1943 Lebanese general election

1943 Lebanese general election

29 August 1943 (first round) 4 September 1943 (second round)

Party Leader Seats National Bloc Émile Eddé 11 Constitutional Bloc Bechara El Khoury 6 ARF 1 ADLP 1 Independents – 36 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Petro Trad Unaffiliated Riad Al Solh Constitutional Bloc

General elections were held in Lebanon on 29 August 1943, with a second round in some constituencies on 4 September. Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.9%.

Apportionment of seats over districts and communities

	tot.	Ma	GO	GC	AO	Mi	Su	Sh	Dr
tot.	55	18	6	3	2	1	11	10	4
Beirut	9	1	1		2	1	3	1
Bekaa	7	1	1	1			1	2	1
Mount L.	17	10	1	1			1	1	3
North	12	5	2				5
South	10	1	1	1			1	6

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	National Bloc			11
	Constitutional Bloc			6
	Armenian Democratic Liberal Party			1
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation			1
	Independents			36
Total				55
Total votes		129,621	–
Registered voters/turnout		254,748	50.88
Source: Nohlen et al.

See also

• 1943 Lebanese presidential election