Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won 97.62 per cent of the vote in a referendum that confirmed him for a second 7-year term.
"This great consensus shows the political maturity of Syria and the brilliance of our democracy and multi-party system," Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed told reporters.
"There has been some repetition of votes but we caught them by reviewing the voting lists," Mr Majeed said in response to a question about the possibility of vote-tampering.
Mr Assad was the only candidate allowed to run in Sunday's referendum, which had been widely regarded as a formality and boycotted by the opposition.
The 41-year-old president won 97.29 per cent of the vote when he succeeded his late father, Hafez al-Assad, seven years ago.
Mr Bashar controls the ruling Ba'ath Party, which took power in a coup in 1963, banned the opposition and imposed emergency law. Parties attached to the Ba'ath are the only other political groups allowed to exist legally.