The Socialist Unionist Party ( ''Al-Wahdawiyyun Al-Ishtirakiyyun'') is a Nasserist

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. The party was founded in 1962 through a split in the

Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology ...

. During the Ba'athist era, it was part of the National Progressive Front of legally permitted parties that supported

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and

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. The party leader is Fayiz Ismail. Abdullah Sallum Abdullah, a member of this party, ran for president in the 2021 election. Following the

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, the party was banned by the Syrian transitional government due to its support for the dictatorship.

Election results

Presidential elections

Syrian People's Assembly elections

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