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How Syria’s first elections since autocrat Assad’s ouster are expected to unfold
The new 30-month parliament includes 14% women candidates and appointed seats to boost minority inclusion amid challenges from displacement and postponed voting in key regions.
- On Sunday, Syria will hold parliamentary elections for the first time since Bashar Assad's continued rule, with a 30-month mandate for the new parliament.
- Interim authorities argue an accurate voter registry and popular vote are impossible now because displaced Syrians lost personal documents, and analysts warn displacement hinders voting for Syrians in the diaspora.
- In practice, around 6,000 electoral college members will vote across 50 districts for about 120 seats, with Aleppo's district having 700 members voting for 14 seats and Damascus 500 members for 10 seats.
- Questions about inclusivity note there is no set quota for minorities, state-run news agency SANA cited Mohammed Taha al-Ahmad saying women made up 14% of 1,578 candidates, while women were 20% of electoral college members.
- Elections in Sweida province and the northeast have been postponed, sectarian violence in recent months killed hundreds from Alawite and Druze minorities, and disputes with Damascus persist, al-Sharaa said.
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How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster are expected to unfold
Syria is due to hold parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December.
·United States
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After decades of dictatorship, Syrians are eagerly awaiting the first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime. In light of this experience, which some consider a "
·Amman, Jordan
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Ten months after the overthrow of dictator Al-Assad, a new parliament is to be elected in Syria on 5 October. The election is to pave the way for a new constitution. Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa thus fulfils an important promise.
·Leipzig, Germany
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