1972 Lebanese general election

none Lebanon parliamentary 1968 Lebanese general election 1968 1992 Lebanese general election 1992 All 100 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon 16–30 April 1972 54.38% (4.81pp) 130x130px National Liberal Party (Lebanon) Camille Chamoun com Getúlio Vargas em visita ao Brasil, 1954 (cropped).tif Camille Chamoun Chouf 8 11 3 Pierre-Gemayel.jpg Pierre Gemayel Kataeb Party Beirut I 9 7 2 Kamal Jumblatt (1917 - 1977 ) (Cropped).jpg Kamal Jumblatt Progressive Socialist Party 5 5 0 Chouf Melkon Eblighatian Armenian Revolutionary Federation 4 4 5 1 Beirut I General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 0-19-924958-X Independent candidates won a majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.Nohlen et al., p184 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 1972 Lebanese general election in Beirut III The majority of MPs – 63 of the 100 – were elected as independents. However, 52 of them were considered to be members of parliamentary blocs, including 9 in the Faranjiyyah bloc, 9 in the Skaff bloc, 7 in the Assad bloc (which also included the 2 Democratic Socialist Party MPs), 7 in the Karami bloc, 6 in the Hamada bloc, 4 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation block (which also included the party's single MP), 4 in the Arslan bloc, 3 in the Jumblatt bloc (which also included the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs) and 3 in the Salam bloc.Nohlen et al., pp189–190 0-19-924958-X National Liberal Party 11 +3 Kataeb Party 7 –2 Progressive Socialist Party 5 0 National Bloc 4 –2 Party of the Constitutional Union 3 0 Lebanese Social Democratic Party 2 New Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party 1 New Democratic Party 1 New National Action Movement 1 0 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 5 +1 Union of Working People's Forces 1 New green Social Democrat Hunchakian Party 0 New Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 0 New Syrian Social Nationalist Party 0 New Lebanese Communist Party 0 New Independents 63 +1 +1 721022 1326016 Nohlen et al. References Lebanon General Category:Elections in Lebanon Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results