Syria’s Election Committee released preliminary results from the parliamentary vote held yesterday — the most significant political move since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster in December 2024.
According to the announcement, 119 of the 140 elected seats have been filled, while 21 seats from Druze and Kurdish regions remain vacant. The new parliament will ultimately include 210 members, with 70 to be appointed later by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
The elections were conducted through regional “electoral assemblies,” each composed of about 6,000 representatives, rather than a general popular vote. Voting did not take place in areas outside full government control — including Suwayda, al-Hasakah, and Raqqa — leaving those regions without representation.
Initial results show a heavily male, Sunni-dominated chamber: only six women were elected, and observers noted that merely ten of the new members belong to religious or ethnic minorities — including one Christian, one Isma’ili, two Alawites, three Turkmen, and three Kurds (one of them a woman).