Lebanese general election, 1972

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General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.[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 +/–
Independents63+5
National Liberal Party110
Kataeb Party7–2
Progressive Socialist Party50
Lebanese National Bloc4–2
Democratic Socialist Party2New
Socialist Arab Vanguard Party1New
Democratic Party1New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation5+1
Union of Popular Labour Forces1New
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party0New
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party0New
Syrian Social Nationalist Party0New
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total721,022100990
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 63 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of various blocs:[4]

  • 9 in the Faranjiyyah bloc
  • 8 in the Skaff bloc
  • 7 in the Karami bloc
  • 7 in the Assad bloc
  • 6 in the Hamada bloc
  • 4 in the Arslan bloc
  • 1 joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation[5]
  • 3 in the Salam bloc
  • 3 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. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp189-190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  5. ↑ Armenian Deputies in Lebanon (1929-2009)
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