1947 Lebanese general election

← 1943

25 May (first round)
1 June (second round)

1951 →

	Leader	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. Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 61.5%.

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.

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

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
Nohlen et al., p184
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

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