1957 Lebanese general election

none 1953 1960 9–23 June 1957 Lebanon All 66 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon 34 yes 53.24% ( 3.25pp) National Bloc #00529F Raymond Eddé 5 3 Party of the Constitutional Union 3 3 Kataeb Party Pierre Gemayel 2 1 Progressive Socialist Party Kamal Jumblatt 2 1 Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon 2 1 Syrian Social Nationalist Party 1 new Independents – 51 35 Prime Minister Sami Solh Unaffiliated Sami Solh Unaffiliated General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 0-19-924958-X Independent candidates, nearly all pro-president, won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.Nohlen et al., p184 With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates.Marshall Jonathan The Lebanese Connection Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic 2012 Stanford University Press 8 CIA operative Wilbur Crane Eveland wrote that he would regularly drive to the Chamoun's presidential residence with "a briefcase full of Lebanese pounds" to be spent on the elections. American oil companies doing business in Lebanon also contributed funding.Broder John M. 31 March 1997 Foreign Taint on National Election? A Boomerang for U.S. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/0331fundraising-foreign.html The New York Times 16 August 2025 Apportionment of seats over districts and communities tot. Ma GO GC AO AC Mi Su Sh Dr subdivision tot. 66 20 7 4 3 1 1 14 12 4 Beirut-1 5 1 1 1 2 1: Ashrafieh, Rumayl, Sayfi, Musaytiba, Mazra Beirut-2 6 1 1 1 2 1 2: Bachoura, Zkak El Blat, Mdawar, Port, Mina El Hosson, Dar Mreiseh, Ras Beirut Zahleh 4 1 1 1 1 Baalbek - Hermel 4 1 3 Rashaya - West Bekaa 2 1 1 Jbeil 1 1 Keserwan 3 3 North Metn 3 2 1 Bourj Hammoud (Metn) 1 1 Baabda 4 2 1 1 Aley-Damour (Chouf-3) 3 1 1 1 Deir El Kamar - Cheheem (Chouf-2) 2 1 1 Baaklyn - Joun (Chouf-1) 3 1 1 1 Akkar 4 1 1 2 Dennieh 1 1 Tripoli City 4 1 3 Zghorta 2 2 Koura 1 1 Bsharrey 1 1 Batroun 1 1 Jezzine 3 2 1 Saida (city) 1 1 Zahrani (Saida villages) 1 1 Nabatieh 2 2 Tyre 2 2 Bint Jbeil 1 1 Marjeyoun - Hasbaya 1 1 Results File:Lebanese Parliament 1957.svg National Bloc 5 +2 Party of the Constitutional Union 3 0 Kataeb Party 2 +1 Progressive Socialist Party 2 +1 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 2 +1 Syrian Social Nationalist Party 1 New Independents 51 +16 +22 446178 838089 Nohlen et al. Electoral districts Bint Jbeil There was a reform of the seat distribution of parliamentary constituencies in 1957, but Bint Jbeil remained a single-member constituency. Instead the neighbouring electoral district of Nabatieh was awarded an additional Shia seat. Ahmad al-As'ad argued that this move had been done deliberately to curtail his political influence.Gersten Professor of Political Science Jacob M Landau https://books.google.com/books?id=TKJlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260 Middle Eastern Themes: Papers in History and Politics Jacob M. Landau 19 December 2013 Routledge 978-1-135-15977-1 260 The Bint Jbeil seat was won by Ali Bazzi in the parliamentary election.https://books.google.com/books?id=CdPkAAAAMAAJ The International Who's who of the Arab World International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd. 1984 104 9780950612218 References Lebanon General Category:Elections in Lebanon Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results