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Assad says Syria to hold parliamentary elections in Feb , Xinhua (2011)

In this news article, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that he expected to have parliamentary elections conducted in February of 2012 in an interview broadcast by state TV.

Syria: President al-Assad specifies December 12th date for Local Councils Elections, Syrian News Agency (2011)

In this news article; President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday issued decree No. 391 for 2011 on specifying Monday, December 12th, 2011 as the date to conduct the elections of Local Councils.

Syria: Higher Elections Committee discusses local council candidacy process, Syrian Arab News Agency (2011)

The Higher Elections Committee discussed on Sunday 30 October, the candidacy process set to start on December 12, and the measures taken to guarantee honest, democratic elections according to the elections law issued by legislative decree No. 101 for 2011.

Syria to hold local poll amid boycott calls, Aljazeera (2011)

This news article says that today, Monday 12 December, the Syrians will cast their ballots in local elections for the first time since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began nine months ago. More than 14.5 million are eligible to vote in first such election since local administrations were given more power.

Syrians cast their votes to elect their representatives at local administration councils, Syrian News Agency (2011)

This news article says that Syrian cast their votes to select their representatives who competed for 17588 seats in different Syria cities.

Syria: Local administration Elections held in transparent atmosphere of Democracy, Freedom and Honesty, Syrian News Agency (2011)

This news article is about the local administration elections in Syria. 42889 candidates have competed for 17629 seats in 1355 administrative units, including 154 cities, 502 towns and 681 municipalities. The number of the electoral centers reached 9558, with 1916 ballot boxes.

Syria: Arabs to call for unity government, elections: draft , Reuters (2012)

Arab League foreign ministers were voting on Sunday 22 Jan, on draft recommendations to end violence in Syria and create a unity government within two months to prepare for early parliamentary and presidential elections.

Syria Presses on with Constitutional Referendum, Constitution Making (2012)

According to state-run media outlet SANA, a draft was submitted to the President a few days ago and that Syria is insisting on dialogue and national solutions, the only remaining one being the original constitutional referendum plan issued by al-Assad last October as part of a larger package of reforms.

Syria: President al-Assad issues Decree No. 85 stipulating for setting Sunday 26/2/2012 as a date for referendum on the draft Constitution, Syrian News Agency (2012)

In this news, President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday (15 Feb), issued Decree No. 85 for 2012 stipulating for setting Sunday 26/2/2012 ، as a date for referendum on the draft Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Syrian elections: Baath of most resistance, Russia Today (2012)

This news article says a constitutional referendum was held in Syria on 26 February 2012. The new constitution received support from 89 per cent of the voters. The documents now sets a limit of two seven-year terms for future presidents and also removed Article 8 of the previous document, which stated that the Arab Socialist Baath Party leads the state and society.

Syria's Assad sets parliamentary poll date, Aljazeera (2012)

This news article says that Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has issued a decree stating that parliamentary elections will be held on May 7, even as Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, awaited a response from Damascus on "concrete proposals" he put forward to end the conflict raging in the country.

Syria: Al-Azzawi: Good turnout of candidates to People's Assembly Elections, SANA (2012)

Head of the General Elections Higher Committee said that judiciary subcommittees in all provinces are witnessing good turnout of candidates to the People's Assembly Elections, adding that the period of candidacy has been extended for one week in order for citizens to get the required documents and for those who are outside the country to come back.

Syria elections: Polling stations open, BBC (2012)

This news says polling stations have opened in Syria in what the government is calling the first multiparty parliamentary elections in five decades.

Syria holds elections as opposition boycotts, China Daily (2012)

This news article says Syrians cast ballots on Monday 7 May in parliamentary elections billed by the government as key to President Bashar al-Assad's political reforms, but the opposition dismissed the vote as a sham meant to preserve his rule. Polls opened at 7 am, and Syrian state TV showed voters lining up and dropping white ballots in large, plastic boxes. There are 7,195 candidates in the election competing for 250 seats in the new parliament.

Syrian opposition celebrates the last elections with explosions, The Voice of Russia (2012)

This news article says it is still not clear, when the results of the Syrian parliamentary elections that took place on May 7 will be made public. The head of the Supreme Electoral Committee Khalaf al-Azzawi only mentioned that the date of the final voting results announcement will be known the day before the event. He noted that the voting data from all the constituencies is not received yet.

Syria: Results of Parliamentary Elections announced, the participation amounted to 51.26 percentage, Syrian Arab News Agency (2012)

This news article says the Higher Committee for Elections on Tuesday announced results of the People's Assembly elections (Parliament) for the first legislative term under the new constitution where the percentage of the participation reached 51.26.