1943 Lebanese general election

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1943 Lebanese general election
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  1932 29 August 1943 (first round)
4 September 1943 (second round)
1947  
PartyLeaderSeats
National Bloc Émile Eddé 11
Constitutional Bloc Bechara El Khoury 6
ARF 1
ADLP 1
Independents 36
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Petro Trad
Unaffiliated
Riad Al Solh
Constitutional Bloc

General elections were held in Lebanon on 29 August 1943, with a second round in some constituencies on 4 September. [1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.9%. [2]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
National Bloc 11
Constitutional Bloc 6
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation 1
Independents36
Total55
Total votes129,621
Registered voters/turnout254,74850.88
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p184