Districts of Aleppo Governorate (Arabic: مناطق محافظة حلب) was an electoral district used to elect members of the Syrian People's Assembly between 1973 and 2025.
Electoral system
The electoral system used to elect the People's Assembly was introduced in 1973 and remained in use until the assembly's dissolution in 2025. Each governorate formed a single, large electoral district, except for Aleppo Governorate, which was divided into two districts: the city of Aleppo and the rural districts of Aleppo Governorate. Within each district, seats were awarded on a block-vote basis, with the candidates receiving the largest number of votes taking all of the seats allocated to it, and the assembly was composed of representatives of two sectors, "workers and peasants" and "other sectors of the people", with the former guaranteed at least half of its seats nationally. The number of seats, and their distribution among districts, was left to the president of the republic to set by decree rather than being fixed in law; the total was raised from 186 to 195 in 1981 and from 195 to 250 in 1990, after which the distribution among the fifteen electoral districts was not changed.
All Syrian citizens aged 18 and over were entitled to vote, other than those under legal guardianship, those with a mental illness affecting their legal capacity, and those convicted of a felony or a "dishonourable" misdemeanour, while serving members of the armed forces and police were barred from voting and from standing as candidates; candidates were further required to be at least 25 years old and to have held Syrian nationality for at least five years, a period raised to ten under the 2011 and 2014 electoral laws. During the 2011 reform of the electoral law, the replacement of this system was discussed because of its weak representativeness, but the large-district, block-vote system was retained; the reform instead moved the administration of elections from the Ministry of Interior and provincial governors to an independent Supreme Judicial Committee for Elections, a structure carried over into a further law passed in 2014 that consolidated the rules for presidential, parliamentary and local-council elections into a single statute.
Beyond being considered unrepresentative — a majoritarian, large-district system of a kind rejected by most electoral systems worldwide — the system has also been criticised for the unevenness of its distribution of seats between governorates. Based on the number of registered voters at the 2012 election, the average was around 59,000 voters per seat nationally, but the ratio varied considerably: about 37,800 voters per seat in Damascus and 51,500 in Tartus, compared with 71,700 in Al-Hasakah and 69,500 in the rural districts of Aleppo Governorate, with no mechanism beyond a presidential decree governing the size of constituencies or the allocation of seats between them.
Members +Elections MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) MPA(Party) 1973 Mustafa Hamush(N/A) Ahmad Dashu(N/A) Muhammad Said al-Hakim(N/A) Hasan al-Ghannam(N/A) Abd al-Razzaq Abdi(N/A) Mahmoud al-Jaffal(N/A) Muhammad Assani(N/A) Zakariya Ali(N/A) Muhammad al-Muhammad al-Jasim(N/A) rowspan="11" Diab al-Mashi(Ind.) Ibrahim Abdul Hanan Zamil(N/A) Wahid Mustafa(N/A) Ismail al-Youssefi(N/A) Abdul Qadir Nana(N/A) Zakariya al-Darir(N/A) Muhammad Fahim al-Razuq(N/A) Muhammad Khayr Alitu(N/A) Abdullah Dirgham(N/A) Muhammad Faiq Haj Muhammad Hasan(N/A) Kanu Ahmad(N/A) Ismat Ghabari(N/A) Mahmoud Fayez al-Labni(N/A) Farouq al-Jasim(N/A) 23 seats 1977 Muhammad Nour Jneidan(N/A) Ahmad Tajer(N/A) Taha al-Ghabash(N/A) Muhammad Murad(N/A) Mustafa al-Hajj Mousa(N/A) Rashid Muhammad(N/A) Othman Diri(N/A) Wahid Abu Ras(N/A) Hamdo al-Najjar(N/A) Hammadin Hammadin(N/A) Muhammad al-Abdallah al-Jumaa(N/A) Ahmad al-Shihabi(N/A) Omar al-Ibrahim(N/A) Ali Hussein al-Ali(N/A) Ibrahim Othman(N/A) Khalil al-Khalil(N/A) Muhammad Fawzi Ibrahim(N/A) Ahmad Disho(N/A) Mahmoud Kallou(N/A) Muhammad Sheikh Ismail(N/A) Muhammad Hamdi al-Arab(N/A) 25 seats 1981 Mustafa Hamoush(N/A) Abd al-Razzaq Abd al-Majid(N/A) Muhammad Khair Khallu(N/A) Mahmoud al-Jaffal(N/A) Ali Attar(N/A) Issa al-Zamel(N/A) Sobhi Kanno(N/A) Ahmad Shawqi Kallou(N/A) Ali al-Ibrahim(N/A) Hammad al-Qadi(N/A) Battal Battal(N/A) Abd