Syria begins fourth post-crisis parliamentary elections
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On Monday, the People’s Assembly (Parliament) elections in Syria began, marking the fourth parliamentary elections held after the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011.
The Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, reported that 1,516 candidates are competing for 250 seats in the People's Assembly. Candidate lists have been prepared and sent to all 8,151 polling stations across Syrian governorates.
The decree signed by President Bashar Al-Assad specified the number of People’s Assembly members for the workers and peasants sector and other sectors in each electoral district across Syria’s governorates.