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(4 Jun 2014) Syrian officials announced on Wednesday that President Bashar Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, capturing
another seven-year term in the middle of a bloody 3-year-old uprising against his rule that has devastated the country.
Syria's parliament speaker, Jihad Laham, announced the final results from Tuesday's election, saying Assad garnered 10,319,723 votes, representing almost 89 percent of the total votes.
Laham said Assad's two challengers, Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar, won 4.3 percent and 3.2 percent respectively. The Supreme Constitutional Court put turnout at 73.42 percent.
Assad's victory was always a foregone conclusion, despite the presence of other candidates on the ballot for the first time in decades.
Voting was held only in government-controlled areas, excluding huge tracks of northern and eastern Syria that are in
rebel hands.
The opposition and its Western allies, including the United States, have denounced the election as a farce.


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