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 | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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