Lebanese general election, 1957

Lebanese general election, 1957
Lebanon
9–23 June

Party Leader % Seats ±
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 5 +2
Party of the Constitutional Union 3 0
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 2 +1
Progressive Socialist Kamal Jumblatt 2 +1
Dashnaktsutyun 2 +1
Social Nationalist 1 +1
Independent N/A 51 +16
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Sami as-Solh
Unaffiliated		 Sami as-Solh
Unaffiliated

General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.[2]

As'ad AbuKhalil has claimed that the elections were rigged by Camille Chamoun, with the assistance of the United States.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Lebanese National Bloc5+2
Party of the Constitutional Union30
Kataeb Party2+1
Progressive Socialist Party2+1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation2+1
Syrian Social Nationalist Party1New
Independents51+16
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total446,17810066+22
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
  3. ↑ AbuKhalil, As'ad (15 June 2018). "The Meaning of the Recent Lebanese Election (and How Hariri Suffered a Stinging Defeat)". consortiumnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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