1953 Lebanese general election

none 1953 Lebanese general election 1951 1957 12 July–9 August 1953 Lebanon All 44 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon 23 yes 49.99% ( 4.76pp) Independent politician – Independent 35 62 Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon) Camille Chamoun 3 5 National Bloc (Lebanon) Raymond Eddé 3 3 Kataeb Party Pierre Gemayel 1 3 Progressive Socialist Party Kamal Jumblatt 1 2 Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon 1 2 Prime Minister Saeb Salam Unaffiliated Abdallah El-Yafi Unaffiliated General elections were held in Lebanon between 12 July and 9 August 1953, the first under the new electoral system which allowed candidates to win with a plurality of votes, rather than requiring a second round.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. Voter turnout was 50.0%.Nohlen et al., p184 Candidate Kazem al-Khalil of Tyre constituency won unopposed. Apportionment of seats over districts and communities tot. Ma GO GC AO AC Mi Su Sh Dr subdivision tot. 44 13 5 3 1 1 1 9 8 3 Beirut-1 1 1 1: Medawar Beirut-2 2 1 1 2: Achrafieh, Rmeil, Saifi Beirut-3 1 1 3: Mazraa Beirut-4 2 1 1 4: Ras Beirut, Zkak El Blat, Bachoura, Moussaytbeh Beirut-5 1 1 5: Mina El Hossn, Dar El Mreiseh, the Port Zahleh (number?) 1 1 subdivision unknown Zahleh (number?) 1 1 subdivision unknown Baalbek - Hermel 2 2 Rashaya - West Bekaa 2 1 1 Jbeil 1 1 Keserwan 1 1 Keserwan El Ftouh 1 1 North Metn 2 1 1 Bourj Hammoud (Metn) 1 1 Baabda 2 1 1 Aley 2 1 1 Deir El Kamar - Cheheem (Chouf) 2 1 1 Baaklyn - Joun (Chouf) 2 1 1 Akkar 2 1 1 Dennieh 1 1 Tripoli-1 1 1 1: Kalmoun, Haddadeen, Nouri, Roummaneh, Mahatra, Askeleh Tripoli-2 1 1 2: Kobbeh, Hadid, Soueikah, Tabbaneh, Zahrieh, Tall Zghorta 1 1 Koura 1 1 Bsharrey 1 1 Batroun 1 1 Jezzine 2 1 1 Saida (city) 1 1 Zahrani (Saida villages) 1 1 Nabatieh 1 1 Tyre 1 1 Bint Jbeil 1 1 Marjeyoun - Hasbaya 1 1 Results File:Lebanese Parliament 1953.svg Constitutional Bloc 3 –2 National Bloc 3 0 Kataeb Party 1 –2 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 1 –1 Progressive Socialist Party 1 –1 Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 0 0 Independents 35 –27 –33 389932 780053 Nohlen et al. Elected members List of elected membersConstituencyElected memberName in ArabicAffiliationDemographicBeirut IMedawarMovses Der Kalustyanموسيس دركالوستيانTashnagArmenian OrthodoxBeirut IIAchrafieh - Rmeil - SaifiAlfred Naccacheالفرد نقاشNaccache-Tueni AllianceMaroniteGhassan Tueniغسّان التوينيSyrian Nationalist-supportedIndependentNaccache-Tueni AllianceGreek OrthodoxBeirut IIIMazraaAbdallah El-Yafiعبد الله اليافيIndependentSunniBeirut IVRas Beirut - Moussaitbeh - Zuqaq al-Blat - BachouraAbdullah al-Hajjعبد الله الحاجProgressive Socialist-supportedIndependentShiiteSami Solhسامي الصلحSolh-Osseiran AllianceSunniBeirut VMinet El Hosn - Dar Mreisse - PortJoseph Chaderجوزيف شادرKataebMinorityTripoli IHashem al-Husseiniهاشم الحسينيIndependentSunniTripoli IIRashid Karamiرشيد كراميKaramiSunniDanniyehNasouh Agha al-Fadelنصوح آغا الفاضلFadelSunniKouraFouad Ghosnفؤاد غصنGhosnGreek OrthodoxBsharriSaeed Touqسعيد طوقIndependentMaroniteZghartaHamid Frangiehحميد فرنجيةConstitutionalFrangiehMaroniteBatrounJean Harbجان حربHarbMaroniteAkkarBashir al-Uthmanبشير العثمانAboud AllianceSunniRaouf Hannaرؤوف حناAboud AllianceGreek OrthodoxBaakleen - JounNaim Moghabghabنعيم مغبغبMoghabghab-Takieddine AllianceGreek CatholicKamal Jumblattكمال جنبلاطProgressive SocialistJumblatt-Rizk AllianceDruzeAleyGeorges Aklجورج عقلNationalAkl-Arslan AllianceMaroniteMajid Arslanمجيد أرسلانAkl-Arslan AllianceDruzeDeir al QamarEmile Bustaniاميل البستانيBustani-Barjawi AllianceMaroniteAhmed al-Barjawiأحمد البرجاويBustani-Barjawi AllianceSunniBaabdaBashir al-Awarبشير الأعورAwar-Eddé AllianceDruzePierre Eddéبيار إدهNationalAwar-Eddé AllianceMaroniteMatnGabriel al-Murrغبريال المرّMurr-Lahoud AllianceGreek OrthodoxEmile Lahoudاميل لحودMurr-Lahoud AllianceMaroniteBurj HammoudDikran Tosbatديكران توسباطIndependentArmenian OrthodoxJbeilRaymond Eddéريمون إدهNationalMaroniteAl FutouhMaurice Zoueinموريس زوينIndependentMaroniteKeserwanClovis al-Khazenكلوفيس الخازنConstitutionalMaroniteSidonNazih al-Bizriنزيه البزريIndependentSunniZahraniAdel Osseiranعادل عسيرانOsseiranShiiteNabatiehYoussef