1968 Lebanese general election

none Lebanon parliamentary 1964 Lebanese general election 1964 1972 Lebanese general election 1972 All 99 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon 50 24 March–7 April 1968 49.57% ( 3.42pp) 130x130px Kataeb Party Pierre-Gemayel.jpg Pierre Gemayel Beirut I 4 9 5 Camille Chamoun com Getúlio Vargas em visita ao Brasil, 1954 (cropped).tif Camille Chamoun National Liberal Party (Lebanon) Chouf 7 8 1 Raymond_Eddé - 1988.jpg Raymond Eddé National Bloc (Lebanon) 3 6 3 Byblos Prime Minister Abdallah El-Yafi Independent politician Abdallah El-Yafi Independent politician General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 0-19-924958-X Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%.Nohlen et al., p184 Politically the election was a confrontation between the mainly Christian Tripartite Alliance and Chehabists candidates. Background According to the 1960 electoral law, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union GroupSeatsMaronite Christians30Sunni Muslims20Shi'ite Muslims19Greek Orthodox11Druze6Greek Catholics6Armenian Orthodox4Protestants1Armenian Catholics1Other1 Results File:Lebanese Parliament 1968.svg Kataeb Party 9 +5 National Liberal Party 8 +1 National Bloc 6 +3 Progressive Socialist Party 5 –1 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 4 0 Party of the Constitutional Union 3 –2 Najjadeh Party 1 +1 National Action Movement 1 New Independents 62 –8 0 614280 1239199 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.Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 41, 53-55 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).Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 41, 53-55 References Lebanon Category:1968 in Lebanon Category:Elections in Lebanon Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results