1952 Lebanese presidential election

1952 Lebanese presidential election

← 1948 September 23 1952 1958 →

Nominee Camille Chamoun Party Constitutional Bloc Electoral vote 74 Percentage 98.62%

President before election Fouad Chehab (acting) Military Elected President Camille Chamoun Constitutional Bloc

An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon in 1952 following the end of Fouad Chehab's military cabinet. The Parliament of Lebanon elected Camille Chamoun as the next president of Lebanon on 23 September 1952 to officially succeed Bechara Khoury's term becoming the second president of the Lebanese Republic. Chamoun won with 74 votes out of the 76 attending MPs.^[1]

By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the then 77-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president in the first round. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority of the total number of deputies in office.^[2]