Election in Syria

Description of election in Syria.......

                               

As of 2014, Syria is divided between two governments, both of which make contested claims to be the only true democratic government of Syria. A bitter civil war between the two has raged since 2011 following a period of unarmed demonstrations and unrest in 2011, which was part of the international wave of protest known as the Arab Spring.

The Baathist government, headed by Bashar Assad, son of previous leader Hafez Assad, is based in Damascus, the traditional capital. The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces is conducting its first regional elections in early March 2013 for Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and main commercial hub. Due to fighting, the elections are being held by 200+ representatives in Ghazi, Turkey.

Both of Syria’s major cities are divided, as both sides have forces in each other’s respective strongholds in the north and south. The western coastal areas, heavily populated by members of the president’s sect, the Alawites, are firmly under Damascus’ control. 

The eastern areas of Syria, much of which are populated by Kurds, are almost entirely outside of Damascus’ control. Druze and Palestinian areas in the south suffer from divided loyalties, and the area of central Syria between the two capitals is a region of mixed pockets of control and hotly contested highways and other essential supply lines. There are fighters and equipment from other nations on both sides of the conflict, and the UN security Council has been divided and largely powerless to affect conditions in Syria.

    

Population (as of July 1, 2013)=22,457,336

   

Elections in our database=8

   

Registered Voters (as of Feb. 1, 2012)=10,118,000

   

Average Turnout=71.75%

Election For    Date                 Votes              Registered     Turn

                                                                       Voters             Out

People's

Council            2012-05-07     5,186,000       10,118,000     51.26%

Referendum     2012-02-26     8,376,447       14,580,000     57.45%

People's

Council            2011-04-01     -                      11,967,611     -

Referendum     2007-05-27     11,472,157     11,967,611     95.86%

People's

Council            2007-04-22     -                       7,805,994     -

People's

Council            2003-03-02     4,556,475         7,181,206     63.45%

Referendum     1999-02-10     8,961,147         9,097,611     98.5%

People's

Council            1998-11-30     5,501,940         8,600,071     63.98%