2000 Syrian presidential election

A presidential referendum was held in Syria on 10 July 2000,^[1] 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%.^[2]

2000 Syrian presidential election

← 1999 10 July 2000 (2000-07-10) 2007 →
Turnout	94.55%
Nominee Bashar al-Assad Party Ba'ath Party Alliance NPF Popular vote 8,689,871 Percentage 99.74%
Results by governorate Assad:      90–100%       Election not held
Another variant of the presidential election 2000 results, which includes "against" and "invalid votes".
President before election Abdul Halim Khaddam (acting) Ba'ath Party Elected President Bashar al-Assad Ba'ath Party

Background

After the death of President Hafez al-Assad on 10 June parliament voted to amend the constitution to lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34, Bashar al-Assad's age at the time.^[3][4]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bashar al-Assad	Ba'ath Party	8,689,871	99.74
Against			22,439	0.26
Total			8,712,310	100.00
Valid votes			8,712,310	97.54
Invalid/blank votes			219,313	2.46
Total votes			8,931,623	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,446,054	94.55
Source: Nohlen et al.