1968 Lebanese general election in Chouf District

[4] All in all Chouf District was one of the most hotly contested constituencies in the election, being the home turf of Camille Chamoun and Kamal Jumblatt.

The situation in the constituency was tense (the Jumblatt camp had warned of an armed uprising if Chamoun would have been declared the winner), but the polls went through without violent incidents.

The contest was mainly between the tickets headed by Chamoun and Jumblatt, with the candidates of the third list lagging far behind in gathering the votes of the local electorate.

The first Sunni Muslim candidate on the Jumblatt ticket was the Minister of Water and Electricity and longtime parliamentarian Anwar al-Khatib.

His Druze running mate was Bahij Taqiuddin, lawyer, former minister and incumbent parliamentarian linked to the National Struggle Front.

[1][2] Chamoun's two Druze candidates were the landlord Muhammad Arslan and the engineer Qathan Himadih (the latter was informally linked to the National Liberal Party).