1960 Lebanese general election

1960 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1957 12 June 1960 (first round)
2 July 1960 (second round)		 1964 →
Party Leader Seats +/–
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 6 +4
National Liberal Party 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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kataeb Party6+4
National Liberal Party5New
Party of the Constitutional Union5+2
Progressive Socialist Party5+3
National Bloc4–1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation4+2
National Organisation Party1New
Najjadeh Party1New
Independents68+17
Total99+33
Total votes527,271–
Registered voters/turnout1,039,23250.74
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


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