Editing Politics of Ba'athist Syria (section)

==Political parties and elections==
All registered political parties in Syria were participants within the [[Assadist]] system, that proclaims its loyalty to the ruling Ba'ath party and are stipulated by the government to advance the interests of the [[Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist state]]. Registered parties are constantly surveilled and regulated by the [[Political Security Directorate|Ba'athist Political Security Directorate]] (PSD), and were permitted to operate only under the directives issued by the PSD.<ref name="mei" >{{cite web |title=Syria’s ruling Baath party wins parliamentary vote as expected |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/07/18/syria-s-ruling-baath-party-wins-parliamentary-vote-as-expected |website=[[Al Arabiya]] |access-date=19 July 2024}}</ref>

The last parliamentary election was on 15 July 2024 and the results were announced on 18 July.<ref name="mei1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/inside-syrias-clapping-chamber-dynamics-2020-parliamentary-elections |title=Inside Syria's Clapping Chamber: Dynamics of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections |author1=Karam Shaar |author2=Samy Akil |work=[[Middle East Institute]] |date=28 January 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref>
*[[2024 Syrian parliamentary election]]
{{Election results
|image=
|alliance1=[[National Progressive Front (Syria)|National Progressive Front]]|aspan1=9|party1=[[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|Ba'ath Party]]|seats1=169
|party2=[[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]]|seats2=3
|party3=[[Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria)|Arab Socialist Union Party]]|seats3=2
|party4=[[Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)]]|seats4=2
|party5=[[National Covenant Party]]|seats5=2
|party6=[[Socialist Unionist Party (Syria)|Socialist Unionist Party]]|seats6=2
|party7=[[Arab Democratic Union Party]]|seats7=2
|party8=[[Syrian Communist Party (Unified)]]|seats8=2
|party9=[[Democratic Socialist Unionist Party]]|seats9=1
|alliance10=Independents|seats10=65
|totalvotes=
|electorate=
|source=Middle East Institute<ref name="mei1" />
}}