al-Majid Loulak(N/A) Ahmad Bakur(N/A) Farouq al-Jasim(N/A) Mamoun Taloustan(N/A) Abdallah Shukri(N/A) 1986 Ali Hamadeh(N/A) Sami al-Shihabi(N/A) Abd al-Rahman Nima(N/A) Jassem al-Ibrahim(N/A) Muhammad Naji Darwish(N/A) Ismail al-Nasser(N/A) Rifat Bilal(N/A) Muhammad al-Hassan(N/A) Ahmad al-Said(N/A) Ahmad Mukhtar(N/A) 1990 Muhammad al-Hussein al-Ibrahim(N/A) Nur al-Huda Ahmad Khallu(N/A) Hassan Haji Mahmoud(N/A) Abd al-Hamid al-Dibo(N/A) Muhammad Aqil Hussein Agha(N/A) Muhammad Qazan(N/A) Othman Suleiman(N/A) Medhat Mulla Qol Aghasi(N/A) Hikmat Ibrahim(N/A) Muhammad Said Youssef(N/A) Muhammad Rahhal(N/A) Abd al-Razzaq Hamdou al-Sheihan(N/A) Mustafa al-Ali(N/A) Salem Karim al-Hamada(N/A) Abd al-Rahman Nasser(N/A) Ahmad Issa Muhammad(N/A) Junaid Tajer(N/A) Fadel Kanno(N/A) Youssef Youssef Tarboush(N/A) rowspan="5" Abd al-Hamid al-Ghabari(Ind.) Abd al-Rahman Aibo(N/A) Mustafa al-Muhammad(N/A) Husni Hassan(N/A) 1993 Mahmoud Abd al-Hadi(N/A) 1994 Abd al-Qadir Turka(N/A) Abd al-Hayy Khalid(N/A) Zakariya Ridwan Fakhouri(N/A) Othman Sheikh Hussein(N/A) Muhammad al-Sattam(N/A) Zakariya al-Hassan(N/A) Ahmad Khatib(N/A) Abdallah Hamra(N/A) Abdallah al-Shallash(N/A) Muhammad Nour Jneidan(N/A) Husni Hussein Haj Hamada(N/A) Fatinah al-Ahmad(N/A) Manar Nattour(N/A) Tariq Qandil(N/A) Abd al-Rahman Abrik(N/A) Muhammad Ismat Omar(N/A) Abd al-Fattah Makhlouf(N/A) Tariq Marai(N/A) Aql al-Ibrahim(N/A) Muhammad Ibrahim(N/A) Muhammad Mamoun Taloustan(N/A) N/A 1998 Muhammad Qaraa(N/A) Muhammad Jamal Hassou(N/A) Fawzia Safou(N/A) Abd al-Fattah Omar(N/A) Nouri al-Arif(N/A) rowspan="5" Ismat Mahalli(Ba'ath) Ahmad al-Hussein(N/A) Ali al-Salem(N/A) Muhammad al-Bish(N/A) Ibrahim Houri(N/A) Abd al-Qadir Nanaa(N/A) Khalil al-Safouk(N/A) rowspan="5" Ahmad Haji Mahmoud(Ba'ath) Muhammad Gharib(N/A) Muhammad Said Said(N/A) rowspan="5" Ahmad Haj Suleiman(Ba'ath) Muhammad Nawras al-Razzouq(N/A) rowspan="2" Ali al-Zwein(Ba'ath) Naeem al-Alawi(N/A) rowspan="2" Kamal Al Ammo(Ind.) Abd al-Hadi al-Jammal(N/A) Alaa al-Din Shaheima(N/A) Muhammad Melhem(N/A) Muhammad Naasan(N/A) 1999 Muhammad Sameh Jazmati(N/A)2003 Muhammad Hassan Rashid(N/A) Badriya Sheihan(N/A) Muhammad Hilal(N/A) rowspan="3" Mustafa al-Oweid(Ba'ath) Abdo Assaf(N/A) Hassan Taleb(N/A) rowspan="3" Aqil al-Alawi(Ba'ath) Eid Muhammad(N/A) Muhammad Asaad al-Asaad(N/A) rowspan="3" Hassan Salloum(Ba'ath) Abidin Arabo(N/A) Riad Haj Hassan(N/A) Abdullah Sallum Abdullah(SUP) Sawsan Hudhaifa(N/A) Nasser Qaddour(N/A) rowspan="3" Ahmad Munir Muhammad(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Ridwan al-Habib(Ba'ath) Ismat Ghabari(N/A) Muhammad Safwan Khallou(N/A)2007 rowspan="2" Ahmad al-Abed(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Riad Khallou(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad al-Muhammad(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Yahya Taleb(SUP) rowspan="3" Ikhlas Badawi(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad al-Ali(Ba'ath) rowspan="8" Hussein Hassoun(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Ziad Mohsen(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Kamal Al Ammo(Ind.) rowspan="5" Aql al-Ibrahim(Ind.) rowspan="2" Hussein al-Haj Hamada(Ind.) rowspan="6" Fahmi al-Hassan(Ind.) rowspan="2" Abdo Muhammad(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad Dib(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Mahmoud Youssef(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Ali al-Zwein(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad Nafeh Bouzan(SCP-B) rowspan="2" Farouk Haj Ali al-Jassem(Ind.) rowspan="2" Abd al-Qadir Shahada(Ind.) rowspan="2" Khalil al-Ubayd(Ind.) rowspan="2" Muhammad Shaheen(Ind.) rowspan="2" Abd al-Hamid al-Ghabari(Ind.) rowspan="2" Muhammad Jumaa(Ind.) 2009 rowspan="4" Muhammad Khair al-Mashi(Ind.)2012 rowspan="3" Jamal al-Din Abdo(PWP) rowspan="3" Ahmad Saleh Ibrahim(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Hassan Khallo(Ba'ath) rowspan="8" Hussein Jassim Hamad(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Abdullah al-Hamad(Ba'ath) Ali al-Bish(Ba'ath) rowspan="6" Ali al-Ali al-Abdo al-Satouf(Ba'ath) rowspan="6" Eid al-Khalawi(Ba'ath) rowspan="10" Qassem Hassan(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Marai al-Taama(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Mustafa