Syria's ruler Bashar al-Assad got a large majority in the presidential election in the civil war country, according to official information.
The 55-year-old candidate received 95.1 percent of the vote, as Parliament President Hammudah Sabbagh announced on Thursday evening.
The authoritarian ruling head of state has been in power since 2000.
For him, the fourth term of office begins after the election.
The two competitors had no chance in the vote last Wednesday.
They were only considered candidates for counting.
In the election seven years ago, Assad received around 89 percent of the vote.
The government troops and their allies control around two thirds of the civil war country.
Only in these areas could the Syrians cast their votes.
The choice met with sharp criticism.
The opposition called it illegal and spoke of a "farce".
The Kurds ruling northeast Syria also declined to participate.
Germany and other governments in the West criticized the presidential election as “neither free nor fair” and “fraudulent”.
A civil war has been raging in Syria for more than ten years, in the course of which around twelve million people have been displaced. Many areas have been destroyed. In addition, the country is in a serious economic crisis. Millions of people suffer from hunger and poverty. Internationally, Syria's government is largely isolated.