1972 Lebanese general election|
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| Turnout | 54.38% (4.81pp) |
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General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972.[1] Independent candidates won a majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.[2]
Background
According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:[3]
| Group
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Seats
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| Maronite Christians |
30
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| Sunni Muslims |
20
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| Shi'ite Muslims |
19
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| Greek Orthodox |
11
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| Druze |
6
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| Greek Catholics |
6
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| Armenian Orthodox |
4
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| Protestants |
1
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| Armenian Catholics |
1
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| Other |
1
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Results
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.[4]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p184
- ^ Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Nohlen et al., pp189–190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X