1992 Lebanese general election

General elections were held in Lebanon between 23 August and 11 October 1992, the first since 1972.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 30.3%.[2]

1992 Lebanese general election
23 August–11 October 1992
All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout30.35% (Decrease24.03pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
SSN
Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt
Party Hezbollah SSNP PSP
Seats before New 0 5
Seats won 8 6 5
Seat change New Increase6 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
JAI
ASB
Leader Nabih Berri Abdullah Al Amin
Party Amal Islamic Group Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
Seats before New New 1
Seats won 5 3 2
Seat change New New Increase1
Prime Minister before election

Omar Karami
Arab Liberation Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Rachid Solh
Independent

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Results
Electoral districts per the 1992 Vote Law
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Hezbollah8New
Syrian Social Nationalist Party6+6
Progressive Socialist Party50
Amal Movement5New
Islamic Group3New
Arab Democratic Party1New
Al-Ahbash1New
Toilers League1New
Popular Nasserist Organization1New
Promise Party1New
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party2+1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation10
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party1+1
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party00
Independents92+29
Total128+29
Total votes723,291–
Registered voters/turnout2,383,34530.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 92 independent MPs, 68 were considered to be members of various blocs:[3]

  • 12 in the Berri bloc (plus the five Amal Movement MPs)
  • 11 in the Hrawi bloc
  • 10 in the Salim el-Hoss bloc
  • 9 in the Karami bloc
  • 6 in the Frangieh bloc
  • 5 in the Jumblatt bloc (plus the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs)
  • 4 in the Hezbollah bloc (plus the eight Hezbollah MPs)
  • 4 in the Murr bloc
  • 3 in the Hariri bloc
  • 3 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation bloc (plus one MP from the party)
  • 1 in the Hubayqa bloc (plus the Promise Party MP)

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. Nohlen et al., p190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X


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