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1992 Lebanese general election

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1992 Lebanese general election

← 1972 23 August–11 October 1992 1996 →

All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout30.35% (Decrease24.03pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
SSN
Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt
Party Hezbollah SSNP PSP
Seats before New 0 5
Seats won 8 6 5
Seat change New Increase6 Steady

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
JAI
ASB
Leader Nabih Berri Abdullah Al Amin
Party Amal Islamic Group Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
Seats before New New 1
Seats won 5 3 2
Seat change New New Increase1

Prime Minister before election

Rachid Solh
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Rafic Hariri
Independent

General elections were held in Lebanon between 23 August and 11 October 1992, the first since 1972.[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 30.3%.[2]

Results

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Electoral districts per the 1992 Vote Law
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Hezbollah8New
Syrian Social Nationalist Party6+6
Progressive Socialist Party50
Amal Movement5New
Islamic Group3New
Arab Democratic Party1New
Al-Ahbash1New
Toilers League1New
Popular Nasserist Organization1New
Promise Party1New
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party2+1
Armenian Revolutionary Federation10
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party1+1
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party00
Independents92+29
Total128+29
Total votes723,291
Registered voters/turnout2,383,34530.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 92 independent MPs, 68 were considered to be members of various blocs:[3]

  • 12 in the Berri bloc (plus the five Amal Movement MPs)
  • 11 in the Hrawi bloc
  • 10 in the Salim el-Hoss bloc
  • 9 in the Karami bloc
  • 6 in the Frangieh bloc
  • 5 in the Jumblatt bloc (plus the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs)
  • 4 in the Hezbollah bloc (plus the eight Hezbollah MPs)
  • 4 in the Murr bloc
  • 3 in the Hariri bloc
  • 3 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation bloc (plus one MP from the party)
  • 1 in the Hubayqa bloc (plus the Promise Party MP)

References

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  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. ^ Nohlen et al., p190 ISBN 0-19-924958-X