Suwayda () was an electoral district used to elect members of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies between 1937 and 1963. Suwayda was, until 1936, part of Jabal Druze State and thus didn't participate in earlier Syrian parliamentary elections. Following the Jabal Druze State’s incorporation into Syria, the first elections in The electoral district were held in late 1937. 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) 1937 N/A 2 seats 1943 Hasan al-Atrash(Independent) Yusuf al-Atrash(N/A) Uqla al-Qutami(N/A) Saud al-Fawwaz(N/A) 1949 (Jan) Jamil Abu Asali(N/A) Daoud Hunaidi(N/A) 3 seats 1949 (Nov) Hasan al-Atrash(Independent) 1 seat 1953 Muhammad Salih Abu Asali(N/A) rowspan="3" Hasan al-Atrash(Independent) 1954 (Oct) Fadlallah Jarbu(N/A) 2 seats 1955 1957 Salman al-Hunaidi(Ba'ath Party) Sayyah Abu Asali(N/A) 1961 Nayef Jarbu(Ba'ath Party) Hussein Murshid(Independent)
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