{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox legislative election | election_name = 1953 Lebanese general election | previous_election = [[1951 Lebanese general election|1951]] | next_election = [[1957 Lebanese general election|1957]] | election_date = 12 July–9 August 1953 | country = Lebanon
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<!--party3--> | party2 = National Bloc (Lebanon) | leader2 = [[Raymond Eddé]] | seats2 = 3 | last_election2 = 3 | percentage2 =
<!--party4--> | party3 = Kataeb Party | leader3 = [[Pierre Gemayel]] | seats3 = 1 | last_election3 = 3 | percentage3 =
<!--party5--> | party4 = Progressive Socialist Party | leader4 = [[Kamal Jumblatt]] | seats4 = 1 | last_election4 = 2 | percentage4 =
<!--party6--> | party5 = Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon | leader5 = | seats5 = 1 | last_election5 = 2 | percentage5 =
| title = [[Prime Minister of Lebanon|Prime Minister]] | before_election = [[Saeb Salam]] | before_party = [[Independent politician|Unaffiliated]] | after_election = [[Abdallah El-Yafi]] | after_party = [[Independent politician|Unaffiliated]] }}
General elections were held in [[Lebanon]] between 12 July and 9 August 1953, the first under the new electoral system which allowed candidates to win with a plurality of votes, rather than requiring a second round.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p183 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}</ref> Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.0%.<ref>Nohlen et al., p184</ref> Candidate [[Kazem al-Khalil]] of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] constituency won unopposed.
==Apportionment of seats over districts and communities== {| class="wikitable" ! !! tot. !! Ma !! GO !! GC !! AO !! AC !! Mi !! Su !! Sh !! Dr !! subdivision |- ! tot. | 44 || 13 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 9 || 8 || 3 || |- ! Beirut-1 | 1 || || || || || 1 || || || || || 1: Medawar |- ! Beirut-2 | 2 || 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || 2: Achrafieh, Rmeil, Saifi |- ! Beirut-3 | 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || || 3: Mazraa |- ! Beirut-4 | 2 || || || || || || || 1 || 1 || || 4: Ras Beirut, Zkak El Blat, Bachoura, Moussaytbeh |- ! Beirut-5 | 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || || 5: Mina El Hossn, Dar El Mreiseh, the Port |- ! Zahleh (number?) | 1 || || 1 || || || || || || || || subdivision unknown |- ! Zahleh (number?) | 1 || || || 1 || || || || || || || subdivision unknown |- ! Baalbek - Hermel | 2 || || || || || || || || 2 || || |- ! Rashaya - West Bekaa | 2 || || 1 || || || || || 1 || || || |- ! Jbeil | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! Keserwan | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! Keserwan El Ftouh | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! North Metn | 2 || 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || |- ! Bourj Hammoud (Metn) | 1 || || || || 1 || || || || || || |- ! Baabda | 2 || 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || |- ! Aley | 2 || 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || |- ! Deir El Kamar - Cheheem (Chouf) | 2 || 1 || || || || || || 1 || || || |- ! Baaklyn - Joun (Chouf) | 2 || || || 1 || || || || || || 1 || |- ! Akkar | 2 || || 1 || || || || || 1 || || || |- ! Dennieh | 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || || |- ! Tripoli-1 | 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || || 1: Kalmoun, Haddadeen, Nouri, Roummaneh, Mahatra, Askeleh |- ! Tripoli-2 | 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || || 2: Kobbeh, Hadid, Soueikah, Tabbaneh, Zahrieh, Tall |- ! Zghorta | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! Koura | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! Bsharrey | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! Batroun | 1 || 1 || || || || || || || || || |- ! Jezzine | 2 || 1 || || 1 || || || || || || || |- ! Saida (city) | 1 || || || || || || || 1 || || || |- ! Zahrani (Saida villages) | 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || || |- ! Nabatieh | 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || || |- ! Tyre | 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || || |- ! Bint Jbeil | 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || || |- ! Marjeyoun - Hasbaya | 1 || || || || || || || || 1 || || |}
