Back الانتخابات الرئاسية السورية 2014 Arabic Präsidentschaftswahl in Syrien 2014 German Συριακές προεδρικές εκλογές (2014) Greek Elecciones presidenciales de Siria de 2014 Spanish انتخابات ریاستجمهوری سوریه (۲۰۱۴) Persian Élection présidentielle syrienne de 2014 French הבחירות לנשיאות סוריה (2014) HE Elezioni presidenziali in Siria del 2014 Italian Syrische presidentsverkiezingen 2014 Dutch Президентские выборы в Сирии (2014) Russian
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Presidential elections were held in Syria on 3 June 2014. There is a scholarly consensus that the elections were not democratic.[1][2][3] The result was a landslide victory for Bashar al-Assad, who received over 90% of the valid votes. He was sworn in for a third seven-year term on 16 July in the presidential palace in Damascus.[4]
The elections took place amidst the Syrian Civil War, which had begun three years before. As a result of the war, the country had the largest refugee population in the world at the time of the elections, with voting for refugees in certain foreign countries began at Syrian embassies several days before voting in Syria.[5] Domestic and foreign-based Syrian opposition groups boycotted the election and voting did not take place in large parts of Syria under rebel control.[5][6][7] The areas under Kurdish militia control also did not allow voting due to the refusal of the government to recognize their claim for regional autonomy, though some people traveled to government–controlled areas to vote.[8]
The Gulf Cooperation Council, the European Union and the United States decried the election as illegitimate.[9][10][11][12] Attempts to hold an election under the circumstances of a civil war were also criticized by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and it was widely reported that the elections lacked independent election monitoring.[13][14]
- ^ Cheeseman, Nicholas (2019). How to Rig an Election. Yale University Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-0-300-24665-0. OCLC 1089560229.
- ^ Norris, Pippa; Martinez i Coma, Ferran; Grömping, Max (2015). "The Year in Elections, 2014". Election Integrity Project. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
The Syrian election ranked as worst among all the contests held during 2014.
- ^ Jones, Mark P (2018). Herron, Erik S; Pekkanen, Robert J; Shugart, Matthew S (eds.). "Presidential and Legislative Elections". The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190258658.001.0001. ISBN 9780190258658. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
unanimous agreement among serious scholars that... al-Assad's 2014 election... occurred within an authoritarian context.
- ^ "Al Assad sworn in in 'farcical' inauguration". gulfnews.com. AFP. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Syrian expats in Lebanon flock to vote for Assad". CBS News. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Barnard, Anne (3 June 2014). "Assad's Win Is Assured, but Limits Are Exposed". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Iran Guards commander killed in Syria: reports
- ^ Wladimir van Wilgenburg. "Syria's Kurdish region to boycott presidential elections". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Arab League criticizes Syrian election plan". Reuters. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ GCC slams Syrian elections as ‘farce’ Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Syria election: Bashar al-Assad re-elected president in poll with 'no legitimacy'". ABC. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Tarling, Sam (5 June 2014). "Inside Aleppo: the people refusing to leave Syria's shattered city". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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Reuterswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sly, Liz; Ramadan, Ahmed (3 June 2014). "Syrian election sends powerful signal of Assad's control". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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