More than 8 thousand polling stations for voting in the elections to the People's Council (unicameral parliament) opened at 07:00 local time in Damascus and other cities of Syria.

According to the Supreme Judicial Committee for the Control of Elections (election committee), 1,516 candidates representing all regions of the country are fighting for 250 parliamentary seats. According to forecasts, the composition of the parliament could be renewed by more than 50% at the end of the vote.

The National Unity coalition, which won the 2020 elections, is the favorite. Its list includes 168 candidates from the ruling Arab Socialist Renaissance Party (PASV) and 16 from organizations allied with it from the Progressive National Front. The president of the republic, Bashar al-Assad, is the secretary general of the PASV, which came to power on March 8, 1963.

The popular will process is underway in most Syrian regions. More than 70 polling stations in the neighboring provinces of Aleppo, Latakia and Hama have been organized for residents of Idlib and border areas with Turkey, which are beyond the control of government forces. Another 90 polling stations have been set aside for displaced persons from the Kurdish-held province of Raqqa.