1972 Lebanese general election

General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972.[1] Independent candidates won the 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
Maronite Christians30
Sunni Muslims20
Shi'ite Muslims19
Greek Orthodox11
Druze6
Greek Catholics6
Armenian Orthodox4
Protestants1
Armenian Catholics1
Other1

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 +/–
National Liberal Party11+3
Kataeb Party7–2
Progressive Socialist Party50
Lebanese National Bloc4–2
Party of the Constitutional Union30
Democratic Socialist Party2New
Socialist Arab Vanguard Party1New
Democratic Party1New
National Action Movement10
Armenian Revolutionary Federation1–3
Union of Working People's Forces1New
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party0New
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party0New
Syrian Social Nationalist Party0New
Independents63+1
Invalid/blank votes
Total721,022100100+1
Registered voters/turnout1,326,01654.4
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
  4. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp189-190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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