==Results== {{Election results |party1=[[Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)|Constitutional Bloc]]|votes1=|seats1=3|sc1=–2 |party2=[[National Bloc (Lebanon)|National Bloc]]|votes2=|seats2=3|sc2=0 |party3=[[Kataeb Party]]|votes3=|seats3=1|sc3=–2 |party4=[[Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon|Armenian Revolutionary Federation]]|votes4=|seats4=1|sc4=–1 |party5=[[Progressive Socialist Party]]|votes5=|seats5=1|sc5=–1 |party6=[[Armenian Democratic Liberal Party]]|votes6=|seats6=0|sc6=0 |party7=Independents|votes7=|seats7=35|sc7=–27 |total_sc=–33 |totalvotes=389932 |electorate=780053 |source=Nohlen ''et al''. }}
===Elected members=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="6" |List of elected members |- !Constituency !Elected member !Name in Arabic !colspan="2"|Affiliation !Demographic |- |Beirut I<br />Medawar |Movses Der Kalustyan |موسيس دركالوستيان |style="background: {{party color|Armenian Revolutionary Federation}};"| |[[Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon|Tashnag]] |Armenian Orthodox |- |rowspan="2"|Beirut II<br />[[Achrafieh]] - [[Rmeil]] - [[Saifi Village|Saifi]] |[[Alfred Naccache]] |الفرد نقاش |style="background: {{party color|Syrian Social Nationalist Party}};"| |Naccache-Tueni Alliance |Maronite |- |[[Ghassan Tueni]] |غسّان التويني |style="background: {{party color|Syrian Social Nationalist Party}};"| |[[Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon|Syrian Nationalist]]-supported<br />Independent<br />Naccache-[[List of political families in Lebanon#Tueni family|Tueni]] Alliance |Greek Orthodox |- |Beirut III<br />Mazraa |[[Abdallah El-Yafi]] |عبد الله اليافي |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Sunni |- |rowspan="2"|Beirut IV<br />[[Ras Beirut]] - Moussaitbeh - [[Zuqaq al-Blat]] - Bachoura |Abdullah al-Hajj |عبد الله الحاج |style="background: {{party color|Progressive Socialist Party}};"| |[[Progressive Socialist Party|Progressive Socialist]]-supported<br />Independent |Shiite |- |[[Sami Solh]] |سامي الصلح |style="background: #800020;"| |Solh-Osseiran Alliance |Sunni |- |[[Beirut V – Minet El Hosn electoral district|Beirut V]]<br />Minet El Hosn - Dar Mreisse - [[Port of Beirut|Port]] |[[Joseph Chader]] |جوزيف شادر |style="background: {{party color|Kataeb Party}};"| |[[Kataeb Party|Kataeb]] |Minority |- |Tripoli I |Hashem al-Husseini |هاشم الحسيني |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Sunni |- |Tripoli II |[[Rashid Karami]] |رشيد كرامي |style="background: {{party color|Dignity Movement}};"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#Karami family|Karami]] |Sunni |- |Danniyeh |Nasouh Agha al-Fadel |نصوح آغا الفاضل |style="background: {{party color|Azm Movement}};"| |Fadel |Sunni |- |Koura |Fouad Ghosn |فؤاد غصن |style="background: {{party color|Marada Movement}};"| |Ghosn |Greek Orthodox |- |Bsharri |Saeed Touq |سعيد طوق |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Maronite |- |Zgharta |[[Hamid Frangieh]] |حميد فرنجية |style="background: {{party color|Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)|Constitutional]]<br />[[List of political families in Lebanon#Frangieh family|Frangieh]] |Maronite |- |Batroun |Jean Harb |جان حرب |style="background: {{party color|National Liberal Party (Lebanon)}};"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#Harb family|Harb]] |Maronite |- |rowspan="2"|Akkar |Bashir al-Uthman |بشير العثمان |style="background: {{party color|Future Movement}};"| |Aboud Alliance |Sunni |- |Raouf Hanna |رؤوف حنا |style="background: {{party color|Future Movement}};"| |Aboud Alliance |Greek Orthodox |- |rowspan="2"|Baakleen - Joun |[[Naim Moghabghab]] |نعيم مغبغب |style="background: {{party color|National Liberal Party (Lebanon)}};"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#Mghabghab family|Moghabghab]]-Takieddine Alliance |Greek Catholic |- |[[Kamal Jumblatt]] |كمال جنبلاط |style="background: {{party color|Progressive Socialist Party}};"| |[[Progressive Socialist Party|Progressive Socialist]]<br />[[List of political families in Lebanon#Jumblatt family|Jumblatt]]-Rizk Alliance |Druze |- |rowspan="2"|Aley |Georges Akl |جورج عقل |style="background: {{party