1957 Lebanese general election

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]

1957 Lebanese general election
9–23 June
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 5 +2
Constitutional Union 3 0
Kataeb Party Pierre Gemayel 2 +1
PSP Kamal Jumblatt 2 +1
ARF 2 +1
SSNP 1 New
Independents – 51 +16
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Sami as-Solh
Unaffiliated		 Sami as-Solh
Unaffiliated

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Bloc5+2
Party of the Constitutional Union30
Kataeb Party2+1
Progressive Socialist Party2+1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation2+1
Syrian Social Nationalist Party1New
Independents51+16
Total66+22
Total votes446,178–
Registered voters/turnout838,08953.24
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


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