1951 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 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]
Results
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Constitutional Bloc | 5 | –7 | |||
Kataeb Party | 3 | +3 | |||
National Bloc | 3 | +3 | |||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 2 | 0 | |||
Progressive Socialist Party | 2 | New | |||
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | 62 | +21 | |||
Total | 77 | +22 | |||
Total votes | 194,849 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 355,902 | 54.75 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Elected Members
[edit]List of Elected Members in 1951 Elections[3] | ||||
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Constituency | Elected Member | Party | Demographic | |
Beqaa | Iskander Sursock | Independent | Greek Orthodox | |
Jean Skaff | Kataeb Party[4] | Greek Catholic | ||
Habib Mutran | Independent | Greek Catholic | ||
Rifaat Qazoun | Independent | Sunni | ||
Salim Al-Daoud | Independent | Druze | ||
Shafiq Hanna Al-Daher | Independent | Maronite | ||
Sabri Hamadeh | Constitutional Bloc | Shiite | ||
Fadlallah Hamadeh | Independent | Shiite | ||
Nazem Qadri | Independent | Sunni | ||
Youssef Hrawi | Independent | Maronite | ||
Ibrahim Haidar | Independent | Shiite | ||
Chouf - Aley | Majid Arslan | Independent | Druze | |
Bahij Taqi al-Din | Independent | Druze | ||
Salim Al-Khoury | Independent | Maronite | ||
Philippe Takla | Independent | Greek Catholic | ||
Kamal Jumblatt | Progressive Socialist Party | Druze | ||
Camille Chamoun | Constitutional Bloc | Maronite | ||
Emile Bustani | Independent | Maronite | ||
Anwar Al-Khatib | Progressive Socialist Party | Sunni | ||
Ghassan Tueni | Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon | Greek Orthodox | ||
Baabda - Matn | Elias Al-Khoury | Independent | Maronite | |
Emile Lahoud | Constitutional Bloc | Maronite | ||
Elia Abu Joudeh | Independent | Maronite | ||
Bashir Al-Awar | Independent | Druze | ||
Pierre Eddé | National Bloc | Maronite | ||
Dikran Tosbat | Independent | Armenian Orthodox | ||
Abdullah Al-Hajj | Independent | Shiite | ||
Fouad Al-Khoury | Independent | Greek Orthodox | ||
Michel Doumit | Independent | Maronite | ||
Beirut | Amin Beyhum | Independent | Sunni | |
Joseph Chader | Kataeb Party[4] | Armenian Catholic | ||
Habib Abu Shahla | National Bloc | Greek Orthodox | ||
Ramez Sarkis | Independent | Protestant | ||
Rashid Baydoun | Independent | Shiite | ||
Sami Solh | Constitutional Bloc | Sunni | ||
Charles Helou | Independent | Maronite | ||
Saeb Salam | Independent | Sunni | ||
Abdallah El-Yafi | Independent | Sunni | ||
Melkon Hayrapetian | Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon | Armenian Orthodox | ||
Musa Di Frij | Independent | Minorities | ||
Movses Ter-Galustian | Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon | Armenian Orthodox | ||
Henri Philippe Pharaoun | Independent | Greek Catholic | ||
Zgharta - Batroun - Koura | Antoine Stephan | Independent | Maronite | |
Hamid Frangieh | Independent | Maronite | ||
Philippe Najib Boulos | Independent | Greek Orthodox | ||
Qablan Issa Al-Khoury | Independent | Maronite | ||
Camille Akl | National Bloc | Maronite | ||
Youssef Karam | Independent | Maronite | ||
Tripoli | Rashid Karami | Independent | Sunni | |
Saadi Al Munla | Independent | Sunni | ||
Fouad Al-Bart | Independent | Greek Orthodox | ||
Qabuli Dauk | Independent | Sunni | ||
Nasuh Agha Al-Fadil | Independent | Sunni | ||
Hashem Al-Hussaini | Independent | Sunni | ||
Akkar | Albert Al-Hajj | Kataeb Party[4] | Maronite | |
Bashir Al-Othman | Independent | Sunni | ||
Sulaiman Al-Ali | Independent | Sunni | ||
Yaqoub Al-Sarraf | Independent | Greek Orthodox | ||
Keserwan | Ahmed Al-Hussaini | Independent | Sunni | |
George Karam | Independent | Maronite | ||
Raphael Lahoud | Independent | Maronite | ||
Salim Al-Khazen | Independent | Maronite | ||
George Zouein | Independent | Maronite | ||
South Governorate | Ahmed Abdel Latif Asaad | Independent | Shiite | |
Elias Traboulsi | Independent | Greek Orthodox | ||
Hussein Abdullah | Independent | Shiite | ||
Rashad Azar | Independent | Maronite | ||
Suleiman Arab | Independent | Shiite | ||
Suhail Shehab | Independent | Sunni | ||
Ali Badr al-Din | Independent | Shiite | ||
Ali Bazzi | Independent | Shiite | ||
Maroun Kanaan | Independent | Maronite | ||
Mohammed Al-Fadl | Independent | Shiite | ||
Muhammad Safi al-Din | Independent | Shiite | ||
Mohammed Ali Al-Azimi | Independent | Shiite | ||
Nikola Salem | Independent | Greek Catholic | ||
Riad Al Solh | Constitutional Bloc | Sunni |
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
- ^ "الدور التشريعي السابع" (in Arabic). الجامعة اللبنانية مركز الابحاث والدراسات في المعلوماتية القانونية. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ a b c دهام, هتاف. "هل ينجح سامي الجميّل بين تسونامي «التيار» ودلال «القوات» في 14 آذار؟". Al Binaa (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 September 2024.