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2000 Syrian presidential election

2000 Syrian presidential election

← 1999 10 July 2000 (2000-07-10) 2007 →
Turnout94.55%
 
Nominee Bashar al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Popular vote 8,689,871
Percentage 99.74%

Results by governorate
Assad:      90–100%
      Election not held

President before election

Abdul Halim Khaddam (acting)
Ba'ath Party

Elected President

Bashar al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000,[1] following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The candidate chosen by the parliament was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters then asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p228

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