1957 Lebanese general election

{{Infobox legislative election

| previous_election = 1953

| next_election = 1960

| election_date = 9–23 June

| country = Lebanon

| party1 = National Bloc

| color1 = #00529F

| leader1 = Raymond Eddé

| seats1 = 5

| last_election1 = 3

| percentage1 =

| party2 = Party of the Constitutional Union

| leader2 =

| seats2 = 3

| last_election2 = 3

| percentage2 =

| party3 = Kataeb Party

| leader3 = Pierre Gemayel

| seats3 = 2

| last_election3 = 1

| percentage3 =

| party4 = Progressive Socialist Party

| leader4 = Kamal Jumblatt

| seats4 = 2

| last_election4 = 1

| percentage4 =

| party5 = Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon

| leader5 =

| seats5 = 2

| last_election5 = 1

| percentage5 =

| party6 = Syrian Social Nationalist Party

| leader6 =

| seats6 = 1

| last_election6 = new

| percentage6 =

| party7 = Independents

| leader7 = –

| seats7 = 51

| last_election7 = 35

| percentage7 =

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Sami as-Solh

| before_party = Unaffiliated

| after_election = Sami as-Solh

| after_party = Unaffiliated

}}

General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} Independent candidates, nearly all pro-president, won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.Nohlen et al., p184

With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates.{{cite book |last1=Marshall |first1=Jonathan |title=The Lebanese Connection Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic |date=2012 |publisher=Stanford University Press |page=8}}

Results

{{Election results

|party1=National Bloc|votes1=|seats1=5|sc1=+2

|party2=Party of the Constitutional Union|votes2=|seats2=3|sc2=0

|party3=Kataeb Party|votes3=|seats3=2|sc3=+1

|party4=Progressive Socialist Party|votes4=|seats4=2|sc4=+1

|party5=Armenian Revolutionary Federation|votes5=|seats5=2|sc5=+1

|party6=Syrian Social Nationalist Party|votes6=|seats6=1|sc6=New

|party7=Independents|votes7=|seats7=51|sc7=+16

|total_sc=+22

|totalvotes=446178

|electorate=838089

|source=Nohlen et al.

}}

Electoral districts

= Bint Jbeil =

There was a reform of the seat distribution of parliamentary constituencies in 1957, but Bint Jbeil remained a single-member constituency. Instead the neighbouring electoral district of Nabatieh was awarded an additional Shia seat. Ahmad al-As'ad argued that this move had been done deliberately to curtail his political influence.{{cite book |author1=Gersten Professor of Political Science Jacob M Landau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKJlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA260 |title=Middle Eastern Themes: Papers in History and Politics |author2=Jacob M. Landau |date=19 December 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-15977-1 |page=260}} The Bint Jbeil seat was won by Ali Bazzi in the parliamentary election.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdPkAAAAMAAJ |title=The International Who's who of the Arab World |publisher=International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd. |year=1984 |page=104|isbn=9780950612218 }}

References