Election Name: | 1957 Lebanese general election |
Previous Election: | 1953 |
Next Election: | 1960 |
Election Date: | 9–23 June |
Country: | Lebanon |
Party1: | National Bloc |
Color1: |
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Leader1: | Raymond Eddé |
Seats1: | 5 |
Last Election1: | 3 |
Party2: | Party of the Constitutional Union |
Seats2: | 3 |
Last Election2: | 3 |
Party3: | Kataeb Party |
Leader3: | Pierre Gemayel |
Seats3: | 2 |
Last Election3: | 1 |
Party4: | Progressive Socialist Party |
Leader4: | Kamal Jumblatt |
Seats4: | 2 |
Last Election4: | 1 |
Party5: | Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon |
Seats5: | 2 |
Last Election5: | 1 |
Party6: | Syrian Social Nationalist Party |
Seats6: | 1 |
Last Election6: | new |
Party7: | Independents |
Leader7: | – |
Seats7: | 51 |
Last Election7: | 35 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Sami as-Solh |
Before Party: | Unaffiliated |
After Election: | Sami as-Solh |
After Party: | Unaffiliated |
Results Sec: | Results |
General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.[2]
With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates.[3]
There was a reform of the seat distribution of parliamentary constituencies in 1957, but Bint Jbeil remained a single-member constituency. Instead the neighbouring electoral district of Nabatieh was awarded an additional Shia seat. Ahmad al-As'ad argued that this move had been done deliberately to curtail his political influence.[4] The Bint Jbeil seat was won by Ali Bazzi in the parliamentary election.[5]