1953 Lebanese general election

1953 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1951 12 July–9 August 1953 1957 →
Party Leader Vote % 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]

  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