Socialist Unionist Party حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين | |
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| Leader | Fayiz Ismail |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Split from | Ba'ath Party |
| Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
| Ideology | Nasserism Arab nationalism Arab socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | National Progressive Front |
| People's Council | 2 / 250 |
| Website | |
| alwahdawi.org | |
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The Socialist Unionist Party (Arabic: حزب الوحدويين الاشتراكيين Al-Wahdawiyyun Al-Ishtirakiyyun) is a leftist Nasserist political party in Syria. The party was founded in 1962 through a split in the Ba'ath Party. It is part of the National Progressive Front of legally permitted parties that support socialism and Arab nationalism. The party leader is Fayiz Ismail.
Parliamentary elections
| People's Council of Syria | |||||
| Election year | # of overall seats won | ± | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1 / 250 |  3 | |||
| 1977 | 3 / 250 |  2 | |||
| 1981 | 8 / 250 | 5 | |||
| 1986 | 8 / 250 |  | |||
| 1990 | 7 / 250 | 1 | |||
| 1994 | 7 / 250 | | |||
| 1998 | 7 / 250 | | |||
| 2003 | 0 / 250 | 7 | |||
| 2007 | 6 / 250 | 6 | |||
| 2012 | 18 / 250 | 12 | |||
| 2016 | 2 / 250 | 4 | |||