This is a list of deputies elected to the Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly, following the 1961 parliamentary election. The election was held on 1 and 2 December 1961.Oron, 1967, p.501. There are no available official records, but the number of eligible voters was estimated at between 1,000,000 and 1,250,000.Oron, 1967, p.502. More than 1,800 candidates, among them 11 women, contested for the 172-seat constitutional assembly.Oron, 1967, p.500.Oron, 1967, p.499. Participation in the various constituencies varied between 48—84%, "a figure not reached in Syria before."
The Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly was tasked with adopting a new constitution after secession from the United Arab Republic. The new constitution was adopted on September 13, 1962, and the Parliament continued to exercise its legislative duties until its dissolution after the Ba'ath coup in 1963. This legislature is the eighth in Syria's republican history.
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