2000 Syrian presidential election

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

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


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bashar al-Assad	Ba'ath Party	8,689,871	99.74
Against			22,439	0.26
Total			8,712,310	100.00

Valid votes			8,712,310	97.54
Invalid/blank votes			219,313	2.46
Total votes			8,931,623	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,446,054	94.55
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ Nohlen et al., p228
^ "Bashar al-Assad: Eyeing the future". BBC News. 11 June 2000.
^ "Syrians Vote To Confirm Assad's Son As President". The New York Times. 11 July 2000.

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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.

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