1957 Lebanese general election

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]

With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates.^[3]

Results


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

Bint Jbeil

There 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

^ 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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[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] Marshall, Jonathan (2012). The Lebanese Connection Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic. Stanford University Press. p. 8.

[LandauLandau2013-4] 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.

[5] 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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