1968 Lebanese general election

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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] Politically the election was a confrontation between the mainly christian Tripartite Alliance and Chehabists candidates.

Background[]

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

Group Seats
Maronite Christians 30
Sunni Muslims 20
Shi'ite Muslims 19
Greek Orthodox 11
Druze 6
Greek Catholics 6
Armenian Orthodox 4
Protestants 1
Armenian Catholics 1
Other 1

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kataeb Party9+5
National Liberal Party8+1
National Bloc6+3
Progressive Socialist Party5–1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation40
3–2
Najjadeh Party1+1
1New
Independents62–8
Total990
Total votes614,280
Registered voters/turnout1,239,19949.57
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. ^ Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union


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