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.
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