1972 Lebanese general election
{{Infobox election
| country = Lebanon
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1968 Lebanese general election
| previous_year = 1968
| next_election = 1992 Lebanese general election
| next_year = 1992
| seats_for_election = All 100 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
| majority_seats =
| election_date = 16–30 April 1972
| turnout = 54.38% ({{increase}}4.81pp)
| image_size = 130x130px
| party1 = National Liberal Party (Lebanon)
| image1 = Camille Chamoun com Getúlio Vargas em visita ao Brasil, 1954 (cropped).tif
| leader1 = Camille Chamoun
| leaders_seat1 = Chouf
| last_election1 = 8
| seats1 = 11
| seat_change1 = {{Increase}} 3
| image2 = Pierre-Gemayel.jpg
| leader2 = Pierre Gemayel
| party2 = Kataeb Party
| leaders_seat2 = Beirut I
| last_election2 = 9
| seats2 = 7
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2
| image3 = Kamal Jumblatt (1917 - 1977 ) (Cropped).jpg
| leader3 = Kamal Jumblatt
| party3 = Progressive Socialist Party
| last_election3 = 5
| seats_before3 =
| seats3 = 5
| seat_change3 = 0
| leaders_seat3 = Chouf
| image4 =
| leader4 = Melkon Eblighatian
| party4 = Armenian Revolutionary Federation
| last_election4 = 4
| seats_before4 = 4
| seats4 = 5
| seat_change4 = {{Increase}} 1
| leaders_seat4 = Beirut I
}}{{Politics of Lebanon}}
General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} Independent candidates won a majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.Nohlen et al., p184
Background
According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/LEBANON_1972_E.PDF Lebanon] Inter-Parliamentary Union
| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Group !Seats | |
| align=left|Maronite Christians | 30 |
| align=left|Sunni Muslims | 20 |
| align=left|Shi'ite Muslims | 19 |
| align=left|Greek Orthodox | 11 |
| align=left|Druze | 6 |
| align=left|Greek Catholics | 6 |
| align=left|Armenian Orthodox | 4 |
| align=left|Protestants | 1 |
| align=left|Armenian Catholics | 1 |
| align=left|Other | 1 |
Results
{{see also|1972 Lebanese general election in Beirut III}}
The majority of MPs – 63 of the 100 – were elected as independents. However, 52 of them were considered to be members of parliamentary blocs, including 9 in the Faranjiyyah bloc, 9 in the Skaff bloc, 7 in the Assad bloc (which also included the 2 Democratic Socialist Party MPs), 7 in the Karami bloc, 6 in the Hamada bloc, 4 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation block (which also included the party's single MP), 4 in the Arslan bloc, 3 in the Jumblatt bloc (which also included the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs) and 3 in the Salam bloc.Nohlen et al., pp189–190 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}
{{Election results
|party1=National Liberal Party|votes1=|seats1=11|sc1=+3
|party2=Kataeb Party|votes2=|seats2=7|sc2=–2
|party3=Progressive Socialist Party|votes3=|seats3=5|sc3=0
|party4=National Bloc|votes4=|seats4=4|sc4=–2
|party5=Party of the Constitutional Union|votes5=|seats5=3|sc5=0
|party6=Lebanese Social Democratic Party|votes6=|seats6=2|sc6=New
|party7=Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party|votes7=|seats7=1|sc7=New
|party8=Democratic Party|votes8=|seats8=1|sc8=New
|party9=National Action Movement|votes9=|seats9=1|sc9=0
|party10=Armenian Revolutionary Federation|votes10=|seats10=5|sc10=+1
|party11=Union of Working People's Forces|votes11=|seats11=1|sc11=New|color11=green
|party12=Social Democrat Hunchakian Party|votes12=|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=Armenian Democratic Liberal Party|votes13=|seats13=0|sc13=New
|party14=Syrian Social Nationalist Party|votes14=|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party15=Lebanese Communist Party|votes15=|seats15=0|sc15=New
|party16=Independents|votes16=|seats16=63|sc16=+1
|total_sc=+1
|totalvotes=721022
|electorate=1326016
|source=Nohlen et al.
}}
References
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