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1951 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
← 1947 15 April 1951 (first round)
22 April 1951 (second round)		 1953 →
Party Leader Seats +/–
Constitutional Bloc Bechara El Khoury N/A
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 3 +3
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 2 +2
PSP Kamal Jumblatt 3
ARF 2 0
Independents – ≤67
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hussein Al Oweini
Unaffiliated		 Abdallah El-Yafi
Pro-Constitutional Bloc

General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 April 1951, with a second round in some constituencies on 22 April.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 54.7%.[2] The governing party, Constitutional Bloc, did not have a clear organization, so it is difficult to determine the number of its members who participated in this election.[3] Nonetheless, the government backed three "Constutional" lists in Mount Lebanon and had 14 of their 22 candidates elected.[4] Former Constitutionalist minister Camille Chamoun became an opposition candidate in an alliance with Kamal Jumblatt.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Constitutional Bloc–N/A
Kataeb Party3+3
Progressive Socialist Party3New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation20
National Bloc2+2
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party00
Independents–+21
Total10+22
Total votes194,849–
Registered voters/turnout355,90254.75
Source: Suleiman.

Elected Members

List of elected members[5]
Constituency Elected member Name in Arabic List[4] Demographic
Beirut Sami Solh سامي الصلح Solh Sunni
Abdallah El-Yafi عبدالله اليافي
Saeb Salam صائب سلام
Amin Beyhum أمين بيهم
Rashid Baydoun [Wikidata] رشيد بيضون Shiite
Ramez Sarkis [Wikidata] رامز سركيس Protestant
Henri Pharaoun هنري فرعون Greek Catholic
Charles Helou شارل حلو Maronite
Musa de Freij موسى دي فريج Minorities
Movses Ter-Kalousdian [Wikidata][A] موسيس دركالوستيان Armenian Orthodox
Melkon Hayrapetyan [Wikidata][A] ملكون هيرايديان Armenian Orthodox
Habib Abu Shahla حبيب أبو شهلا Greek Orthodox
Joseph Chader[B] جوزيف شادر Armenian Catholic
North Lebanon I

Tripoli

Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي Karami Sunni
Hashem Al-Husseini هاشم الحسيني
Qabuli Zouk قبولي الذوق
Saadi Al Munla سعدي المنلا
Nasuh Al-Fadil نصوح الفاضل
Fouad Al-Bart فؤاد البرط Greek Orthodox
North Lebanon II

Zgharta - Batroun - Koura

Antoine Estefan انطوان اسطفان Karam-Estefan Maronite
Camille Akl[C] كميل عقل
Youssef Karam يوسف كرم
Hamid Frangieh حميد فرنجية Frangieh
Qabalan Issa Al-Khoury [Wikidata] قبلان عيسى الخوري
Philippe Najib Boulos فيليب بولس Karam-Estefan Greek Orthodox
North Lebanon III

Akkar

Suleiman Al-Ali سليمان العلي Ali Sunni
Bashir Al-Othman بشير العثمان
Yaqoub Al-Sarraf يعقوب الصرّاف Greek Orthodox
Albert Al-Hajj[D] ألبير الحاج Maronite
South Lebanon Riad Al Solh[E] رياض الصلح Asaad Sunni
Ahmed Asaad أحمد الأسعد Shiite
Muhammad Safieddine [Wikidata] محمّد صفي الدين
Ali Badreddine علي بدرالدين
Muhammad Al-Fadl محمّد الفضل
Ali Bazzi علي بزي
Hussein Abdallah حسين العبدالله
Suleiman Arab سليمان عرب
Muhammad Ali Al-Azimi محمّد علي غطيمي
Maroun Kanaan [Wikidata] مارون كنعان Maronite
Rashad Azar رشاد عازار
Nikola Salem نقولا سالم Greek Catholic
Suhail Shehab سهيل شهاب Sunni
Elias Traboulsi الياس طرابلسي Greek Orthodox
Beqaa Sabri Hamadeh[F] صبري حمادة Hamadeh-Haidar Shiite
Ibrahim Haidar إبراهيم حيدر
Fadlallah Hamadeh [Wikidata] فضل الله حمادة
Nazem Qadri ناظم القادري Sunni
Rifaat Qazoun رفعت قزعون
Jean Skaff[B] جان سكاف Greek Catholic
Habib Al-Mutran حبيب المطران
Youssef Hrawi يوسف الهراوي Maronite
Shafiq Hanna Al-Daher شفيق حنا الضاهر
Salim Al-Daoud سليم الداود Druze
Iskander Sursock اسكندر سرسق Greek Orthodox
Mount Lebanon I

Baabda - Matn

Emile Lahoud [Wikidata] اميل لحود Constitutional Maronite
Elias Al-Khoury الياس الخوري
Michel Doumit ميشال ضومط
Bashir Al-Awar بشير الأعور Druze
Fouad Al-Khoury فؤاد الخوري Greek Orthodox
Dikran Tosbat ديكران توسباط Opposition Armenian Orthodox
Elia Abu Joudeh ايليا أبو جودة Maronite
Abdallah Al-Hajj[G] عبدالله الحاج Shiite
Pierre Eddé [Wikidata][H] بيار إده National Bloc Maronite
Mount Lebanon II