color|National Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[National Bloc (Lebanon)|National]]<br />Akl-Arslan Alliance |Maronite |- |[[Majid Arslan]] |مجيد أرسلان |style="background: {{party color|National Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |Akl-[[List of political families in Lebanon#Arslan family|Arslan]] Alliance |Druze |- |rowspan="2"|Deir al Qamar |Emile Bustani |اميل البستاني |style="background: {{party color|Lebanese Forces}};"| |Bustani-Barjawi Alliance |Maronite |- |Ahmed al-Barjawi |أحمد البرجاوي |style="background: {{party color|Lebanese Forces}};"| |Bustani-Barjawi Alliance |Sunni |- |rowspan="2"|Baabda |Bashir al-Awar |بشير الأعور |style="background: {{party color|National Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |Awar-Eddé Alliance |Druze |- |Pierre Eddé |بيار إده |style="background: {{party color|National Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[National Bloc (Lebanon)|National]]<br />Awar-[[List of political families in Lebanon#Eddé family|Eddé]] Alliance |Maronite |- |rowspan="2"|Matn |Gabriel al-Murr |غبريال المرّ |style="background: #009F3C;"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#Murr family|Murr]]-Lahoud Alliance |Greek Orthodox |- |Emile Lahoud |اميل لحود |style="background: #009F3C;"| |Murr-[[List of political families in Lebanon#Lahoud family|Lahoud]] Alliance |Maronite |- |[[Bourj Hammoud electoral district|Burj Hammoud]] |Dikran Tosbat |ديكران توسباط |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Armenian Orthodox |- |Jbeil |[[Raymond Eddé]] |ريمون إده |style="background: {{party color|National Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[National Bloc (Lebanon)|National]] |Maronite |- |Al Futouh |Maurice Zouein |موريس زوين |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Maronite |- |Keserwan |Clovis al-Khazen |كلوفيس الخازن |style="background: {{party color|Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)|Constitutional]] |Maronite |- |Sidon |Nazih al-Bizri |نزيه البزري |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Sunni |- |Zahrani |[[Adel Osseiran]] |عادل عسيران |style="background: {{party color|Amal Movement}};"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#Osseiran family|Osseiran]] |Shiite |- |Nabatieh |Youssef al-Zein |يوسف الزين |style="background: #009F3C;"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#El Zein family|Zein]] |Shiite |- |rowspan="2"|Jezzine - Maghdouche |Maroun Kanaan |مارون كنعان |style="background: #40E0D0;"| |Kanaan-Salem Alliance |Maronite |- |Nikola Salem |نقولا سالم |style="background: #40E0D0;"| |Kanaan-Salem Alliance |Greek Catholic |- |Marjeyoun - Hasbaya |[[Kamel Asaad]] |كامل الاسعد |style="background: #009F3C;"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#El Assaad family|Asaad]] |Shiite |- |Tyre |[[Kazem al-Khalil]] |كاظم الخليل |style="background: {{party color|National Liberal Party (Lebanon)}};"| |[[Kazem al-Khalil#Family background|Khalil]] |Shiite |- |Bint Jbeil |[[Ahmed Abdel Latif Asaad|Ahmed Asaad]] |أحمد الأسعد |style="background: #009F3C;"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#El Assaad family|Asaad]] |Shiite |- |rowspan="2"|Zahle - East Bekaa |[[Joseph Skaff]] |جوزيف سكاف |style="background: {{party color|Popular Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[List of political families in Lebanon#Skaff family|Skaff]]-Hrawi Alliance |Greek Catholic |- |Georges al-Hrawi |جورج الهراوي |style="background: {{party color|Popular Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |Skaff-Hrawi Alliance |Maronite |- |rowspan="2"|Rashaya - West Bekaa |Adeeb al-Farzli |أديب الفرزلي |style="background: {{party color|Future Movement}};"| |Farzli-Qadri Alliance |Greek Orthodox |- |[[Nazem Qadri]] |ناظم القادري |style="background: {{party color|Future Movement}};"| |Farzli-Qadri Alliance |Sunni |- |Baalbek |Salim Haidar |سليم حيدر |style="background: {{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |Shiite |- |Hermel |[[Sabri Hamadeh]] |صبري حمادة |style="background: {{party color|Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)}};"| |[[Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)|Constitutional]] |Shiite |}