al-Zeinيوسف الزينZeinShiiteJezzine - MaghdoucheMaroun Kanaanمارون كنعانKanaan-Salem AllianceMaroniteNikola Salemنقولا سالمKanaan-Salem AllianceGreek CatholicMarjeyoun - HasbayaKamel Asaadكامل الاسعدAsaadShiiteTyreKazem al-Khalilكاظم الخليلKhalilShiiteBint JbeilAhmed Asaadأحمد الأسعدAsaadShiiteZahle - East BekaaJoseph Skaffجوزيف سكافSkaff-Hrawi AllianceGreek CatholicGeorges al-Hrawiجورج الهراويSkaff-Hrawi AllianceMaroniteRashaya - West BekaaAdeeb al-Farzliأديب الفرزليFarzli-Qadri AllianceGreek OrthodoxNazem Qadriناظم القادريFarzli-Qadri AllianceSunniBaalbekSalim Haidarسليم حيدرIndependentShiiteHermelSabri Hamadehصبري حمادةConstitutionalShiite Reelected Candidates: Movses Der Kalustyan (Beirut I) Ghassan Tueni (Beirut II) Abdallah El-Yafi (Beirut III) Abdullah al-Hajj (Beirut IV) Sami Solh (Beirut IV) Joseph Chader (Beirut V) Hashem al-Husseini (Tripoli I) Rashid Karami (Tripoli II) Nasouh Agha al-Fadel (Danniyeh) Hamid Frangieh (Zgharta) Bashir al-Uthman (Akkar) Kamal Jumblatt (Baakleen-Joun) Majid Arslan (Aley) Emile Bustani (Deir al Qamar) Bashir al-Awar (Baabda) Pierre Eddé (Baabda) Emile Lahoud (Matn) Dikran Tosbat (Burj Hammoud) Maroun Kanaan (Jezzine-Maghdouche) Nikola Salem (Jezzine-Maghdouche) Ahmed Asaad (Bint Jbeil) Nazem Qadri (Rashaya-West Bekaa) Sabri Hamadeh (Hermel) Electoral districts Bourj Hammoud The incumbent parliamentarian Dikran Tosbath, who had won his seat in the 1951 parliamentary election as an anti-Tashnag candidate, sought re-election. He was a close associate of President Camille Chamoun. As the Tashnag Party prioritized good relations with the government they threw their support behind Tosbath. Tosbath was also supported by the National Bloc. The Hunchag-Ramgavar-Independent Group alliance opted not to contest the Bourj Hammoud seat, concentrating their efforts in the Beirut I – Medawar seat instead. Hoping to benefit from the absence of other opposition candidates in Bourj Hammoud, the Lebanese Communist Party fielded Artin Madoyan.Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130 4,696 out of the 15,895 registered voters (29.54%) cast their ballots on July 12, 1953. The electoral participation in Bourj Hammoud was the lowest in all of the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Tosbath won the election by a wide margin, obtaining 3,929 votes (83.67%) against 709 votes (15.11%) for Madoyan.Laḥd Khāṭir https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ju6AAAAIAAJ الانتخابات النيابية في تاريخ لبنان ʻAbd Allāh Mallāḥ منشورات دار لحد خاطر، 1996 Bint Jbeil The Bint Jbeil electoral district was created in 1953, as a single-member constituency.https://books.google.com/books?id=nE-6AAAAIAAJ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia Foreign Broadcast Information Service 1991 91013 36 In the 1953 parliamentary election the seat was won by Ahmad al-As'ad, a powerful Shia landlord. His main opponent in the election had been the nationalist candidate Ali Bazzi.Rodger Shanahan https://books.google.com/books?id=e-EumzyPj6MC&pg=PA69 The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics 5 November 2005 I.B.Tauris 978-1-85043-766-6 68–69 Beirut V - Minet el Hosn Beirut V - Minet el Hosn covered three neighbourhoods (quartiers) of the capital Beirut; Minet El Hosn, Dar Mreisse and Port and was attributed to a single Christian Minority seat.John Pierre Entelis https://books.google.com/books?id=_bAfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA135 Pluralism and Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kataʼib, 1936-1970 BRILL 1974 90-04-03911-2 135 The district elected a single parliamentarian, belonging to Minorities.Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135 The district had 13,890 registered voters. The contenders for the Beirut V seat were Joseph Chader, Edmond Rabbath, Farid Jubran, Chafic Nassif and Jemil Attié. The Falangist Joseph Chader won with 2,081 votes and obtained the only seat for the Kataeb Party.Majid Al Raeed تاريخ الإنتخابات النيابية من الآستانة إلى الدوحة (14) https://aliwaa.com.lb/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A9-14/ Al Liwaa 25 January 2025 ar References Lebanon Category:1953 in Lebanon Category:Elections in Lebanon Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results