1956 Libyan general election

1956 Libyan general election

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All 55 seats in the House of Representatives

Party % Seats +/– Independents 100 55 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mustafa Ben Halim Mustafa Ben Halim

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General elections were held in Libya on 7 January 1956 to elect the members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament.^[1]

The House of Representatives had 55 seats, one for every 20,000 inhabitants.^[2] Following the 1952 elections, political parties and political gatherings had been banned, so all candidates contested the election as independents. As a result, voting was based largely on personality, clan ties, and nepotism.^[3] Thirty candidates were elected unopposed.^[2]

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