1960 Lebanese general election

1960 Lebanese general election

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Party Leader Seats +/– Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 6 +4 National Liberal Camille Chamoun 5 New Constitutional Union 5 +2 PSP Kamal Jumblatt 5 +3 National Bloc Raymond Eddé 4 −1 ARF Movses Der Kaloustian 4 +2 Najjadeh Party Adnan al-Hakim 1 New National Organisation 1 New Independents – 68 +17 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ahmad Daouk Independent Saeb Salam Independent

General elections were held in Lebanon between 12 June and 2 July 1960. ^[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.7%. ^[2]

Map depicting constituencies for 1960 Lebanese elections

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Kataeb Party			6	+4
	National Liberal Party			5	New
	Party of the Constitutional Union			5	+2
	Progressive Socialist Party			5	+3
	National Bloc			4	–1
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation			4	+2
	National Organisation Party			1	New
	Najjadeh Party			1	New
	Independents			68	+17
Total				99	+33
Total votes		527,271	–
Registered voters/turnout		1,039,232	50.74
Source: Nohlen et al.

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