1953 Lebanese general election
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]
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Constitutional Bloc | 3 | –2 | |||
| National Bloc | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kataeb Party | 1 | –2 | |||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1 | –1 | |||
| Progressive Socialist Party | 1 | –1 | |||
| Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independents | 35 | –27 | |||
| Total | 44 | –33 | |||
| Total votes | 389,932 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 780,053 | 49.99 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- Nohlen et al., p184
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