1992 Lebanese general election

1992 Lebanese general election

23 August–11 October 1992
All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout	30.35% (24.03pp)
First party Second party Third party   SSN Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt Party Hezbollah SSNP PSP Seats before New 0 5 Seats won 8 6 5 Seat change New 6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   JAI ASB Leader Nabih Berri Abdullah Al Amin Party Amal Islamic Group Ba'ath Party Seats before New New 1 Seats won 5 3 2 Seat change New New 1
Prime Minister before election Rachid Solh Independent Elected Prime Minister Rafic Hariri Independent

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General elections were held in Lebanon between 23 August and 11 October 1992, the first since 1972.^[1] Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 30%.^[2]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Hezbollah			8	New
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party			6	+6
	Progressive Socialist Party			5	0
	Amal Movement			5	New
	Islamic Group			3	New
	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party			2	+1
	Arab Democratic Party			1	New
	Al-Ahbash			1	New
	Toilers League			1	New
	Popular Nasserist Organization			1	New
	Promise Party			1	New
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation			1	0
	Social Democrat Hunchakian Party			1	+1
	Armenian Democratic Liberal Party			0	0
	Independents			92	+29
Total				128	+29
Total votes		723,291	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,383,345	30.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 92 independent MPs, 68 were considered to be members of various blocs:^[3]

• 12 in the Berri bloc (plus the five Amal Movement MPs)
• 11 in the Hrawi bloc
• 10 in the Salim el-Hoss bloc
• 9 in the Karami bloc
• 6 in the Frangieh bloc
• 5 in the Jumblatt bloc (plus the five Progressive Socialist Party MPs)
• 4 in the Hezbollah bloc (plus the eight Hezbollah MPs)
• 4 in the Murr bloc
• 3 in the Hariri bloc
• 3 in the Armenian Revolutionary Federation bloc (plus one MP from the party)
• 1 in the Hubayqa bloc (plus the Promise Party MP)