Syria Concludes Parliamentary Elections In Hasakah And Ain Al-Arab, Election Commission Announces Results

Syria concluded parliamentary elections in Hasakah and the Ain al-Arab (Kobane) district of Aleppo province, with voting held Sunday morning and results announced by the election commission on Sunday evening.

“Polling centers opened this Sunday morning to elect members of the Syrian People's Council in electoral districts in Hasakeh (northeast) and Aleppo (north), after being postponed due to field security challenges”

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In Hasakah, the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections said the ballot covered seven representatives for parts of Hasakah province, while another two seats were appointed by acclamation after only two people stood, and the vote also included Ain al-Arab.

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The election process was described by the Deputy Governor of Hasakah, Ahmad al-Hilali, as an “important strategic step toward strengthening national integration and restoring vitality to the governorate’s official and constitutional institutions.”

Al-Hilali said the electoral process reaffirms that the path to achieving legitimate rights runs exclusively through “legal channels and legitimate state institutions,” and he congratulated residents on moving the governorate into a new phase defined by stability and development.

The Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections said the completion of voting in Hasakah, Qamishli, Al-Malikiyah and Ain al-Arab paves the way for the first session of the new parliament after the president announces the names of members appointed to the remaining one-third of the chamber.

Kurdish parties criticized Sunday’s ballot, saying in a statement that the mechanism for forming the legislature was “nothing but an appointment process” and does not reflect the “free Kurdish will.”

The Arab News report also said the vote was criticized as undemocratic and that the People’s Assembly would have a renewable 30-month mandate, with President Ahmad Al-Sharaa to appoint 70 representatives to the 210-member body.

Anadolu Ajansı

In parallel, Anadolu Ajansı reported that voter turnout reached 92% in Hasakah, 95% in Ain al-Arab, and 75% in Qamishli, citing Nawar Najmeh, spokesperson for the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections.

Najmeh told SANA that the voting “marked a pivotal turning point in the features of the new Syria,” and he described it as a “true test for the residents' desire to be an active part of a unified and strong national landscape.”

The New Arab framed the vote as the final stage in forming Syria’s first parliament since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, while Syrian journalist Absi Someisem said the elections were “not representative elections for Syrians in the full sense... they are still the best available option given the situation in Syria.”

After Sunday’s voting, the Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections said the People’s Assembly would convene after the president announces the names of members appointed to the remaining one-third of the chamber, linking the elections to the start of the new parliament session.

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Arab News

The New Arab reported that officials cited by Syria TV said parliament is expected to convene after the Eid al-Adha holiday once final procedures are completed, placing the next step on a specific post-holiday timeline.

The New Arab also said the vote decided the final 11 seats in the new People’s Assembly, with nine seats allocated to Hasakah province and two to Ain al-Arab in Aleppo province, while the committee said turnout rates were high.

In a separate framing of the broader legislative agenda, Absi Someisem said there is a need for “a political parties law, a law regulating the work of organisations and associations, a law governing trade unions, a media law,” arguing that the absence of such legislation has “paralysed political and civil life.”

SANA’s report on Hasakah’s deputy governor tied the elections to restoring vitality to official and constitutional institutions, while Arab News said the completion of voting across Hasakah, Qamishli, Al-Malikiyah and Ain al-Arab would open the way for the first session of the new parliament.