Lebanese general election, 1953

Lebanese general election, 1953
Lebanon
12 July–9 August 1953

Party Leader % Seats ±
Constitutional Bloc 3 -2
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 3 0
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 1 -2
Progressive Socialist Kamal Jumblatt 1 -1
Dashnaktsutyun 1 -1
Independent N/A 35 -27
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Saeb Salam
Unaffiliated		 Abdallah El-Yafi
Unaffiliated

General elections were held in Lebanon between 12 July and 9 August 1953, the first under the new electoral system which allowed candidates to win with a plurality of votes, rather than requiring a second round.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.0%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Constitutional Bloc3–2
Lebanese National Bloc30
Kataeb Party1–2
Armenian Revolutionary Federation1–1
Progressive Socialist Party1–1
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party00
Independents35–27
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total389,93210044-33
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ↑ Nohlen et al., p184
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