1953 Lebanese general election

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1953 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1951 12 July–9 August 1953 1957 →
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Constitutional Bloc 3 -2
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 3 0
Kataeb Party Pierre Gemayel 1 -2
PSP Kamal Jumblatt 1 -1
ARF 1 -1
Independent – 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[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Constitutional Bloc3–2
National Bloc30
Kataeb Party1–2
Armenian Revolutionary Federation1–1
Progressive Socialist Party1–1
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party00
Independents35–27
Total44–33
Total votes389,932–
Registered voters/turnout780,05349.99
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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