1936 Lebanese presidential election

20 January 1936

25 members of the Parliament
13 votes needed to win

Turnout

100%


Candidate	Émile Eddé	Bechara El Khoury
Electoral vote	15	10
Percentage	60%	40%
Bloc	National	Constitutional

Elected President

Émile Eddé
National

The 1936 Lebanese presidential election was the third presidential election, which was held during a parliamentary session on 20 January 1936. The Nationalist Émile Eddé defeated the Constitutional Bechara El Khoury. He took office as the third president of Greater Lebanon and the second elected one after Charles Debbas, who was elected in 1926 and 1929.^[1]

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.

All 25 Members of the Parliament attended the session, including Eddé and El Khoury, and voted in two rounds. Eddé won the first one with 14 votes against 11 for El Khoury. In the second round however, 15 deputies elected Eddé, which was enough for him to become the next President.^[2]^[3]

References

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^ "محضر الجلسة الاولى من العقد الاستثنائي الاول لسنة 1936". www.legallaw.ul.edu.lb. Archived from the original on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
^ اللواء, جريدة. "تاريخ الإنتخابات النيابية من الاستانة إلى الدوحة (9)". جريدة اللواء (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-11-16.