1957 Lebanese general election explained

Election Name:1957 Lebanese general election
Previous Election:1953
Next Election:1960
Election Date:9–23 June
Country:Lebanon
Party1:National Bloc
Color1:
  1. 00529F
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]

Electoral districts

Bint Jbeil

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]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen et al., p184
  3. Book: Marshall . Jonathan . The Lebanese Connection Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic . 2012 . Stanford University Press . 8.
  4. Book: Gersten Professor of Political Science Jacob M Landau . Middle Eastern Themes: Papers in History and Politics . Jacob M. Landau . 19 December 2013 . Routledge . 978-1-135-15977-1 . 260.
  5. Book: The International Who's who of the Arab World . International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd. . 1984 . 104. 9780950612218 .