Lebanese general election, 1992
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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]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independents | 92 | +29 | ||
| Hezbollah | 8 | New | ||
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 6 | +6 | ||
| Progressive Socialist Party | 5 | 0 | ||
| Amal Movement | 5 | New | ||
| Islamic Group | 3 | New | ||
| Arab Democratic Party | 1 | New | ||
| Al-Ahbash | 1 | New | ||
| Toilers League | 1 | New | ||
| Popular Nasserist Organization | 1 | New | ||
| Promise Party | 1 | New | ||
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 2 | +1 | ||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1 | 0 | ||
| Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | 1 | +1 | ||
| Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 0 | 0 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
| Total | 723,291 | 100 | 128 | +29 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
Of the 92 independent MPs, 68 were considered to be members of various blocs:[3]
- 12 in the Birri bloc (plus the five Amal Movement MPs)
- 11 in the Hrawi bloc
- 10 in the Huss bloc
- 9 in the Karami bloc
- 6 in the Faranjiyyah 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
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Nohlen et al., p184
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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