Lebanese general election, 1996
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General elections were held in Lebanon between 18 August and 15 September 1996.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 43.3%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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Independents | 94 | +2 | ||
Amal Movement | 8 | +3 | ||
Hezbollah | 7 | -1 | ||
Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 5 | -1 | ||
Progressive Socialist Party | 5 | 0 | ||
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 2 | 0 | ||
Islamic Group | 1 | -2 | ||
Toilers League | 1 | 0 | ||
Popular Nasserist Organization | 1 | 0 | ||
Promise Party | 1 | 0 | ||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 1 | 0 | ||
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | 1 | 0 | ||
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 1 | +1 | ||
Arab Democratic Party | 0 | -1 | ||
Al-Ahbash | 0 | -1 | ||
Kataeb Party | 0 | New | ||
Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | |
Total | 1,113,130 | 100 | 128 | +29 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Of the 94 independent MPs, 66 were considered to be members of various blocs:[3]
- 25 in the Hariri bloc
- 13 in the Birri bloc (plus the eight Amal Movement MPs)
- 5 in the Hrawi bloc
- 5 in the Murr bloc
- 4 in the Jumblatt bloc (plus the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs)
- 4 in the Huss bloc
- 4 in the Faranjiyyah bloc
- 3 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation bloc (plus one MP from the party)
- 2 in the Hezbollah bloc (plus the seven Hezbollah MPs)
- 1 in the Hubayqa bloc (plus the Promise Party MP)
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p184 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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