1951 Lebanese general election

1951 Lebanese general election
15 April 1951 (first round)
22 April 1951 (second round)
Party Leader Seats +/–
Constitutional Bloc Bechara El Khoury N/A
Kataeb Pierre Gemayel 3 +3
National Bloc Raymond Eddé 2 +2
PSP Kamal Jumblatt 3
ARF 2 0
Independents – ≤67
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Hussein Al Oweini
Pro-Constitutional Bloc		 Abdallah El-Yafi
Pro-Constitutional Bloc

General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 April 1951, with a second round in some constituencies on 22 April. Independent candidates won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 54.7%. The governing party, Constitutional Bloc, did not have a clear organization, so it is difficult to determine the number of its members who participated in this election. Nonetheless, the government backed three "Constutional" lists in Mount Lebanon and had 14 of their 22 candidates elected. Former Constitutionalist minister Camille Chamoun became an opposition candidate in an alliance with Kamal Jumblatt.

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