1953 Syrian parliamentary election

none Syria 1932 parliamentary Arab Liberation Movement Independent Syrian Social Nationalist Party All 82 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 42 1953 10 9 y 72 9 1 1949 1954 1949 Syrian Constituent Assembly election 1954 Syrian parliamentary election Jamil Mardam Bey 72 22 Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 9 October 1953.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 0-19-924958-X They were the elections held under the 1953 constitution, which granted universal suffrage to women, alongside scrapping educational requirements used in previous elections.Nohlen et al., p216 Voter turnout was 16%. The result was a victory for the Arab Liberation Movement, which won 72 of the 82 seats.Nohlen et al., p225 The People's Party and the National Party were both closed down and prohibited from operating. Most of their leaders were imprisoned or under house arrest due to President Adib Shishakli's regime that came to power after a coup d'état 3 years earlier. Results File:Parliament of Syria 1953.svg Arab Liberation Movement 72 New Syrian Social Nationalist Party 1 0 Syrian Communist Party 0 New Independents 9 –22 –32 864425 995417 Nohlen et al. References Syria Category:1953 in Syria Category:Parliamentary elections in Syria Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results