1992 Lebanese general election

1992 Lebanese general election

23 August–11 October 1992
All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout	30.35% (24.03pp)
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 6   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 1
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. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 30.3%.

Results

Electoral districts per the 1992 Vote Law

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Hezbollah			8	New
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party			6	+6
	Progressive Socialist Party			5	0
	Amal Movement			5	New
	Islamic Group			3	New
	Arab Democratic Party			1	New
	Al-Ahbash			1	New
	Toilers League			1	New
	Popular Nasserist Organization			1	New
	Promise Party			1	New
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party			2	+1
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation			1	0
	Social Democrat Hunchakian Party			1	+1
	Armenian Democratic Liberal Party			0	0
	Independents			92	+29
Total				128	+29
Total votes		723,291	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,383,345	30.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

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

• 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)