1968 Lebanese general election in Koura District

none Voting to elect two members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Koura District (a rural area in northern Lebanon) in 1968, part of the national general election of that year. Both of the seats of the constituency were earmarked for the Greek Orthodox community (for more information about the Lebanese election system, see Elections in Lebanon).Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 29-30Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. Middle East Record. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1960. pp. 350-351 Koura District had 31,531 eligible voters, out of whom 13,753 voted.Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. Middle East Record. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1968. pp. 637 Three tickets contested the election. The election was marred by violent incidents and threats. Candidates Filip Bulus and Fuad Ghusn, two incumbent parliamentarians and members of the Democratic Front, ran on a joint ticket.Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. Middle East Record. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1968. pp. 641 Bulus was a prominent politician and lawyer, first elected to parliament in 1951. He had been appointed as governor of Beirut Governorate in 1966, and served in different ministerial functions. Fuad Ghusn was also a lawyer by profession, educated in Paris. He had served in different ministerial cabinets. The Bulus-Ghusn ticket represented the local elites. Two physicians, Jamil al-Burji (seen as pro-Communist) and Bakhous Hakim (independent, but linked to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party), ran on a joint ticket.Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, Vol. 35–37. Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1982. p. 45 Faruq Talib was another candidate, running on his own. Results Bakhous Hakim and Fuad Ghusn were elected. CandidateVotesBakhus Hakim6,615Fuad Ghusn6,293Filip Bulus5,829Jamil al-Burji5,629Faruq Talib532 References Lebanon Politics 2 Koura District Category:Koura District