al-Jader(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Maen Assaf(Ba'ath) rowspan="8" Ahmad al-Ali al-Hamra(Ind.) rowspan="2" Abdallah al-Shallash(Ind.) rowspan="3" Nasr al-Haj Junaid(Ind.) rowspan="3" Mustafa Ammar Kush(Arab Socialist Movement) rowspan="3" Ibrahim al-Haj Muhammad Ali(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Shaheen Naasan(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Shams al-Din al-Shaddad(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Alia Qabbani(Ba'ath) rowspan="8" Omar Mahmoud al-Hamdo(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad Arabo(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad Fadi al-Quraan(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Abdullah Abdullah(SUP) rowspan="3" Ismail al-Hassan al-Rabee(Ind.) rowspan="10" Mujib al-Rahman al-Dandan(Ind.) rowspan="3" Muhammad Saleh al-Mashi(Ind.) 2012 rowspan="2" Muhammad Deeb(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Abdel Wahhab al-Abd al-Hanan(Ba'ath) 2015 rowspan="8" Fares Jneidan(Ind.) rowspan="4" Omar al-Aroub(Ba'ath) rowspan="8" Abd al-Razzaq Barakat(Ba'ath)2016 rowspan="3" Joumana Abu Shaar(Ba'ath) Muhammad al-Hazwari(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Suhail Abdallah(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Ali al-Zeidan(Ba'ath) rowspan="4" Fadel Kaadeh(Ba'ath) rowspan="5" Muhammad Fawaz(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Hussein al-Jumaa Lahaj Qasem(Ind.) rowspan="7" Obeid al-Obeid al-Issa(Ind.) rowspan="3" Omar al-Hassan(Until 2020 and from 2024: Ind.2020–2024: Ba'ath) rowspan="5" Ahmad Marai(SSNP) rowspan="7" Alan Bakr(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Abdallah Haji Wardi(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Ali Khalil Bashar(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Ali Ali al-Mustafa(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Fahd Amin(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Muhammad al-Batran(Ba'ath) rowspan="5" Manal al-Sheikh Amin(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Nasser Karim(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Khaldoun Oweis Oweis(Ind.) rowspan="5" Hassan Shahid(Ind.) 2017 rowspan="4" Ahmad Saleh Ibrahim(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Qadri al-Hassan(Ind.) 2019 rowspan="5" Ahmad al-Zeidan(Ba'ath)2020 rowspan="4" Qusay al-Thaljah(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Faten Muhammad(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Khaled al-Shbeib(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad al-Asaad(Ba'ath) rowspan="3" Muhammad Khair al-Mashi(Ind.) rowspan="2" Nasr Abdallah(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Muhammad Jibrayel(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Hussein Hasan al-Jumaah(Ind.) rowspan="4" Muhammad Subhi Sheikh al-Daia(Ind.) rowspan="4" Taha al-Hajj Ali(Ba'ath) rowspan="4" Eid al-Sweis(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Abd al-Latif al-Bakkar(Ba'ath) rowspan="4" Abd al-Aziz al-Assaf(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Adnan al-Muhammad(Ba'ath) rowspan="4" Adnan al-Hamad(Ind.) 2022 Adnan Shahadeh(Ba'ath) 2024 rowspan="2" Qais al-Muhammad(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Saba Shalo(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Sheikh Ibrahim al-Bakkouri(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Nawal al-Areef(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Mustafa al-Marii(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Hussein al-Hammadin(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Hussein Hassoun(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Salah al-Ali(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Yasser Kaadeh(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad al-Hassan al-Rabee(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Jibran al-Jomaa(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Abdul-Hakim al-Wardah(Ba'ath) rowspan="2" Muhammad Abdullah(SCP-B) rowspan="2" Raslan al-Ali al-Raslan(Ind.) rowspan="2" Abd al-Ilah al-Abdou(Ind.) rowspan="2" Muhammad Nizar Darwish Meido(Ind.) rowspan="2" Maalla al-Khader(Ba'ath) 2024 Vacant
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