1968 Lebanese general election
24 March–7 April 1968
All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.57% (Decrease3.42pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pierre Gemayel Camille Chamoun Raymond Eddé
Party Kataeb National Liberal Party National Bloc
Leader's seat Beirut I Chouf Byblos
Last election 4 7 3
Seats won 9 8 6
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 1 Increase 3

General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%.[2] Politically the election was a confrontation between the mainly christian Tripartite Alliance and Chehabists candidates.

Background

According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:[3]

Group Seats
Maronite Christians30
Sunni Muslims20
Shi'ite Muslims19
Greek Orthodox11
Druze6
Greek Catholics6
Armenian Orthodox4
Protestants1
Armenian Catholics1
Other1

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kataeb Party9+5
National Liberal Party8+1
National Bloc6+3
Progressive Socialist Party5–1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation40
Party of the Constitutional Union3–2
Najjadeh Party1+1
National Action Movement1New
Independents62–8
Total990
Total votes614,280–
Registered voters/turnout1,239,19949.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

Electoral districts

Marjeyoun-Hasbaya

The district has 4 seats allocated to 2 Shiites, 1 Sunni and 1 Greek Orthodox Christian. There were eleven candidates in the fray, with ten candidates contesting on three different tickets. The eleventh candidate contested on his own.[4] The fight stood primarily between two tickets, each headed by a candidate from the al-As'ad family (a powerful Shiite family in the area).[5]

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. ↑ Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
  4. ↑ Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 41, 53-55
  5. ↑ Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 41, 53-55


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