Ballot boxes open for electors in provinces to select their candidates for the 4th Parliamentary legislative term

Damascus, SANA- The Higher Judicial Committee for Elections on Monday announced opening the ballot boxes at all the polling stations for electors in the provinces to select their candidates for the 4^th legislative term of the People’s Assembly.

The Syrians participate in this election process at 8,151 centers to select 250 parliament members out of 1516 candidates.

In a statement to SANA, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Committee for elections, Judge Jihad Murad, affirmed that the polling stations whose number reached 8151, on Monday morning started to receive the electors to choose their candidates, indicating that all the required measures have been to guarantee the success of the election process.

Murad explained that after the ballot boxes are closed, the vote counting process begins immediately at the polling station by the election committee in the presence of the candidate or his representative, as well as the presence of the media present at the center, and the final results are announced by the Supreme Judicial Elections Committee immediately after the vote counting process is completed.

According to the General Elections Law No. 5 of 2014, the election begins at seven o’clock in the morning for the election day and closes at seven o’clock in the evening that day. The decision of the Higher Elections Committee may extend the election period for a five hours at most at all polling stations.

Manar Salameh