1996 Lebanese general election

1996 Lebanese general election

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All 128 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout43.29% (Increase12.94pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rafic Hariri Nabih Berri
Party Hariri Bloc Amal Movement
Leader's seat Beirut Zahrani
Seats won 25 8

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt
Party Hezbollah PSP
Leader's seat None Chouf
Seats won 7 5

Prime Minister before election

Rafic Hariri
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Rafic Hariri
Independent

General elections were held in Lebanon between 18 August and 15 September 1996.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 43.3%.[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