1972 Lebanese general election
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General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972.[1] Independent candidates won a majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.[2]
Background
According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:[3]
Group | Seats |
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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
The majority of MPs – 63 of the 100 – were elected as independents. However, 52 of them were considered to be members of parliamentary blocs, including 9 in the Faranjiyyah bloc, 9 in the Skaff bloc, 7 in the Assad bloc (which also included the 2 Democratic Socialist Party MPs), 7 in the Karami bloc, 6 in the Hamada bloc, 4 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation block (which also included the party's single MP), 4 in the Arslan bloc, 3 in the Jumblatt bloc (which also included the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs) and 3 in the Salam bloc.[4]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Liberal Party | 11 | +3 | |||
Kataeb Party | 7 | –2 | |||
Progressive Socialist Party | 5 | 0 | |||
National Bloc | 4 | –2 | |||
Party of the Constitutional Union | 3 | 0 | |||
Lebanese Social Democratic Party | 2 | New | |||
Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party | 1 | New | |||
Democratic Party | 1 | New | |||
National Action Movement | 1 | 0 | |||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1 | –3 | |||
Union of Working People's Forces | 1 | New | |||
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | 0 | New | |||
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | New | |||
Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 0 | New | |||
Lebanese Communist Party | 0 | New | |||
Independents | 63 | +1 | |||
Total | 100 | +1 | |||
Total votes | 721,022 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,326,016 | 54.38 | |||
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
- ^ Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Nohlen et al., pp189–190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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