1957 Lebanese general election

General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957.^[1] Independent candidates, nearly all pro-president, won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.^[2]

1957 Lebanese general election

← 1953 9–23 June 1960 →

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– National Bloc Raymond Eddé 5 +2 Constitutional Union 3 0 Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 2 +1 PSP Kamal Jumblatt 2 +1 ARF 2 +1 SSNP 1 New Independents – 51 +16 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Sami as-Solh Unaffiliated Sami as-Solh Unaffiliated

With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates.^[3] CIA operative Wilbur Crane Eveland wrote that he would regularly drive to the Chamoun's presidential residence with "a briefcase full of Lebanese pounds" to be spent on the elections. American oil companies doing business in Lebanon also contributed funding.^[4]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Bloc			5	+2
	Party of the Constitutional Union			3	0
	Kataeb Party			2	+1
	Progressive Socialist Party			2	+1
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation			2	+1
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party			1	New
	Independents			51	+16
Total				66	+22
Total votes		446,178	–
Registered voters/turnout		838,089	53.24
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.^[5] The Bint Jbeil seat was won by Ali Bazzi in the parliamentary election.^[6]