1978 Syrian presidential election
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Results by governorate Assad: 90–100% Election not held | ||||||||||||||||||||
Another variant of the presidential election 1971 results, which includes "against" and "invalid votes". | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Syria on 8 February 1978. There was only one candidate, Hafez al-Assad, with voters asked to approve or reject his candidacy. A reported 99.9% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 97,0%.