Presidential elections were held in Syria on 10 February 1999.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p221 There was only one candidate, incumbent president Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.998% of voters voted in favour with a turnout of 98.5%.Nohlen et al., p228 Assad was re-elected for another seven-year term. However, he died in June 2000, resulting in an early presidential election that year.
Results Candidate Party Votes % Hafez al-Assad Ba'ath Party 8,960,011 99.9976% Against 219 0.0024% Total 8,960,230 100.00% Valid votes 8,960,230 99.99% Invalid/blank votes 917 0.01% Total votes 8,961,147 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 9,101,000 98.46% Source: Nohlen et al.
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