Lebanese general election, 1968

General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968.^[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%.^[2]

Background

According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:^[3]

Group	Seats
Maronite Christians	30
Sunni Muslims	20
Shi'ite Muslims	19
Greek Orthodox	11
Druze	6
Greek Catholics	6
Armenian Orthodox	4
Protestants	1
Armenian Catholics	1
Other	1

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Independents			60	–10
National Liberal Party			11	+4
Kataeb Party			9	+5
Lebanese National Bloc			6	+3
Progressive Socialist Party			5	–1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation			4	0
Party of the Constitutional Union			3	–2
Najjadeh Party			1	+1
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	614,280	100	99	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 60 independents:^[4]

• 27 were considered part of the Parliamentary Democratic Front and its affiliates
• 14 had no affiliation
• 6 were members of the Assad bloc
• 4 were members of the Skaff bloc
• 4 were members of the Salam bloc
• 3 were members of the Arslan bloc
• 2 in the Jumblatt bloc

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. Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
4. Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union