Damascus, Oct. 5 -- Members of the electoral colleges in Syria on Sunday morning voted for the first Syrian Parliamentary Elections since the country's ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown.

State media reported that that voting process, which will mark the formation of the first Syrian People's Assembly since the fall of the defunct regime.

Sana news agency reported that voting was held at designated electoral district centres across most provinces, as set by the Higher Committee for Parliamentary Elections. The 11 members of the Committe were chosen by the president in June.

A later date will be scheduled for voting in Kurdish controlled certain areas of Raqqa and Hasakah provinces (Ma'dan, Ras al-Ayn, and Tal Abyad), while seats in t...