'''Reelected Candidates''': * Movses Der Kalustyan (Beirut I) * [[Ghassan Tueni]] (Beirut II) * [[Abdallah El-Yafi]] (Beirut III) * Abdullah al-Hajj (Beirut IV) * [[Sami Solh]] (Beirut IV) * [[Joseph Chader]] (Beirut V) * Hashem al-Husseini (Tripoli I) * [[Rashid Karami]] (Tripoli II) * Nasouh Agha al-Fadel (Danniyeh) * [[Hamid Frangieh]] (Zgharta) * Bashir al-Uthman (Akkar) * [[Kamal Jumblatt]] (Baakleen-Joun) * [[Majid Arslan]] (Aley) * Emile Bustani (Deir al Qamar) * Bashir al-Awar (Baabda) * Pierre Eddé (Baabda) * Emile Lahoud (Matn) * Dikran Tosbat (Burj Hammoud) * Maroun Kanaan (Jezzine-Maghdouche) * Nikola Salem (Jezzine-Maghdouche) * [[Ahmed Abdel Latif Asaad|Ahmed Asaad]] (Bint Jbeil) * [[Nazem Qadri]] (Rashaya-West Bekaa) * [[Sabri Hamadeh]] (Hermel)
== Electoral districts ==
=== Bourj Hammoud === The incumbent parliamentarian [[Dikran Tosbath]], who had won his seat in the [[1951 Lebanese general election|1951 parliamentary election]] as an anti-[[Tashnag]] candidate, sought re-election. He was a close associate of President [[Camille Chamoun]]. As the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation|Tashnag Party]] prioritized good relations with the government they threw their support behind Tosbath. Tosbath was also supported by the National Bloc. The [[Hunchag]]-[[Ramgavar]]-Independent Group alliance opted not to contest the Bourj Hammoud seat, concentrating their efforts in the Beirut I – Medawar seat instead. Hoping to benefit from the absence of other opposition candidates in Bourj Hammoud, the [[Lebanese Communist Party]] fielded [[Artin Madoyan]].<ref name="z2">Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130</ref>
4,696 out of the 15,895 registered voters (29.54%) cast their ballots on July 12, 1953. The electoral participation in Bourj Hammoud was the lowest in all of the Mount Lebanon Governorate.<ref name="z2"/> Tosbath won the election by a wide margin, obtaining 3,929 votes (83.67%) against 709 votes (15.11%) for Madoyan.<ref name="z2" /><ref name="KhāṭirMallāḥ1996">{{cite book |author1=Laḥd Khāṭir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ju6AAAAIAAJ |title=الانتخابات النيابية في تاريخ لبنان |author2=ʻAbd Allāh Mallāḥ |publisher=منشورات دار لحد خاطر، |year=1996}}</ref>
=== Bint Jbeil === The Bint Jbeil electoral district was created in 1953, as a single-member constituency.<ref name="jprs">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nE-6AAAAIAAJ |title=JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |year=1991 |edition=91013 |page=36}}</ref> In the 1953 parliamentary election the seat was won by [[Ahmed al-Asaad|Ahmad al-As'ad]], a powerful Shia landlord. His main opponent in the election had been the nationalist candidate Ali Bazzi.<ref name="Shanahan2005">{{cite book |author=Rodger Shanahan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-EumzyPj6MC&pg=PA69 |title=The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics |date=5 November 2005 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=978-1-85043-766-6 |pages=68–69}}</ref>
=== Beirut V - Minet el Hosn === Beirut V - Minet el Hosn covered three neighbourhoods (''quartiers'') of the capital Beirut; [[Minet El Hosn]], [[Dar Mreisse]] and [[Port of Beirut|Port]] and was attributed to a single [[Minorities (Lebanon)|Christian Minority]] seat.<ref name="lkp">{{cite book |author=John Pierre Entelis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bAfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA135 |title=Pluralism and Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kataʼib, 1936-1970 |publisher=BRILL |year=1974 |isbn=90-04-03911-2 |pages=135}}</ref> The district elected a single parliamentarian, belonging to Minorities.<ref name="z4">Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135</ref> The district had 13,890 registered voters.<ref name="z4"/> The contenders for the Beirut V seat were Joseph Chader, Edmond Rabbath, [[Farid Jubran]], [[Chafic Nassif]] and Jemil Attié.<ref name="z4"/> The Falangist [[Joseph Chader]] won with 2,081 votes and obtained the only seat for the [[Kataeb Party]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Majid |first1=Al Raeed |title=تاريخ الإنتخابات النيابية من الآستانة إلى الدوحة (14) |url=https://aliwaa.com.lb/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A9-14/ |website=[[Al Liwaa]] |access-date=25 January 2025 |language=ar}}</ref>
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