Lebanese general election, 1968

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General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%.[2]

Background

According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:[3]

Group Seats
Maronite Christians30
Sunni Muslims20
Shi'ite Muslims19
Greek Orthodox11
Druze6
Greek Catholics6
Armenian Orthodox4
Protestants1
Armenian Catholics1
Other1

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Independents60–10
National Liberal Party11+4
Kataeb Party9+5
Lebanese National Bloc6+3
Progressive Socialist Party5–1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation40
Party of the Constitutional Union3–2
Najjadeh Party1+1
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total614,280100990
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 60 independents:[4]

  • 27 were considered part of the Parliamentary Democratic Front and its affiliates
  • 14 had no affiliation
  • 6 were members of the Assad bloc
  • 4 were members of the Skaff bloc
  • 4 were members of the Salam bloc
  • 3 were members of the Arslan bloc
  • 2 in the Jumblatt bloc

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. ↑ Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
  4. ↑ Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
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