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Voting to elect two members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Bsharri District (a rural area in northern Lebanon) in 1968, part of the national general election of that year.〔 Both of the seats of the constituency were earmarked for the Maronite community (for more information about the Lebanese election system, see Elections in Lebanon).〔Zuwiyya, Jalal. ''(The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968 )''. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 28-29〕〔Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. ''(Middle East Record )''. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1960. pp. 350-351〕 Bsharri District had 32,814 eligible voters, out of whom 16,064 voted.〔Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. ''(Middle East Record )''. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1968. p. 637〕 Three separate tickets contested the election.〔 The election was carried out without reports of violent incidents.〔 ==Candidates== Six candidates contested on three different tickets. The different candidatures represented different family interests in the area.〔 *Kayruz/al-Khuri ticket: The two incumbent parliamentarians of the district, Habib Kayruz and Qabalan Isa al-Khuri joined hands and ran on the same ticket. Habib Kayruz was an independent parliamentarian who had been elected in 1960 and 1964 and led the Lebanese Hotels Syndicate. A landlord and a lawyer, Al-Khuri was a member of the Democratic Front.〔〔Ḥevrah ha-Mizraḥit ha-Yiśreʼelit, Merkaz le-meḥḳar ʻal shem Reʼuven Shiloaḥ, and Mekhon Shiloaḥ le-ḥeḳer ha-Mizraḥ ha-tikhon ṿe-Afriḳah. ''(Middle East Record )''. Tel Aviv: Israel Oriental Society, Reuven Shiloah Research Center, 1968. p. 641〕 *Mu'arbas/Sukkar ticket: Antoine Mu'arbas of the Kataeb Party and Butrus Sukkar of the National Liberal Party ran on a joint ticket. Both of the men had vied unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat in the 1964 election. Mu'arbas held a Doctorate in Law whilst Sukkar, just thirty years old, was also a lawyer by profession. The Kataeb Party organized an electoral campaign for their candidate, Mu'arbas.〔 *Tuq/Ja'ja' ticket: Sa'id Tuq (landlord and former parliamentarian) and Hasib Ja'ja' (lawyer by profession) ran on a joint ticket. Both of the men were independents.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lebanese general election, 1968 in Bsharri District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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