This is a list of deputies elected to the Syrian parliament of 1961. The Syrian parliamentary election was held on 1—2 December 1961.[1] There are no official records, but the number of eligible voters was estimated at between 1,000,000 and 1,250,000.[2] More than 1,800 candidates, among them 11 women, contested for the 172-seat constitutional assembly.[3][4] Participation in the various constituencies varied between 48—84%, "a figure not reached in Syria before."[2]