Syria concludes first election since fall of Assad regime

Ballot boxes have closed across Syria after the counting continued late into Sunday evening, as the country conducted its first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime, CNN reported.

According to CNN, election spokesman Nawar Najmeh told Syrian state TV al-Ikhbariya that all polling centers had completed voting.

Final results are expected on Monday.

Early counts from Idlib, Deir Ezzor and the Damascus countryside provinces showed no female candidates winning seats so far, according to CNN. Thereby, as a result of this, the 20% quota for women would be expected to be met via one-third of seats appointed directly by Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

Overseeing the voting process at the National Library polling center in Damascus, al-Sharaa described the election as “a