# 1953 Lebanese general election > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1953_Lebanese_general_election > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1953_Lebanese_general_election.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Lebanese_general_election > Source revision: 1352572377 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1953 Lebanese general election ← 1951 12 July–9 August 1953 1957 → Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Constitutional Bloc 3 −2 National Bloc Raymond Eddé 3 0 Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 1 −2 PSP Kamal Jumblatt 1 −1 ARF 1 −1 Independent – 35 −27 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Saeb Salam Unaffiliated Abdallah El-Yafi Unaffiliated General elections were held in [Lebanon](/source/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.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.0%.[2] Candidate [Kazem al-Khalil](/source/Kazem_al-Khalil) of [Tyre](/source/Tyre%2C_Lebanon) constituency won unopposed. ## Apportionment of seats over districts and communities 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 Party Votes % Seats +/– Constitutional Bloc 3 –2 National Bloc 3 0 Kataeb Party 1 –2 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 1 –1 Progressive Socialist Party 1 –1 Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 0 0 Independents 35 –27 Total 44 –33 Total votes 389,932 – Registered voters/turnout 780,053 49.99 Source: Nohlen et al. ### Elected members List of elected members Constituency Elected member Name in Arabic Affiliation Demographic Beirut I Medawar Movses Der Kalustyan موسيس دركالوستيان Tashnag Armenian Orthodox Beirut II Achrafieh - Rmeil - Saifi Alfred Naccache الفرد نقاش Naccache-Tueni Alliance Maronite Ghassan Tueni غسّان التويني Syrian Nationalist-supported Independent Naccache-Tueni Alliance Greek Orthodox Beirut III Mazraa Abdallah El-Yafi عبد الله اليافي Independent Sunni Beirut IV Ras Beirut - Moussaitbeh - Zuqaq al-Blat - Bachoura Abdullah al-Hajj عبد الله الحاج Progressive Socialist-supported Independent Shiite Sami Solh سامي الصلح Solh-Osseiran Alliance Sunni Beirut V Minet El Hosn - Dar Mreisse - Port Joseph Chader جوزيف شادر Kataeb Minority Tripoli I Hashem al-Husseini هاشم الحسيني Independent Sunni Tripoli II Rashid Karami رشيد كرامي Karami Sunni Danniyeh Nasouh Agha al-Fadel نصوح آغا الفاضل Fadel Sunni Koura Fouad Ghosn فؤاد غصن Ghosn Greek Orthodox Bsharri Saeed Touq سعيد طوق Independent Maronite Zgharta Hamid Frangieh حميد فرنجية Constitutional Frangieh Maronite Batroun Jean Harb جان حرب Harb Maronite Akkar Bashir al-Uthman بشير العثمان Aboud Alliance Sunni Raouf Hanna رؤوف حنا Aboud Alliance Greek Orthodox Baakleen - Joun Naim Moghabghab نعيم مغبغب Moghabghab-Takieddine Alliance Greek Catholic Kamal Jumblatt كمال جنبلاط Progressive Socialist Jumblatt-Rizk Alliance Druze Aley Georges Akl جورج عقل National Akl-Arslan Alliance Maronite Majid Arslan مجيد أرسلان Akl-Arslan Alliance Druze Deir al Qamar Emile Bustani اميل البستاني Bustani-Barjawi Alliance Maronite Ahmed al-Barjawi أحمد البرجاوي Bustani-Barjawi Alliance Sunni Baabda Bashir al-Awar بشير الأعور Awar-Eddé Alliance Druze Pierre Eddé بيار إده National Awar-Eddé Alliance Maronite Matn Gabriel al-Murr غبريال المرّ Murr-Lahoud Alliance Greek Orthodox Emile Lahoud اميل لحود Murr-Lahoud Alliance Maronite Burj Hammoud Dikran Tosbat ديكران توسباط Independent Armenian Orthodox Jbeil Raymond Eddé ريمون إده National Maronite Al Futouh Maurice Zouein موريس زوين Independent Maronite Keserwan Clovis al-Khazen كلوفيس الخازن Constitutional Maronite Sidon Nazih al-Bizri نزيه البزري Independent Sunni Zahrani Adel Osseiran عادل عسيران Osseiran Shiite Nabatieh Youssef al-Zein يوسف الزين Zein Shiite Jezzine - Maghdouche Maroun Kanaan مارون كنعان Kanaan-Salem Alliance Maronite Nikola Salem نقولا سالم Kanaan-Salem Alliance Greek Catholic Marjeyoun - Hasbaya Kamel Asaad كامل الاسعد Asaad Shiite Tyre Kazem al-Khalil كاظم الخليل Khalil Shiite Bint Jbeil Ahmed Asaad أحمد الأسعد Asaad Shiite Zahle - East Bekaa Joseph Skaff جوزيف سكاف Skaff-Hrawi Alliance Greek Catholic Georges al-Hrawi جورج الهراوي Skaff-Hrawi Alliance Maronite Rashaya - West Bekaa Adeeb al-Farzli أديب الفرزلي Farzli-Qadri Alliance Greek Orthodox Nazem Qadri ناظم القادري Farzli-Qadri Alliance Sunni Baalbek Salim Haidar سليم حيدر Independent Shiite Hermel Sabri Hamadeh صبري حمادة Constitutional Shiite **Reelected Candidates**: - Movses Der Kalustyan (Beirut I) - [Ghassan Tueni](/source/Ghassan_Tueni) (Beirut II) - [Abdallah El-Yafi](/source/Abdallah_El-Yafi) (Beirut III) - Abdullah al-Hajj (Beirut IV) - [Sami Solh](/source/Sami_Solh) (Beirut IV) - [Joseph Chader](/source/Joseph_Chader) (Beirut V) - Hashem al-Husseini (Tripoli I) - [Rashid Karami](/source/Rashid_Karami) (Tripoli II) - Nasouh Agha al-Fadel (Danniyeh) - [Hamid Frangieh](/source/Hamid_Frangieh) (Zgharta) - Bashir al-Uthman (Akkar) - [Kamal Jumblatt](/source/Kamal_Jumblatt) (Baakleen-Joun) - [Majid