Parliamentary elections in Lebanon 1972
The 1972 parliamentary elections in Lebanon were held between April 16 and April 30. It was the last parliamentary elections in Lebanon before the civil war ; for 20 years - until the 1992 election - there were no elections to the Assemblée nationale .
Independent candidates won the majority of the seats, although most of them were considered members of different blocs. The turnout was 54.4%. A total of 721,022 people voted.
background
According to the 1960 Constitution, the 99 seats were divided among the ethnic and religious groups:
| group | Seats |
|---|---|
| Maronite Christians | 30th |
| Sunni Muslims | 20th |
| Shiite Muslims | 19th |
| Greek Orthodox | 11 |
| Druze | 6th |
| Greek Catholic | 6th |
| Armenian Orthodox | 4th |
| Protestants | 1 |
| Armenian Catholics | 1 |
| other | 1 |
Result
| Political party | proportion of | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal Party | 11.1% | 11 | 0 |
| Kataeb party | 7.1% | 7th | −2 |
| Progressive Socialist Party | 5.1% | 5 | 0 |
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 5.1% | 5 | +1 |
| Lebanese National Bloc | 4.0% | 4th | −2 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 2.0% | 2 | New |
| Socialist Arab vanguard party | 1.0% | 1 | New |
| Democratic Party | 1.0% | 1 | New |
| Union of the People's Workers | 1.0% | 1 | New |
| Social Democratic Hntchak Party | 0.0% | 0 | New |
| Democratic-Liberal Party | 0.0% | 0 | New |
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 0.0% | 0 | New |
| Independent | 63.6% | 63 | +5 |
| Invalid / blank notes | - | - | - |
| total | 100 | 99 | 0 |
| Source: Dieter Nohlen and others: Elections in Asia. Volume I, 2001. | |||
Of the 63 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of different blocs:
- 9 in the Faranjiyyah Block
- 8 in the Skaff block
- 7 in the karami block
- 7 in the Assad block
- 6 in the Hamada block
- 4 in the Arslane block
- 3 in the Salam block
- 3 in the Dschumblat block
- 1 joined the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, Christof Hartmann: Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Volume I, 2001, ISBN 0-19-924958-X , p. 183.
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, Christof Hartmann: Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Volume I, 2001, ISBN 0-19-924958-X , p. 184.
- ↑ Lebanon (PDF file; 19 kB) Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, Christof Hartmann: Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Volume I, 2001, ISBN 0-19-924958-X , pp. 189-190.
- ^ [1] Armenian Deputies in Lebanon (1929–2009)