Chouf - Aley

Emile Bustani اميل البستاني Chamoun-Jumblatt Maronite
Camille Chamoun كميل شمعون
Kamal Jumblatt[I] كمال جنبلاط Druze
Anwar Al-Khatib[G] أنور الخطيب Sunni
Ghassan Tueni[J] غسّان التويني Greek Orthdox
Majid Arslan مجيد أرسلان Constitutional Druze
Salim Al-Khoury سليم الخوري Maronite
Bahij Takieddine [Wikidata] بهيج تقي الدين Druze
Philippe Takla فيليب تقلا Greek Catholic
Mount Lebanon III

Keserwan

Salim Al-Khazen سليم الخازن Constitutional Maronite
George Zouein جورج زوين
Raphael Lahoud روفائيل لحود
George Karam جورج كرم
Ahmed Al-Husseini أحمد الحسيني Shiite

Notes:

  1. ^ a b Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
  2. ^ a b Member of the Kataeb Party.
  3. ^ Member of the Party of the National Bloc.
  4. ^ Member of the Kataeb Party. However, he was expelled soon after being elected.[6]
  5. ^ Riad Solh's name was also on the opposition list, headed by Adel Osseiran and Mutran Al-Khoury, both lost the election.
  6. ^ Member of the Constitutional Bloc.
  7. ^ a b Member of the Progressive Socialist Party.
  8. ^ Elected in a runoff against Pierre Gemayel, leader of the Kataeb Party and a candidate on the Opposition list. Kamal Jumblatt allegedly persuaded the Syrian Social Nationalist Party to support Eddé.
  9. ^ Leader of the Progressive Socialist Party.
  10. ^ Former member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party which he was still affiliated with until around 1958.

Results by Constituencies

All candidates that could be identified as being close to the Constitutional Bloc or President Bechara El-Khoury, whether they were actually members by 1951, are marked as "Pro-Consitutional Bloc" below. It should be noted that there were confirmed Constitutionalists at the time of the election, such as Sabri Hamadeh and Majid Arslan, though the latter of which resigned from the bloc soon after the election.

Beirut

  • Voters: 57652
  • Total Votes: 21988
  • Turnout: 38.14%
Sunni
Candidates List Party Affiliation Votes % of Total Votes Elected?
Sami Solh سامي الصلح Solh Pro-Constitutional Bloc 14752 67.09% Yes
Abdallah El-Yafi عبدالله اليافي Pro-Constitutional Bloc 14629 66.53% Yes
Saeb Salam صائب سلام Pro-Constitutional Bloc 12808 58.25% Yes
Amin Beyhum أمين بيهم Unclear 12175 55.37% Yes
Muhammad Al-Jarawi محمّد الجاروي Popular Unclear 7171 32.61% No
Muhyiddin Al-Nsouli [Wikidata] محيي الدين النصولي Unclear 6584 29.94% No
Hussein Sejaan حسين سجعان Unclear 4073 18.52% No
Takieddin el-Solh تقي الدين الصلح National Call Party 3348 15.36% No
Mustafa Al-Wais مصطفى الويس - Unclear 5502 25.02% No
Wafiq Tabbara وفيق طبارة Unclear 1653 7.52% No
Shiite
Candidates List Party Affiliation Votes % of Total Votes Elected?
Rashid Baydoun رشيد بيضون Solh Pro-Constitutional Bloc 14779 67.21% Yes
Zahir Osseiran زهير عسيران Popular National Call Party 6538 29.73% No
Protestant
Candidates List Party Affiliation Votes % of Total Votes Elected?
Ramez Sarkis رامز سركيس Solh Unclear 14775 67.20% Yes
Anis Hanikati أنيس هنيكاتي Popular Unclear 5380 24.47% No
Greek Catholic
Candidates List Party Affiliation Votes % of Total Votes Elected?
Henri Pharaoun هنري فرعون Solh Pro-Constitutional Bloc 13284 60.41% Yes
Nasri Maalouf نصري المعلوف Popular Chamoun affiliates 7411 33.70% No

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
  3. ^ Suleiman, Michael W. (1967). Political Parties in Lebanon: The Challenge of a Fragmented Political Culture. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. p. 265.
  4. ^ a b Majid, Al-Raed Majid. تاريخ الإنتخابات النيابية من الآستانة إلى الدوحة (13) [History of parliamentary elections from Astana to Doha (13)]. Al Liwaa (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ "الدور التشريعي السابع" (in Arabic). الجامعة اللبنانية مركز الابحاث والدراسات في المعلوماتية القانونية. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ دهام, هتاف. "هل ينجح سامي الجميّل بين تسونامي «التيار» ودلال «القوات» في 14 آذار؟". Al Binaa (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
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