Hammouda Sabbagh Ba'ath Party Hammouda Sabbagh Ba'ath Party Member State of the Arab League Parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in Syria on 13 April 2020 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria.

[3] On 3 March 2020, President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree setting the date of the election to 13 April 2020.

[4] The announcement came amid a government offensive on Idlib Governorate, the last province mainly controlled by the Syrian opposition.

[5] In the months leading up to the election, there were heavy disputes within the Syrian government, as President Assad quarreled with the influential Maklouf family.

Accordingly, pro-Assad factions attempted to weaken Maklouf allies, including the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP).

[6] One candidate was Madloul Omar al-Aziz, an ex-al-Nusra Front member who had defected to the government in course of the civil war.

[7] The 250 seats of the People's Council of Syria are elected through party bloc voting in 15 multi-member constituencies.

Previously, the armed groups that controlled those areas did not allow the Syrian Government to organize elections within them.

[13] Observers concurred that the deadly pandemic had significantly affected turnout, but added that the news of the election day bombings, wartime poverty and a lack of confidence in the ability of the parliament to end the crisis that had beset Syria since the start of the country's civil war were also major contributing factors to the low turnout.

[7] In addition, the election resulted in a reduced representation of women, as 27 female candidates secured a seat, compared to 32 in 2016.