1972 Lebanese general election

16–30 April 1972
All 100 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout	54.38% (4.81pp)
First party Second party Third party   130x130px 130x130px 130x130px Leader Camille Chamoun Pierre Gemayel Kamal Jumblatt Party National Liberal Party (Lebanon) Kataeb Party Progressive Socialist Party Leader's seat Chouf Beirut I Last election 8 9 5 Seats won 11 7 5 Seat change 3 2 0

General elections were held in Lebanon between 16 and 30 April 1972. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 54.4%.

Background

According to the 1960 constitution, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:

Group	Seats
Maronite Christians	30
Sunni Muslims	20
Shi'ite Muslims	19
Greek Orthodox	11
Druze	6
Greek Catholics	6
Armenian Orthodox	4
Protestants	1
Armenian Catholics	1
Other	1

Results

The majority of MPs – 63 of the 100 – were elected as independents. However, 52 of them were considered to be members of parliamentary blocs, including 9 in the Faranjiyyah bloc, 9 in the Skaff bloc, 7 in the Assad bloc (which also included the 2 Democratic Socialist Party MPs), 7 in the Karami bloc, 6 in the Hamada bloc, 4 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation block (which also included the party's single MP), 4 in the Arslan bloc, 3 in the Jumblatt bloc (which also included the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs) and 3 in the Salam bloc.