Politics Syria's first parliamentary election since Assad's fall launched
The first parliamentary elections since the fall of long-term ruler Bashar al-Assad began this morning in Syria, with individual regions excluded. Around 50 polling stations were set up across the country, according to the state election commission. There is only one polling station in the capital Damascus.
05.10.2025, 09:52
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There are to be 210 members of parliament in the new parliament, a third of whom will be appointed by the interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa. The remaining seats will not be filled by a general election in which all citizens can vote. Rather, regional electoral bodies have appointed electors in advance, who now choose the MPs from their ranks. The procedure has met with criticism. Results are expected on Monday or Tuesday.
There will be no elections today in the southern province of Suwaida and in parts of the north-eastern provinces of Hasaka and Rakka. The transitional government had postponed the election there for security reasons.
The provinces of Hasaka and Rakka are under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Suwaida in southern Syria is home to the Druze community. Relations between the Kurds and the Druze and the Syrian government are tense.
