1999 Syrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 February 1999.[1] There was only one candidate, incumbent president Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 100% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 98%.[2] Assad was re-elected for another seven-year term. However, he died in June 2000, resulting in an early presidential election that year.

1999 Syrian presidential election

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Nominee Hafez al-Assad
Party Ba'ath Party
Alliance NPF
Popular vote 8,960,011
Percentage 100%


President before election

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Elected President

Hafez al-Assad
Ba'ath Party

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Hafez al-AssadBa'ath Party8,960,011100.00
Against2190.00
Total8,960,230100.00
Valid votes8,960,23099.99
Invalid/blank votes9170.01
Total votes8,961,147100.00
Registered voters/turnout9,101,00098.46
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