Homs () was an electoral district used to elect members of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies between 1928 and 1963. Electoral system
Under the 1928 electoral system, Syria adopted its first formal electoral law after the Ottoman period and under the French Mandate. Promulgated by arrêté No. 1889 of High Commissioner Ponsot, the system created a two-tier indirect electoral system. Male citizens over the age of 21 would elect secondary electors, at a ratio of one elector per hundred first-tier voters, who would then elect members of parliament. The number of seats was determined before every election based on the proportional population size of each electoral district, with seats allocated across religious communities according to their numerical share. The system was criticised for entrenching the influence of local notables, elites, and landowners, with limited direct popular participation.
In 1947, the government of Jamil Mardam Bey introduced a new direct electoral system. The system was applied for the first time in the 1947 elections and was amended twice, in 1954 and 1961. It remained in force through the 1961 elections and until the fall of the Second Republic in 1963.
Until 1949, the electorate consisted of Syrian men aged 20 and over. Following Husni al-Za'im's seizure of power, the voting age was lowered to 18 and women were granted the right to vote. The subsequent Hashim al-Atassi government retained the lower voting age but restricted women's suffrage to literate women only, without the right to stand for election. It was not until the 1954 elections, held under the 1950 constitution, that women of all educational backgrounds were granted equal rights to vote and stand for office.
Deputies +Elections Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) Deputy(Party) 1928 rowspan="3" Hashim al-Atassi(NB) rowspan="6" Mazhar Raslan(NB) Shukri al-Jundi(NB) Asaad al-Naqri(N/A) 4 seats 1931–32 Rafiq al-Husseini(N/A) Ibrahim al-Dahiya(N/A) 1936 Suleiman al-Masrani(N/A) Abdullah Farkouh(N/A) 6 seats 1937 Mukarram al-Atassi(NB) 1943 rowspan="2" Adnan al-Atassi(Until 1947: NBFrom 1948: PP) Hilmi al-Atassi(N/A) rowspan="2" Hani al-Sibai(Until 1947: NBFrom 1948: PP) Isa al-Yunis(N/A) 1946 Mukarram al-Atassi(NB) 1947 rowspan="2" Farhan al-Jandali(PP) rowspan="2" Faydi al-Atassi(PP) rowspan="2" Mahmoud Suwaydan(N/A) rowspan="2" Musallam al-Haddad(PP) Isa al-Siryani(PP) 8 seats 1949 Sami Tayyara(Until 1952: ASMFrom 1953: ALM) Abd al-Hasib Raslan(Ind.) Ratib al-Husami(N/A) Ihsan al-Hisni(N/A) 1953 rowspan="2" Munib Raslan(N/A) Makram al-Jandali(N/A) Muhammad al-Droubi(N/A) Philip Farkouh(N/A) 5 seats rowspan="5" Farhan al-Jandali(PP) rowspan="5" Faydi al-Atassi(PP) rowspan="5" Hani al-Sibai(PP) rowspan="4" Abd al-Hasib Raslan(Ind.) rowspan="5" Ratib al-Husami(PP) rowspan="5" Musallam al-Haddad(PP) Ihsan al-Hisni(N/A) 8 seats 1954 (Oct) rowspan="2" Adnan al-Atassi(PP) rowspan="4" Abdallah Farkuh(NP) Suleiman al-Maasarani(N/A) Mahmoud Sweidan(N/A) 10 seats 1955 Ahmad al-Hajj Yunis(N/A) 1957 Kamal Kalalib(SCP) 1961 Sami Tayyara(ALM) Said al-Tilawi(NP) Muhammad Ali Mashaal(PP) Tayyeb al-Khoja(MB) Munib Raslan(Ind.)
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