ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The spokesperson for the Syrian electoral body on Friday announced that campaigning for the upcoming elections has officially ended, two days before the vote is set to take place.

"Today, the election campaigns have ended, and tomorrow is considered an 'electoral silence day’,” Nawar Najma, spokesperson for the Syrian electoral committee, told state media.

The spokesperson stressed that “polling centers in all regions have been equipped with all necessary means for the voting process,” adding that elections “will take place in the presence of local, Arab, and international media outlets.”

When the voting process ends, the ballot boxes will be opened and the vote-counting process will start, and “preliminary results will be announced successively across all regions of Syria,” Najma stated.

The parliamentary elections are set to be held on Sunday, marking Syria’s first parliamentary election following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.

A total of 1,578 candidates will be running in the parliamentary elections across the country’s 50 constituencies, including 221 women, comprising 14 percent of the total number.

The legislature will consist of 210 members, one-third of whom will be appointed by the country’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa.