Country: | Syria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1994 Syrian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 2003 Syrian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria |
Majority Seats: | 126 |
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: | 135 |
Seats1: | 135 |
Leader2: | – |
Party2: | Independents |
Last Election2: | 83 |
Seats2: | 83 |
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: | 82.22% |
Parliamentary elections were held in Syria were held between 30 November and 1 December 1998 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria, the unicameral parliament.[1] The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 135 of the 250 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 82%.