Syrian parliamentary election, 2003

March 5, 2003 (2003-03-05)

All 250 seats to the Parliament of Syria 126 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	63%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Bashar al-Assad
Party	Ba'ath Party	Independent
Alliance	National Progressive Front
Last election	135	83
Seats won	167	83
Seat change	32

Speaker before election

Abdel Kader Kaddoura
Ba'ath Party

Elected Speaker

Muhammad Naji al-Otari
Ba'ath Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Syria on 5 March 2003. The number of seats reserved for the parties in the National Progressive Front was 167, and that reserved for independents 83.

Results

Summary of the 5 March 2003 People's Council of Syria election results
Parties	Seats	Seats inside NPF
National Progressive Front (al-Jabha al-Wataniyyah at-Taqaddumiyyah)	167
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (al-Hizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki)		135
Arab Socialist Movement (Harakat al-Ishtirakiyyun al-'Arabi)		32
Arab Socialist Union (al-Ittihad al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi)
Communist Party of Syria (al-Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri, Khalid Bakdash faction)
Communist Party of Syria (al-Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri, Yusuf Faisal faction)
Social Democratic Unionists (al-Wahdawiuyun al-Dimukatiyyun Al-Ijtima'iyyun)
Socialist Unionists (al-Wahdawiyyun al-Ishtirakiyyun)
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Hizb al-Quami al-Ijtima'i al-Suri)
non-partisans	83
Total (turnout 63 %)	250
Source: Dutch ministry of foreign affairs

Elections and referendums in Syria

Presidential elections	1949 1953 1958 1971 1978 1985 1991 1999 2000 2007 2014

Parliamentary elections	1919 1928 1931 1932 1936 1943 1947 1949 1953 1954 1961 1973 1977 1981 1986 1990 1994 1998 2003 2007 2012 2016

Local elections	2011 2015 (Rojava)

Referendums	1949 1953 1958 1961 1971 1973 2012

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