General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957.[1] Independent candidates, nearly all pro-president, won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.[2]
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates.[3]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Bloc | 5 | +2 | |||
| Party of the Constitutional Union | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kataeb Party | 2 | +1 | |||
| Progressive Socialist Party | 2 | +1 | |||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 2 | +1 | |||
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 1 | New | |||
| Independents | 51 | +16 | |||
| Total | 66 | +22 | |||
| Total votes | 446,178 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 838,089 | 53.24 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Electoral districts
editBint Jbeil
editThere was a reform of the seat distribution of parliamentary constituencies in 1957, but Bint Jbeil remained a single-member constituency. Instead the neighbouring electoral district of Nabatieh was awarded an additional Shia seat. Ahmad al-As'ad argued that this move had been done deliberately to curtail his political influence.[4] The Bint Jbeil seat was won by Ali Bazzi in the parliamentary election.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Marshall, Jonathan (2012). The Lebanese Connection Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic. Stanford University Press. p. 8.
- ^ Gersten Professor of Political Science Jacob M Landau; Jacob M. Landau (19 December 2013). Middle Eastern Themes: Papers in History and Politics. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-135-15977-1.
- ^ The International Who's who of the Arab World. International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd. 1984. p. 104. ISBN 9780950612218.
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