashir | Independent Independent | Deir ez-Zor Deir ez-Zor | ||
| Jalal al-Sayyed | Independent | Deir ez-Zor | ||
| Abd al-Rahman al-Hunaydi | Arab Liberation Movement | Deir ez-Zor | ||
| Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Karim al-Fayyad | Independent | Deir ez-Zor | ||
| Abud al-Jadaan | Independent | Mayadin | ||
| Ahmad Shashan | Independent | Mayadin | ||
| Dahham Rajab al-Dandal | Independent | Abu Kamal | ||
| Fahd Mushrif al-Dandal | Independent | Abu Kamal |
Rashid Province had two constituencies and was allocated 4 seats: Raqqa (3 seats) and Tall Abiad (1 seat).[6]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faisal al-Huwaydi | Independent | Raqqa | ||
| Hamid al-Khoja | Independent | Raqqa | ||
| Mustafa al-Kaakaji | Independent | Raqqa | ||
| Khalaf al-Hisan | Independent | Tal Abiad |
Aleppo Province had eight constituencies and was allocated 36 seats: Aleppo (16 seats, 5 reserved for non-Muslims), Jabal Samaan (5 seats), Al-Bab (3 seats), Ayn al-Arab (2 seats), Manbij (3 seats), Afrin (3 seats), Azaz (3 seats) and Jarablus (1 seat).[7]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maaruf al-Dawalibi | People's Party | Aleppo | ||
| Rashad Barmada | People's Party | Aleppo | ||
| Alaa al-Din al-Jabiri | People's Party | Aleppo | ||
| Asaad al-Kurani | National Party | Aleppo | ||
| Abd al-Salam Kanaan | National Party | Aleppo | ||
| Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda | Muslim Brotherhood | Aleppo | ||
| Ahmad Qanbar | People's Party | Aleppo | ||
| Abd al-Khaliq Nihad Ibrahim Pasha | People's Party | Aleppo | ||
| Mustafa al-Zarqa | Muslim Brotherhood | Aleppo | ||
| Bakri al-Qabbani | People's Party | Aleppo | ||
| Muhammad Talas | National Party | Aleppo | ||
| Aram Karamanukian | Independent | Aleppo | ||
| Leon Zamariya | National Party | Aleppo | ||
| Naum al-Suyufi | National Party | Aleppo | ||
| Krikov Eblighatian | Independent | Aleppo | ||
| Joseph Jarmaq | Independent | Aleppo | ||
| Hussein Ali Shahin Awwad | People's Party | Jabal Samaan | ||
| Hussein Abd al-Karim al-Dandal | People's Party | Jabal Samaan | ||
| Izzat Ibrahim Pasha | People's Party | Jabal Samaan | ||
| Ismail al-Hajj Barakat | People's Party | Jabal Samaan | ||
| Ahmad Tawfiq Tahir | People's Party | Jabal Samaan | ||
| Tahir al-Hajj Fadil | Independent | Al-Bab | ||
| Abdallah Jassumah | People's Party | Al-Bab | ||
| Ahmad Ali Agha | Independent | Al-Bab | ||
| Shahin Mustafa Shahin | Independent | Ayn al-Arab | ||
| Ismat Busan Shahin | Independent | Ayn al-Arab | ||
| Diab al-Mashi | People's Party | Manbij | ||
| Ibrahim Shalah Ibrahim | People's Party | Manbij | ||
| Hazim Labaniyah | People's Party | Manbij | ||
| Muhammad Mannan | People's Party | Afrin | ||
| Ahmad Jaafar | People's Party | Afrin | ||
| Nuri Arif Dahini Uthman Agha | People's Party | Afrin | ||
| Ahmad Muhammad Hasan Kannu | People's Party | Aazaz | ||
| Nafi Hadi Bakkar | People's Party | Aazaz | ||
| Ali Hasan Junaydan | People's Party | Aazaz | ||
| Ali Muhli Ibrahim | Independent | Jarablus |
Idlib Province had five constituencies and was allocated 11 seats: Idlib City (2 seats), Idlib (3 seats), Jisr ash-Shughur (2 seats), Maarrat al-Numan (2 seats) and Harem (2 seats).[7]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Adib Asfari | People's Party | Idlib City | ||
| Abd al-Hamid Duwaydari | People's Party | Idlib City | ||
| Hasan Mustafa Hajj Hussein | People's Party | Idlib | ||
| Hikmat Hasan Ubaydi | People's Party | Idlib | ||
| Muhammad Fahmi Ashuri | Baath Party | Idlib | ||
| Naasan Zaki Najjari | National Party | Jisr ash-Shugur | ||
| Najda al-Najjari | National Party | Jisr ash-Shugur | ||
| Nur al-Din al-Yusufi | Baath Party | Maarrat al-Numan | ||
| Imad al-Haraki | Independent | Ma'arrat al-Numan | ||
| Al-Walid Bin Ahmad Abd al-Rahman | Baath Party | Harim | ||
| Nazim Said al-Kayyali | National Party | Harim |
Latakia Province had eight constituencies and was allocated 20 seats: Latakia City (3 seats, 1 reserved for non-Muslims), Latakia (2 seats), Al-Haffah (2 seats), Jableh (1 seat), Nabi Ali (3 seats), Banias (2 seats), Tartus (3 seats) and Safita (4 seats, 1 reserved for non-Muslims).[7]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nabil al-Tawil | Muslim Brotherhood | Latakia City | ||
| Muhammad al-Shawwaf | People's Party | Latakia City | ||
| Adil Murqus | Independent | Latakia City | ||
| Wahib al-Ghanem | Baath Party | |||
| Munir al-Hafiz | Independent | Latakia | ||
| Muhammad Ali Kamil | Independent | Al-Haffa | ||
| Nadim Mustafa Ismail | Independent | Al-Haffa | ||
| Muhammad Nazir Ali ADIB | Independent | Jableh | ||
| Ahmad Shafiq al-Kanj | Independent | Nabi Ali | ||
| Uthman Asbar | People's Party | Nabi Ali | ||
| Ahmad Ali Kamil | Independent | Nabi Ali | ||
| Muhammad Habib | Independent | Banias | ||
| Muhammad al-Hasan | Baath Party | Banias | ||
| Badi Ismail | Independent | Tartus | ||
| Riyad Abd al-Razzaq | National Party | Tartus | ||
| Muhyi al-Din Murhij | National Party | Tartus | ||
| Munir al-Abbas | Independent | Safita | ||
| Muhammad Amin Raslan | Independent | Safita | ||
| Abd al-Latif Yunis | Independent | Safita | ||
| Rafiq Bashshur | People's Party | Safita |
The Bedouin tribes were allocated 7 seats.[7]
| Name | Party | Electoral district | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahham al-Hadi | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Shammar al-Khrese | ||
| Munir Abd al-Muhsin | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Shammar al-Khrese | ||
| Mutib Bin Fawwaz al-Shaalan | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Badiyat al-Sham wal-Hasakah | ||
| Tamir Bin Trad al-Mulhim | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Badiyat al-Sham wal-Hasakah | ||
| Trad Karan al-Murshid | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Badiyat Tadmur | ||
| Abduh Ibrahim Bin Ibrahim Pasha al-Ibrahim | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Mawwali | ||
| Faisal Nawwaf al-Salih | Independent (Bedouin tribes) | Mawwali |