1947 Lebanese general election

1947 Lebanese general election

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Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Constitutional Bloc Camille Chamoun 12 +6 ARF 2 +1 Independents – 41 +5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Riad Al Solh Constitutional Bloc Riad Al Solh Constitutional Bloc

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]

Apportionment of seats over districts and communities

The apportionment of seats over districts and communities was the same as in 1943.

	tot.	Ma	GO	GC	AO	Mi	Su	Sh	Dr
tot.	55	18	6	3	2	1	11	10	4
Beirut	9	1	1		2	1	3	1
Bekaa	7	1	1	1			1	2	1
Mount L.	17	10	1	1			1	1	3
North	12	5	2				5
South	10	1	1	1			1	6

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. Nohlen et al., p184
3. AbuKhalil, As'ad (31 May 2018). "The West & Gulf Couldn't Sway These Lebanese Elections". consortiumnews.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

External links

• 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