1998 Lebanese presidential election
24 November 1998
 
Nominee Emile Lahoud
Party Independent
Electoral vote 118
Percentage 92,19%
President before election

Elias Hrawi
Independent

 Elected President

Emile Lahoud
Independent

An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 13 October 1998,[1] resulting in General Emile Lahoud being elected President of the Lebanese Republic.

By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the 128-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority.[2]

General-in-chief of the army, Emile Lahoud, was backed by Syria and elected in a landslide 118 out of 118 votes (of the attending MPs) in the Chamber of Deputies.[3]

118 of 128 deputies attended the session, thus reaching the required quorum of 2/3 of MPs needed to proceed. On the first round, every deputy voted for Emile Lahoud, thus immediately making him the 11th President of the Lebanese Republic.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Presidents Election Page". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22.
  2. ↑ Rabbath, Edmond. "La Constitution libanaise. Origines, textes et commentaires". Beyrouth: Publications de l'Université Libanaise, 1982, p. 301.
  3. ↑ "Emile Lahoud". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
  4. ↑ "Election of the Presidents of the Lebanese Republic".
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