General elections were held in Lebanon between 24 March and 7 April 1968.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although many of them were considered to be members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 49.6%.Nohlen et al., p184 Politically the election was a confrontation between the mainly Christian Tripartite Alliance and Chehabists candidates.
Background According to the 1960 electoral law, the 99 seats were divided amongst ethnic and religious groups:Lebanon Inter-Parliamentary Union
GroupSeatsMaronite Christians30Sunni Muslims20Shi'ite Muslims19Greek Orthodox11Druze6Greek Catholics6Armenian Orthodox4Protestants1Armenian Catholics1Other1
Results
Electoral districts
Marjeyoun-Hasbaya The district has 4 seats allocated to 2 Shiites, 1 Sunni and 1 Greek Orthodox Christian. There were eleven candidates in the fray, with ten candidates contesting on three different tickets. The eleventh candidate contested on his own.Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 41, 53-55 The fight stood primarily between two tickets, each headed by a candidate from the al-As'ad family (a powerful Shiite family in the area).Zuwiyya, Jalal. The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 41, 53-55 References