# 1953 Lebanese general election

General elections were held in Lebanon 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 of Tyre constituency won unopposed.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Constitutional Bloc | | | 3 | –2 |
| | National Bloc | | | 3 | 0 |
| | Kataeb Party | | | 1 | –2 |
| | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | | | 1 | –1 |
| | Progressive Socialist Party | | | 1 | –1 |
| | Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | | | 0 | 0 |
| | Independents | | | 35 | –27 |
| Total | Total | | | 44 | –33 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 389,932 | – | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 780,053 | 49.99 | | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. ||||||

### Elected Members

List of elected members :
| Constituency | Elected member | Name in Arabic | Affiliation | Demographic |
| Beirut I Medawar | Movses Der Kalustyan | موسيس دركالوستيان | Tashnag | Armenian Orthodox |
| Beirut II Achrafieh - Rmeil - Saifi | Alfred Naccache | الفرد نقاش | Naccache-Tueni Alliance | Maronite |
| Beirut II Achrafieh - Rmeil - Saifi | Ghassan Tueni | غسّان التويني | Syrian Nationalist-supported Independent Naccache-Tueni Alliance | Greek Orthodox |
| Beirut III Mazraa | Abdallah El-Yafi | عبد الله اليافي | Independent | Sunni |
| Beirut IV Ras Beirut - Moussaitbeh - Zuqaq al-Blat - Bachoura | Abdullah al-Hajj | عبد الله الحاج | Progressive Socialist-supported Independent | Shiite |
| Beirut IV Ras Beirut - Moussaitbeh - Zuqaq al-Blat - Bachoura | Sami Solh | سامي الصلح | Solh-Osseiran Alliance | Sunni |
| Beirut V Minet El Hosn - Dar Mreisse - Port | Joseph Chader | جوزيف شادر | Kataeb | Minority |
| Tripoli I | Hashem al-Husseini | هاشم الحسيني | Independent | Sunni |
| Tripoli II | Rashid Karami | رشيد كرامي | Karami | Sunni |
| Danniyeh | Nasouh Agha al-Fadel | نصوح آغا الفاضل | Fadel | Sunni |
| Koura | Fouad Ghosn | فؤاد غصن | Ghosn | Greek Orthodox |
| Bsharri | Saeed Touq | سعيد طوق | Independent | Maronite |
| Zgharta | Hamid Frangieh | حميد فرنجية | Constitutional Frangieh | Maronite |
| Batroun | Jean Harb | جان حرب | Harb | Maronite |
| Akkar | Bashir al-Uthman | بشير العثمان | Aboud Alliance | Sunni |
| Akkar | Raouf Hanna | رؤوف حنا | Aboud Alliance | Greek Orthodox |
| Baakleen - Joun | Naim Moghabghab | نعيم مغبغب | Moghabghab-Takieddine Alliance | Greek Catholic |
| Baakleen - Joun | Kamal Jumblatt | كمال جنبلاط | Progressive Socialist Jumblatt-Rizk Alliance | Druze |
| Aley | Georges Akl | جورج عقل | National Akl-Arslan Alliance | Maronite |
| Aley | Majid Arslan | مجيد أرسلان | Akl-Arslan Alliance | Druze |
| Deir al Qamar | Emile Bustani | اميل البستاني | Bustani-Barjawi Alliance | Maronite |
| Deir al Qamar | Ahmed al-Barjawi | أحمد البرجاوي | Bustani-Barjawi Alliance | Sunni |
| Baabda | Bashir al-Awar | بشير الأعور | Awar-Eddé Alliance | Druze |
| Baabda | Pierre Eddé | بيار إده | National Awar-Eddé Alliance | Maronite |
| Matn | Gabriel al-Murr | غبريال المرّ | Murr-Lahoud Alliance | Greek Orthodox |
| Matn | Emile Lahoud | اميل لحود | Murr-Lahoud Alliance | Maronite |
| Burj Hammoud | Dikran Tosbat | ديكران توسباط | Independent | Armenian Orthodox |
| Jbeil | Raymond Eddé | ريمون إده | National | Maronite |
| Al Futouh | Maurice Zouein | موريس زوين | Independent | Maronite |
| Keserwan | Clovis al-Khazen | كلوفيس الخازن | Constitutional | Maronite |
| Sidon | Nazih al-Bizri | نزيه البزري | Independent | Sunni |
| Zahrani | Adel Osseiran | عادل عسيران | Osseiran | Shiite |
| Nabatieh | Youssef al-Zein | يوسف الزين | Zein | Shiite |
| Jezzine - Maghdouche | Maroun Kanaan | مارون كنعان | Kanaan-Salem Alliance | Maronite |
| Jezzine - Maghdouche | Nikola Salem | نقولا سالم | Kanaan-Salem Alliance | Greek Catholic |
| Marjeyoun - Hasbaya | Kamel Asaad | كامل الاسعد | Asaad | Shiite |
| Tyre | Kazem al-Khalil | كاظم الخليل | Khalil | Shiite |
| Bint Jbeil | Ahmed Asaad | أحمد الأسعد | Asaad | Shiite |
| Zahle - East Bekaa | Joseph Skaff | جوزيف سكاف | Skaff-Hrawi Alliance | Greek Catholic |
| Zahle - East Bekaa | Georges al-Hrawi | جورج الهراوي | Skaff-Hrawi Alliance | Maronite |
| Rashaya - West Bekaa | Adeeb al-Farzli | أديب الفرزلي | Farzli-Qadri Alliance | Greek Orthodox |
| Rashaya - West Bekaa | Nazem Qadri | ناظم القادري | Farzli-Qadri Alliance | Sunni |
| Baalbek | Salim Haidar | سليم حيدر | Independent | Shiite |
| Hermel | Sabri Hamadeh | صبري حمادة | Constitutional | Shiite |
Reelected Candidates:
* Movses Der Kalustyan (Beirut I)
* Ghassan Tueni (Beirut II)
* Abdallah El-Yafi (Beirut III)
* Abdullah al-Hajj (Beirut IV)
* Sami Solh (Beirut IV)
* Joseph Chader (Beirut V)
* Hashem al-Husseini (Tripoli I)
* Rashid Karami (Tripoli II)
* Nasouh Agha al-Fadel (Danniyeh)
* Hamid Frangieh (Zgharta)
* Bashir al-Uthman (Akkar)
* Kamal Jumblatt (Baakleen-Joun)
* Majid Arslan (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 (Hermel)

## Electoral districts
### Bourj Hammoud

The incumbent parliamentarian Dikran Tosbath, who had won his seat in the 1951 parliamentary election as an anti-Tashnag candidate, sought re-election. He was a close associate of President Camille Chamoun. 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-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 fielded Artin Madoyan.
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. 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 Port and was attributed to a single Christian Minority seat. The district elected a single parliamentarian, belonging to Minorities. 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. The Falangist Joseph Chader won with 2,081 votes and obtained the only seat for the Kataeb Party.