1943 Lebanese general election

General elections were held in Lebanon on 29 August 1943, with a second round in some constituencies on 4 September.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.9%.[2]

1943 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1932 29 August 1943 (first round)
4 September 1943 (second round)
1947 →
Party Leader Seats
National Bloc Émile Eddé 11
Constitutional Bloc Bechara El Khoury 6
ARF 1
ADLP 1
Independents 36
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Petro Trad
Unaffiliated
Riad Al Solh
Constitutional Bloc

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats
National Bloc11
Constitutional Bloc6
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation1
Independents36
Total55
Total votes129,621
Registered voters/turnout254,74850.88
Source: Nohlen et al.

See also edit

References edit

  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