2018 Lebanese general election in Mount Lebanon I
6 May 2018
8 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout65.39%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Gebran Bassil Samir Geagea Farid Khazen
Party Strong Lebanon Lebanese Forces Khazen Bloc
Alliance
Parties
Leader's seat Batroun Did not stand Keserwan
Seats won 4 2 2
Popular vote 34,539 24,456 18,553
Percentage 29.87% 21.16% 16.05%

Voting to elect eight members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Mount Lebanon I district (one of four electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 176,818 registered voters,[1][2] out of whom 115,619 voted.[3]

Demographics

The electorate is predominantly Christian; Maronites make up 75.4% of the electorate, 10.4% Shia, 4.1% Greek Orthodox, 3.6% Greek Catholic, 1.9% Sunni and 4% other Christian communities.[4]

Voting

In Byblos-Kesrwan electoral district 5 lists were registered.[5] The lists in the fray are the "Strong Lebanon" (supported by Free Patriotic Movement), the "National Solidarity" (Hezbollah), the "Anna al-Qarar" list (alliance between Kataeb Party, Fares Souhaid, Farid Heikal Khazen and independents, supported by Marada Movement, the "Clear Change" list (supported by Lebanese Forces) and the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list.[6][7]

In difference with previous elections, FPM and Hezbollah did not join forces on a common list. Hezbollah fielded its own list, with a Shia candidate (Hussein Zuaitar) from Baalbek. The Alliance National list included the former Telecommunications Minister Jean Louis Cardahi and dissident FPM politician Bassam Hachem, Hezbollah candidate and 4 other independents.

The FPM list was led by General Chamel Roukoz, with World Maronite Foundation president Neemat Frem, former minister Ziad Baroud and former parliamentarian Mansour al-Bon, amongst others.[8]

The Kataeb-Souhaid supported list sought to include personalities from civil society. It included former National Bloc general secretary Jean Hawat. There was resistance from Kataeb side to field incumbent parliamentarians Youssef Khalil and Gilberte Zouein, since they were linked to the Change and Reform Bloc.[8]

The "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list included former minister Youssef Salame.[8]

Candidates

List Maronite (Byblos, 2 seats) Shia (Byblos, 1 seat) Maronite (Kesrwan, 5 seats)
  "Strong Lebanon" Simon Abi Ramia
9,729 (8.41%)(FPM)[9]		 Walid Khoury Rabih Awad Chamel Roukoz
7,300 (6.31%)		 Neemat Frem
10,717 (9.27%)		 Roger Azar
6,793 (5.88%)

(FPM)[9]

 Ziad Baroud Mansour al-Bon
  "National Solidarity" Jean-Louis Cardahi Bassam Hachem Hussein Zuaitar

(Hezbollah)[10]

 Carlos Abu Nader Zeina Kallab Michel Keyrouz Joseph Zayek Joseph Zougheib
  "Anna al-Qarar" Fares Souhaid Jean Hawat Moustapha Husseini
256 (0.22%)		 Farid Heikal Al Khazen
9,081 (7.85%)		 Shaker Salameh

(Kataeb)[11]

 Youssef Khalil Gilberte Zouein Yolanda Khoury
  "Clear Change Ziad Hawat
14,424 (12.48%)(Lebanese Forces)[12]		 Fady Rouhana Sakr Mahmoud Awad Chawki Daccache
10,032 (8.68%)

(Lebanese Forces)[13]

 Rock Mehanna Patricia Elias Numan Murad Ziad Khalifa

(NLP)[13]

  "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) Nadim Souhaid Rania Bassil (Sabaa) Mohamed Mekdad

(LCP)[14]

 Youssef Salame (Idendity and Sovereignty Gathering) Dori Daou (Sabaa) Josephine Zogheib (MMFD)
ACE Project,[15] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Daily Star". Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Daily Star". Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  3. ↑ "وزارة الداخلية والبلديات | التفاصيل". www.interior.gov.lb. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  4. ↑ دائرة جبل لبنان الاولى. Annahar
  5. ↑ 77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar
  6. ↑ كسروان- جبيل: معركة خرق لائحة شامل روكز. Al-Modon
  7. ↑ اللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة جبل لبنان الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
  8. 1 2 3 L'Orient Le Jour. Jbeil-Kesrouan : sans le CPL... le Hezbollah en quête de légitimité « électorale chrétienne » ? Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  9. 1 2 Daily Star. FPM announces 46 candidates for elections
  10. ↑ حسين محمد زعيتر Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  11. ↑ kataeb.org. Kataeb Party Announces Candidates for Parliamentary Polls Archived 2018-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ LBCI. REPORT: Who are LF candidates for upcoming elections?
  13. 1 2 Ya Libnan. Lebanese election updates : Several electoral lists and alliances announced
  14. ↑ الصفحة الرسمية للمرشح عن دائرة كسروان- جبيل، الدكتور محمد كرم المقداد. Lebanese Communist Party
  15. ↑ Table Attached to Law 44 dated 17/6/2017 (Official Gazette no.27 dated 17 June 2017) - Distribution of Seats to the Confessions and Districts ACE Project
  16. ↑ اللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة جبل لبنان الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
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