Haskah/Aleppo, May 24 (SANA) Voting began Sunday in several districts in northeastern and northern Syria to elect members of the country’s People’s Assembly, according to Syria’s Higher Committee for People’s Assembly Elections.
Polling opened in the Hasakah and Qamishli districts in Hasakah province, as well as the Ain al-Arab district in Aleppo province.
The committee said 12 candidates were competing for two seats in Ain al-Arab from an electoral body of 100 members, while 13 candidates were contesting three seats in Hasakah from a pool of 150 electors.
In Qamishli, seven candidates are competing for four seats in an electoral body consisting of 207 members.
In the al-Malikiyah district, two candidates secured the allocated seats uncontested after no additional candidates registered.
Voting is scheduled to continue until around midday and may be extended by one hour if minimum turnout requirements are not met. Ballot counting will begin immediately after polling closes, with preliminary results expected later Sunday.
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