1953 Lebanese general election

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1953 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1951 12 July–9 August 1953 1957 →
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Constitutional Bloc 3 −2
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 3 0
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 1 −2
PSP Kamal Jumblatt 1 −1
ARF 1 −1
Independent – 35 −27
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Saeb Salam
Unaffiliated		 Abdallah El-Yafi
Unaffiliated

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
00
Independents35–27
Total44–33
Total votes389,932–
Registered voters/turnout780,05349.99
Source: Nohlen et al.

Electoral districts

Bourj Hammoud

The incumbent parliamentarian

Hunchag-Ramgavar-Independent Group alliance opted not to contest the Bourj Hammoud seat, concentrating their efforts in the Beirut I – Medawar seat instead. Hoping to benefit from the absence of other opposition candidates in Bourj Hammoud, the Lebanese Communist Party fielded Artin Madoyan.[3]

4,696 out of the 15,895 registered voters (29.54%) cast their ballots on July 12, 1953. The electoral participation in Bourj Hammoud was the lowest in all of the Mount Lebanon Governorate.[4] Tosbath won the election by a wide margin, obtaining 3,929 votes (83.67%) against 709 votes (15.11%) for Madoyan.[4][5]

Bint Jbeil

The Bint Jbeil electoral district was created in 1953, as a single-member constituency.

Ahmad al-As'ad, a powerful Shia landlord. His main opponent in the election had been the nationalist candidate Ali Bazzi.[7]

Beirut V - Minet el Hosn

Beirut V - Minet el Hosn covered three neighbourhoods (quartiers) of the capital Beirut; Minet El Hosn, Dar Mreisse and Port and was attributed to a single Christian Minority seat.[8] The district elected a single parliamentarian, belonging to Minorities.[9] The district had 13,890 registered voters.[9] The contenders for the Beirut V seat were Joseph Chader, Edmond Rabbath, Farid Jubran, Chafic Nassif and Jemil Attié.[10]

References

  1. ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p184
  3. ^ Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130
  4. ^ a b Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130
  5. ^ Laḥd Khāṭir; ʻAbd Allāh Mallāḥ (1996). الانتخابات النيابية في تاريخ لبنان. منشورات دار لحد خاطر،.
  6. ^ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia (91013 ed.). Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1991. p. 36.
  7. ISBN 978-1-85043-766-6
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  8. ISBN 90-04-03911-2
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  9. ^ a b Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135
  10. ^ Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135


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