Arslan](/source/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 Asaad](/source/Ahmed_Abdel_Latif_Asaad) (Bint Jbeil) - [Nazem Qadri](/source/Nazem_Qadri) (Rashaya-West Bekaa) - [Sabri Hamadeh](/source/Sabri_Hamadeh) (Hermel) ## Electoral districts ### Bourj Hammoud The incumbent parliamentarian [Dikran Tosbath](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dikran_Tosbath&action=edit&redlink=1), who had won his seat in the [1951 parliamentary election](/source/1951_Lebanese_general_election) as an anti-[Tashnag](/source/Tashnag) candidate, sought re-election. He was a close associate of President [Camille Chamoun](/source/Camille_Chamoun). As the [Tashnag Party](/source/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation) prioritized good relations with the government they threw their support behind Tosbath. Tosbath was also supported by the National Bloc. The [Hunchag](/source/Hunchag)-[Ramgavar](/source/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](/source/Lebanese_Communist_Party) fielded [Artin Madoyan](/source/Artin_Madoyan).[3] 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.[3] Tosbath won the election by a wide margin, obtaining 3,929 votes (83.67%) against 709 votes (15.11%) for Madoyan.[3][4] ### Bint Jbeil The Bint Jbeil electoral district was created in 1953, as a single-member constituency.[5] In the 1953 parliamentary election the seat was won by [Ahmad al-As'ad](/source/Ahmed_al-Asaad), a powerful Shia landlord. His main opponent in the election had been the nationalist candidate Ali Bazzi.[6] ### Beirut V - Minet el Hosn Beirut V - Minet el Hosn covered three neighbourhoods (*quartiers*) of the capital Beirut; [Minet El Hosn](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minet_El_Hosn&action=edit&redlink=1), [Dar Mreisse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dar_Mreisse&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Port](/source/Port_of_Beirut) and was attributed to a single [Christian Minority](/source/Minorities_(Lebanon)) seat.[7] The district elected a single parliamentarian, belonging to Minorities.[8] The district had 13,890 registered voters.[8] The contenders for the Beirut V seat were Joseph Chader, Edmond Rabbath, [Farid Jubran](/source/Farid_Jubran), [Chafic Nassif](/source/Chafic_Nassif) and Jemil Attié.[8] The Falangist [Joseph Chader](/source/Joseph_Chader) won with 2,081 votes and obtained the only seat for the [Kataeb Party](/source/Kataeb_Party).[9] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Dieter Nohlen](/source/Dieter_Nohlen), Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) *Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I*, p183 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-924958-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-924958-X) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nohlen et al., p184 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-z2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-z2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-z2_3-2) Messerlian, Zaven. *Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009*. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130 1. **[^](#cite_ref-KhāṭirMallāḥ1996_4-0)** Laḥd Khāṭir; ʻAbd Allāh Mallāḥ (1996). [*الانتخابات النيابية في تاريخ لبنان*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ju6AAAAIAAJ). منشورات دار لحد خاطر،. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-jprs_5-0)** [*JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nE-6AAAAIAAJ) (91013 ed.). Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1991. p. 36. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Shanahan2005_6-0)** Rodger Shanahan (5 November 2005). [*The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics*](https://books.google.com/books?id=e-EumzyPj6MC&pg=PA69). I.B.Tauris. pp. 68–69. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-85043-766-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85043-766-6). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-lkp_7-0)** John Pierre Entelis (1974). [*Pluralism and Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kataʼib, 1936-1970*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_bAfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA135). BRILL. p. 135. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-04-03911-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-03911-2). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-z4_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-z4_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-z4_8-2) Messerlian, Zaven. *Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009*. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Majid, Al Raeed. ["تاريخ الإنتخابات النيابية من الآستانة إلى الدوحة (14)"](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/). *[Al Liwaa](/source/Al_Liwaa)* (in Arabic). 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