1954 Syrian parliamentary election

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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
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]

Results

Muslim Brotherhood
0
Independents64
Total142
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Yitzhak Oron (Ed.), Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961, The Moshe Dayan Center p.502