September 1982 Lebanese presidential election

September 1982 Lebanese presidential election

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Nominee Amine Gemayel Party Kataeb Party Electoral vote 77 Percentage 96.25%

President before election Bachir Gemayel Kataeb Party Elected President Amine Gemayel Kataeb Party

An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on September 21, 1982, resulting in Kataeb politician Amine Gemayel being elected President of the Lebanese Republic.

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 99-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.^[1]