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.
Apportionment of seats over districts and communities
Results
Elected members
Reelected Candidates:- Movses Der Kalustyan
- Ghassan Tueni
- Abdallah El-Yafi
- Abdullah al-Hajj
- Sami Solh
- Joseph Chader
- Hashem al-Husseini
- Rashid Karami
- Nasouh Agha al-Fadel
- Hamid Frangieh
- Bashir al-Uthman
- Kamal Jumblatt
- Majid Arslan
- Emile Bustani
- Bashir al-Awar
- Pierre Eddé
- Emile Lahoud
- Dikran Tosbat
- Maroun Kanaan
- Nikola Salem
- Ahmed Asaad
- Nazem Qadri
- Sabri Hamadeh
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 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 against 709 votes for Madoyan.