1943 Lebanese general election

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]

1943 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
29 August 1943 (first round)
4 September 1943 (second round)
PartyLeader Seats
National Bloc Émile Eddé 11
Constitutional Bloc Bechara El Khoury 6
ARF 1
ADLP 1
Independents – 36
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Petro Trad
Unaffiliated		 Riad Al Solh
Constitutional Bloc

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
National Bloc11
Constitutional Bloc6
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation1
Independents36
Total55
Total votes129,621–
Registered voters/turnout254,74850.88
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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