Syria held parliamentary voting in parts of the country’s northeast and north on Sunday to elect members of the People’s Assembly, amid objections from the affiliates of the YPG/PKK terrorist group
Polling opened in the Hassakeh and Qamishli districts of Hassakeh province, as well as in the Ain al-Arab district of Aleppo province, the SANA news agency said, citing the committee. Nine representatives were selected in Hassakeh province – including two by proclamation – as well as two in the area of Ain al-Arab, in Aleppo province.
The committee stated that 12 candidates were contesting two seats in Ain al-Arab from an electoral body of 100 members, while 13 candidates are competing for three seats in Hassakeh, where 150 electors are eligible to vote.
In Qamishli, seven candidates are running for four seats within an electoral body of 198 members.
SANA said the allocated seats were filled uncontested in Hassakeh's al-Malikiyah district after only two candidates registered.
