1953 Lebanese general election
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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
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Independents | 35 | –27 | ||
| Constitutional Bloc | 3 | –2 | ||
| Lebanese National Bloc | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kataeb Party | 1 | –2 | ||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1 | –1 | ||
| Progressive Socialist Party | 1 | –1 | ||
| Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
| Total | 389,932 | 100 | 44 | -33 |
| 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
