1951 Lebanese general election

General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 April 1951, with a second round in some constituencies on 22 April.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 54.7%.[2]

1951 Lebanese general election
15 April (1st round)
22 April (2nd round)
Party Leader % Seats ±
Unaffiliated Several 62 +21
Constitutional Bloc Camille Chamoun 5 -7
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 3 +3
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 3 +3
Progressive Socialist Kamal Jumblatt 2 New
Dashnaktsutyun Vacant 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hussein Al Oweini
Unaffiliated		 Abdallah El-Yafi
Unaffiliated

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Constitutional Bloc5–7
Kataeb Party3+3
National Bloc3+3
Armenian Revolutionary Federation20
Progressive Socialist Party2New
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party00
Independents62+21
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total194,84910077+22
Registered voters/turnout355,90254.7––
Source: Nohlen et al

References
  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


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