2000 Syrian presidential election

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]

  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