1972 Lebanese general election


General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.

Background

According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:
GroupSeats
Maronite Christians30
Sunni Muslims20
Shi'ite Muslims19
Greek Orthodox11
Druze6
Greek Catholics6
Armenian Orthodox4
Protestants1
Armenian Catholics1
Other1

Results

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, 7 in the Karami bloc, 6 in the Hamada bloc, 4 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation block, 4 in the Arslan bloc, 3 in the Jumblatt bloc and 3 in the Salam bloc.