2012 Syrian parliamentary election

2012 Syrian parliamentary election
7 May 2012
All 250 seats in the Parliament of Syria
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bashar al-Assad Qadri Jamil
Party Ba'ath Party People's Will Party
Alliance NPF PFCL
Last election 169 New
Seats won 168 6
Seat change 1 6
Speaker before election

Mahmoud al-Abrash
Ba'ath Party

 Elected Speaker

Mohammad Jihad al-Laham
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 7 May 2012 to elect the members of the Syrian People's Council. The elections followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum on 26 February 2012.

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