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General elections were held in
Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
between 23 August and 11 October 1992, the first since
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 30.3%.


Results

Of the 92 independent MPs, 68 were considered to be members of various blocs:Nohlen ''et al''., p190 *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 The Jumblatt family (, originally  , meaning "steel-bodied" or "soul of steel"), also transliterated as Joumblatt and Junblat) is a prominent Druze family based in the Chouf area of Mount Lebanon which has dominated Druze politics since the 18th c ...
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)


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General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...
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