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 +/–
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

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p184
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X