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Socialist Unionist Party
حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين
Leader Fayiz Ismail
Founded1962 (1962)
Split from Ba'ath Party
Headquarters Damascus, Syria
NewspaperAl-Wahdawi
Ideology Nasserism
Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation National Progressive Front
People's Assembly
2 / 250
Cabinet of Syria
1 / 30
Website
alwahdawi.org

The Socialist Unionist Party ( Arabic: حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين Al-Wahdawiyyun Al-Ishtirakiyyun) is a leftist Nasserist political party in Syria. The party was founded in 1962 through a split in the Ba'ath Party. It is part of the National Progressive Front of legally permitted parties that support socialism and Arab nationalism. The party leader is Fayiz Ismail. Abdullah Sallum Abdullah, a member of this party, ran for president in 2021 Syrian presidential election. [1]

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2021 Abdullah Sallum Abdullah 213,968 1.50% Non-elected Red XN

Parliamentary elections

People's Council of Syria
Election Seats +/–
1973
1 / 250
Decrease3
1977
3 / 250
Increase2
1981
8 / 250
Increase5
1986
8 / 250
Steady
1990
7 / 250
Decrease1
1994
7 / 250
Steady
1998
7 / 250
Steady
2003
0 / 250
Decrease7
2007
6 / 250
Increase6
2012
18 / 250
Increase12
2016
2 / 250
Decrease16
2020
2 / 250
Steady

References

  1. ^ "Al-Assad has two rivals in Syrian election". The West Australian. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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