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2000 Syrian presidential election

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2000 Syrian presidential election

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Nominee Bashar al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Popular vote 8,689,871
Percentage 99.74%


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 94.6%.[2]

Background

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After the death of President Hafez al-Assad on June 10, the Syrian parliament voted to amend the Constitution to lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad's age at the time.[3][4]

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Bashar al-AssadBa'ath Party8,689,87199.74
Against22,4390.26
Total8,712,310100.00
Valid votes8,712,31097.54
Invalid/blank votes219,3132.46
Total votes8,931,623100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,446,05494.55
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  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
  3. ^ "Bashar al-Assad: Eyeing the future". BBC News. 11 June 2000.
  4. ^ "Syrians Vote To Confirm Assad's Son As President". The New York Times. 11 July 2000.