1957 Lebanese general election

1957 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1953 9–23 June 1960 →
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 5 +2
Constitutional Union 3 0
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 2 +1
PSP Kamal Jumblatt 2 +1
ARF 2 +1
SSNP 1 New
Independents – 51 +16
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Sami as-Solh
Unaffiliated		 Sami as-Solh
Unaffiliated

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]

  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.