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Syria Fills Most Seats in First Post‑Assad Parliament Through Indirect Vote

Critics say the invite‑only process empowers Ahmed al‑Sharaa over representation.

Syrian electoral college members and candidates attend the ballots' count shortly after polling stations closed at Latakia's Governor building, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Syrian election official shows a ballot paper during the counting of ballots, shortly after polling stations closed at Latakia's Governor building, in the coastal city of Latakia, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa waves as he enters a polling station where electoral college members are voting in a parliamentary election in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Syria will select members for its first parliament since Islamist rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad

Overview

  • About 6,000 electors in regional colleges selected roughly two‑thirds of the 210‑seat People’s Assembly, with 70 seats to be appointed by the interim president.
  • Polling was postponed in Druze‑majority Sweida and Kurdish‑held northeastern districts, leaving those constituencies without representation for now.
  • Authorities cited displacement, missing documents and insecurity to justify the indirect system; parties were dissolved and only about 14% of candidates were women.
  • Organisers reported public counting with observers and said preliminary tallies were released Sunday night, with final lists expected as soon as Monday or Tuesday.
  • The assembly will serve for 30 months to pass an election law and draft a constitution, as rights groups warn the design lets al‑Sharaa shape a parliamentary majority.