1947 Lebanese general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Lebanon on 25 May 1947, with a second round in some constituencies on 1 June.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 61.5%.[2]
As'ad AbuKhalil described the 1947 election as "one of the most corrupt in Lebanese history", and claimed that it was rigged by Camille Chamoun.[3]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Constitutional Bloc | 12 | +6 | |||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 2 | +1 | |||
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | –1 | |||
Kataeb Party | 0 | New | |||
National Bloc | 0 | –11 | |||
Independents | 41 | +5 | |||
Total | 55 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 167,853 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 273,142 | 61.45 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p184
- ^ AbuKhalil, As'ad (31 May 2018). "The West & Gulf Couldn't Sway These Lebanese Elections". consortiumnews.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- The black book of the Lebanese elections of May 25, 1947 ; an account tr. from the Arabic original (The crime of May 25), by Hizb al-watan. (Lebanon); ʻAḳl, George, editor, 1947