1960 Lebanese general election

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
1960 Lebanese general election
Lebanon
12 June 1960 (first round)
2 July 1960 (second round)
PartyLeader 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
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ahmad Daouk
Independent		 Saeb Salam
Independent

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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