The 1948 Lebanese presidential election was the third presidential election, which was held as parliamentary session on 27 May 1948. The Constitutional Bechara El Khoury was re-elected as the president of Lebanon.[1]
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46 out of 55 Deputies 36 or 25 votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 83.63% | ||||||||||||||||
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The President is elected by the Members of Parliament. He needs a two-thirds majority to win in the first round, while an absolute majority is enough in the second round. He is always a Maronite Christian by convention.[citation needed]
47 out of 55 deputies attended the session headed by Speaker Sabri Hamadeh. They all elected the incumbent president Bechara El Khoury.[2]
References
edit- ^ "الدور التشريعي السادس العقد العادي الأول لسنة 1948-محضر الجلسة الحادية عشرة" [Sixth legislative role The first ordinary contract of 1948 - eleventh session minutes]. www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Election of the Presidents of the Lebanese Republic". monthlymagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
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