2000 Syrian presidential election
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Results by governorate Assad: 90–100% Election not held | ||||||||||||||||||||
Another variant of the presidential election 2000 results, which includes "against" and "invalid votes". | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Member State of the Arab League |
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Personal President of Syria Governments |
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A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000, following the death of President Hafez al-Assad. The candidate chosen by the parliament was his son, Bashar al-Assad, with voters then asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.7% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 95%.