General elections were held in

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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. Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 50.0%. Candidate

Kazem al-Khalil Kazem Ismail al-Khalil (1901 – 22 April 1990) – commonly known as Kazem al-Khalil or Kazem el-Khalil, also transliterated Kazim from the Arabic language, Arabic (كاظم إسماعيل الخليل) – was a lawyer, doyen Member of parliamen ...

of Tyre constituency won unopposed.

Results

Elected Members

Reelected Candidates: * Movses Der Kalustyan (Beirut I) *

Ghassan Tueni Ghassan Tueni (‎; 5 January 1926 – 8 June 2012) was a Lebanese journalist, politician and diplomat who headed '' An Nahar'', one of the Arab world's leading newspapers. Some call him "The Dean of Lebanese Journalism". Early life Born in ...

(Beirut II) *

Abdallah El-Yafi Abdallah El-Yafi (, also transliterated as Abdallah Yafi, Abdallah Bey Aref el-Yafi and other variants; 7 September 1901 – 4 November 1986) was the prime minister of Lebanon serving twelve times between 1938 and 1969. El-Yafi is consider ...

(Beirut III) * Abdullah al-Hajj (Beirut IV) *

Sami Solh Sami (El) Solh (; 1887–1968) was a Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician. He was a relative of former Lebanese prime ministers Riad Solh, Takieddine Solh and Rachid Solh. He served as Prime Minister of Lebanon five times (1942–43, 1945–46, 1 ...

(Beirut IV) *

Joseph Chader Joseph Chader (‎; 1907 – March 28, 1977) was a Lebanese politician. He was a Member of Parliament between 1951 and 1977, and served as deputy speaker at times. In 1958 he became the first Armenian government minister in Lebanon. He served ...

(Beirut V) * Hashem al-Husseini (Tripoli I) *

Rashid Karami Rashid Karami (; 30 December 1921 – 1 June 1987) was a Lebanese statesman. He is considered one of the most important political figures in Lebanon for more than 30 years, including during much of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), and serve ...

(Tripoli II) * Nasouh Agha al-Fadel (Danniyeh) *

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(Zgharta) * Bashir al-Uthman (Akkar) *

Kamal Jumblatt Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organ ...

(Baakleen-Joun) *

Majid Arslan Emir Majid Toufic Arslan (; February 1908 — September 18, 1983) was a Lebanese Druze leader and head of the Arslan feudal Druze ruling family. Arslan was the leader of the Yazbaki (Arslan affiliations) faction. Majid Arslan was a national poli ...

(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 (Bint Jbeil) * Nazem Qadri (Rashaya-West Bekaa) *

Sabri Hamadeh Sabri Hamadeh, also written as Sabri Hamadé or Hamada () (1902–1976) was a Lebanese politician and long-time Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, Lebanese Parliament. Sabri Hamadeh served as a pioneer in the Lebanese Independence. He worked w ...

(Hermel)

Electoral districts

Bourj Hammoud

The incumbent parliamentarian Dikran Tosbath, who had won his seat in the 1951 parliamentary election as an anti-

Tashnag The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (, abbr. ARF (ՀՅԴ) or ARF-D), also known as Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian: Դաշնակցություն, lit. "Federation"), is an Armenian nationalist and socialist political party founded in 1890 in Tifl ...

candidate, sought re-election. He was a close associate of President

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun (, ; 3 April 19007 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 2nd president of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War. Early yea ...

. As the Tashnag Party prioritized good relations with the government they threw their support behind Tosbath. Tosbath was also supported by the National Bloc. The Hunchag-

Ramgavar The Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (), the Ramgavar Party, (known before 1921 as the Armenakan party) (), also known by its Armenian initials () or its English initials ADL (meaning Armenian Democratic Liberal) is an Armenian political party ...

-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 The Lebanese Communist Party (LCP; , transliterated: ) is a communist party in Lebanon. It was founded in 1943 as a division of the Syrian–Lebanese Communist Party into the Syrian Communist Party and the Lebanese Communist Party, but the divi ...

fielded

Artin Madoyan Artin Madoyan () (born 10 April 1904 in Adana) was a Lebanese-Armenian communist politician. He was the most prominent Armenian leader of the Lebanese Communist Party. He was seen as the 'right hand' of Syrian communist leader Khalid Bakdash. Yout ...

.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130 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.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 122, 126, 129-130 Tosbath won the election by a wide margin, obtaining 3,929 votes (83.67%) against 709 votes (15.11%) for Madoyan.

Bint Jbeil

The Bint Jbeil electoral district was created in 1953, as a single-member constituency. In the 1953 parliamentary election the seat was won by Ahmad al-As'ad, a powerful Shia landlord. His main opponent in the election had been the nationalist candidate Ali Bazzi.

Beirut V - Minet el Hosn

Beirut V - Minet el Hosn covered three neighbourhoods (''quartiers'') of the capital Beirut; Minet El Hosn, Dar Mreisse and

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and was attributed to a single Christian Minority seat. The district elected a single parliamentarian, belonging to Minorities.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135 The district had 13,890 registered voters. The contenders for the Beirut V seat were Joseph Chader, Edmond Rabbath, Farid Jubran, Chafic Nassif and Jemil Attié.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 119-120, 129-130, 135 The Falangist

won with 2,081 votes and obtained the only seat for the

Kataeb Party The Kataeb Party (), officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party ( '), also known as the Phalangist Party, is a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936. The party and its parami ...

References

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