Women in the third parliamentary elections (pre-Civil War)

For the third parliamentary elections held from 12 June to 2 July 1960(1)Thomas Scheffler, “Lebanon” in Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz, and Christof Hartmann (ed.), Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook: Volume I: Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 183.  , two women ran for elections. The first was Munira al-Solh, the first woman to run for the Sunni seat in Beirut. However, she lost with 2,165 votes out of 22,692(2)Lamia Shehadeh, Women and War in Lebanon, Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1999, p. 32. . The second was Renee al-Hajj who ran for the Maronite Seat in Jezzine and lost with 601 votes out of 12,047(3)Lamia Shehadeh, Women and War in Lebanon, Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1999, p. 32. .