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
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