1954 Syrian parliamentary election explained

Country:Syria
Flag Year:1932
Type:Parliamentary
Image1:
Party1:People's Party (Syria)
Leader1:
Nazim al-Kudsi
Seats1:30
Leader2:Akram El-Hourani
Party2:Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Seats2:22
Image3:Portrait of Shukri al-Quwatli in 1943.jpeg
Leader3:Shukri al-Quwatli
Party3:National Party (Syria)
Seats3:19
Previous Election:1953 Syrian parliamentary election
Previous Year:1953
Next Election:1961 Syrian parliamentary election
Next Year:1961
Seats For Election:All 142 seats in the Parliament of Syria
Majority Seats:72
Election Date:24–25 September 1954 (first round)
4–5 October (second round)
Prime Minister
Before Election:Said al-Ghazzi
Before Party:Independent (politician)
After Election:Faris al-Khoury
After Party:People's Party (Syria)

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 24 and 25 September 1954, with a second round held between 4 and 5 October.[1] Independent candidates emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, whilst the People's Party became the largest single party, with 30 seats. The Muslim Brotherhood did not participate as such.[2] There were 64 independents, of whom some were close to the Muslim Brotherhood or to other parties, which explains the discrepancies in the results in various books, and there were also 9 tribal deputies. Some sources mention 140 deputies in total, other 142.[3]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Claude Palazzoli La Syrie - Le rêve et la rupture, Paris, Le Sycomore, 1977
  3. Yitzhak Oron (Ed.), Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, The Moshe Dayan Center p.502