1954 Syrian parliamentary election

1954 Syrian parliamentary election
← 1953 24–25 September 1954 (first round)
4–5 October (second round)		 1961 →
All 142 seats in the Parliament of Syria
72 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rushdi al-Kikhya
Nazim al-Kudsi 		Akram El-Hourani Shukri al-Quwatli
Party People's Ba'ath Party National Party
Seats won 30 22 19
Prime Minister before election

Said al-Ghazzi
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Faris al-Khoury
People's

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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p54 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Claude Palazzoli La Syrie - Le rêve et la rupture, Paris, Le Sycomore, 1977 ISBN 2-86262-002-5
  3. ^ Yitzhak Oron (Ed.), Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, The Moshe Dayan Center p.502