The followings are the results of the Presidential Election held in Syria on 26 May 2021.
Total Registered Voters[1] |
Total Votes[2] |
Total Valid Votes |
Total Invalid Votes |
18,107,109 |
14,239,140 |
14,225,104 |
14,036 |
Percentage 100 |
78.6 |
99.90 |
0.10 |
Party Name |
Ba'ath Party |
Democratic Arab Socialist Union |
Socialist Unionist Party |
Total Valid Votes |
Candidate Name |
Bashar al-Assad |
Mahmoud Ahmad Marei |
Abdullah Sallum Abdullah |
14,225,104 |
Votes secured |
13,540,860 |
470,276 |
213,968 |
|
Percentage of Votes |
95.1 |
3.3 |
1.5 |
100 |
Sources: Syrian Arab News Agency (2021), “Dr. Bashar al-Assad elected President of the Syrian Arab Republic with the majority of votes”, 28 May, Web Link; Reuters (2021), “Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote, in election the West calls fraudulent”, 28 May, Web Link; Al Jazeera (2021), “Syria’s al-Assad re-elected for fourth term with 95% of vote”, 28 May Web Link
Prepared by Minakshi Sardar
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Minakshi Sardar has received her Ph. D. from the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. Her doctoral thesis was on the Process of Normalization of Israel-Vatican Relations, 1948-1993. She did her M Phil from the same centre on Israel’s Responses to Hostage Taking. Her area of interest focuses Middle East politics, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Christianity, security issues, and conflict resolutions. She has presented at several conferences and seminars on the region. She has been preparing China Watch (since August 2015), Election Watch (since July 2017) for MEI. She is an Editorial Assistant of the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies since 2020. She can be reached at mini.8star@gmail.com