2018 Lebanese general election in Beirut II
Lebanon
23 March 2021[1]
11 seats in the Lebanese parliament for the Beirut II constituency
Turnout40.72%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Future Saad Hariri 41.04 5
Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah 15.96 1
Al-Ahbash 9.05 1
NDP Fouad Makhzoumi 7.89 1
Amal Nabih Berri 5.45 1
FPM Gebran Bassil 1.33 1
PSP Walid Jumblatt 1.32 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Beirut II district (one of two electoral districts in the city) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 353,164,[2][3] out of whom 143,829 voted. Residents elect 6 Sunnis, 2 Shias, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Evangelical.

Demographics

The Beirut II electoral district covers 8 quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Port, Bachoura, Dar El Mreisse, Mazraa, Minet El Hosn, Moussaitbeh, Ras Beirut and Zuqaq al-Blat. The electorate is predominantly Sunni (62.1%).[4] 20.6% of the electorate is Shia, 5% Greek Orthodox, 3.41% Minorities, 1.86% Maronite, 1.65% Armenian Orthodox, 1.63% Greek Catholic, 1.55% Druze, 1.31% Jews[lower-alpha 1], 0.81% Evangelical (Protestant) and 0.03% Alawite.[4]

Voting

In the 2009 election, the Future Movement had won the election in West Beirut. But this time, a number of lists seeks to challenge the Future dominance over the Sunni electorate, "Beirut al-Watan" (alliance of al-Jamaa al-Islamiah and Al Liwaa newspaper editor Salah Salam), "Beiruti Opposition" (fielded by Ashraf Rifi), "Lebnan Herzen", "We are All Beirut" and "Dignity of Beirut" (led by former judge Khaled Hammoud).[6][7]

The erstwhile March 8 bloc split into two lists. Hezbollah, Amal, Al-Ahbash and the Free Patriotic Movement fielded the "Unity of Beirut" list, whilst the People's Movement and Al-Mourabitoun fielded the "Voice of the People" list.[6] Omar Ghandour, candidate of the Islamic Action Front, prominent businessman and former president of the Nejmeh Sporting Club, was named president of "Unity of Beirut" list.[8][9] The SSNP faction of Ali Haidar fielded a candidate on the "Voice of the People" list. Naamat Badruddin, also on the "Voice of the People" list was a leader during the 2015 protests, also known as the "You Stink movement".[10]

Under the previous electoral law the Future Movement could easily win landslides in West Beirut. But under the new electoral law analysts argued that the Future Movement could lose a number of seats. Apart from the Hezbollah-Amal-FPM list (expected to win the Shia vote), the main perceived challengers to the Future Movement were the "Beirut al-Watan" list and the "Lebnan Herzen" list of prominent businessman Fouad Makhzoumi.[8] Nevertheless, the Beirut al-Watan list included several figures close to the Hariri family and Salam pledged to support the "Sunni za'im" Hariri to remain Prime Minister of Lebanon.[8]

Prior to the deadline to register lists, the Lebanese Democratic Party announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the Druze seat.[11] Likewise the Lebanese People's Congress, which had initially intended to field Samir Kneo on the Amal-Hezbollah list, withdrew from the race.[12][13]

Candidates

Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, nine candidate lists were registered in Beirut II. This was highest number of lists registered in any constituency in this election.[14]

List Sunni, 6 seats Shia, 2 seats Druze, 1 seat Greek Orthodox, 1 seat Evangelical, 1 seat
  "Future for Beirut" Saad Hariri
20,751 (14.43)

(Future)[15]

 Tamam Salam
9,599 (6.67%)

(Future)[15]

 Nohad Machnouk
6,411 (4.46%)

(Future)[15]

 Roula Tabash Jaroudi
6,637 (4.61%)

(Future)[15]

 Rabea Hassouna

(Future)[15]

 Zaher Eido

(Future)[15]

 Ali Al Shaer

(Future)[15]

 Ghazi Yusuf

(Future)[15]

 Faisal Al Sayegh
1,902 (1.32%)

(PSP)[16]

 Nazih Najem
2,351 (1.63)

(Future)[15]

 Bassam Chab

(Future)[15]

  "Beiruti Opposition" Ziad Itani Akram Sinno Amer Iskandarani Safiyah Zaza Yassine Kadado Lina Hamdan Zeina Mansour Bchara Khairallah
  "Unity of Beirut" Adnan Trabelsi
13,018 (9.05)

(Al-Ahbash)[17]

 Omar Ghandour

(Islamic Action Front)[18]

 Mohammed Baasiri Amin Shri
22,961 (15.96%)

(Hezbollah)[19]

 Mohammad Khawaja
7,834 (5.45%)

(Amal)[20]

 Edgar Trabelsi
1,919 (1.33%)

(FPM)[21]

  "Lebnan Herzen" Fouad Makhzoumi
11,356 (7.89)

(NDP)[22]

 Marouf Itani Rana Chemaitelly Mahmoud Kareidiya Saaduddin Hassan Khaled Issam Barghout Yousef Beydoun Zeina Mounzer Khalil Broummana Nadim Costa
  "Voice of the People" Ibrahim Halabi

(People's Movement)[23]

 Youssef Tabash

(Mourabitoun)[24]

 Firas Manaimna Hanan Osman Roula Houry Faten Zain Naamat Badruddin Hani Fayyad

(SSNP (Intifada))[25]

 Omar Wakim

(People's Movement)[26]

 Nabil Sebaaly
  "Beirut al-Watan" Salah Salaam Moustafa Banbouk

(Al-Waqie Movement)[27]

 Bashar Qowatli Imad Hout

(al-Jama'a al-Islamiah)[28]

 Saad Wazzan Nabil Bader Salwa Khalil Ibrahim Chamseddine Saeed Halabi George Chaqir Dalal Rahbani
  "Dignity of Beirut" Khaled Hamoud Mohammad Qadi Jihad Matar Hanan Sha'ar Khuloud Wattar Muhammad Shatila Ali Sbeiti Raja Zuhairi Mikhael Mikhael
  "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" Walid Shatila Abdul Karim Itani Abdul Rahman Gilani Khalid Hanqir Khalid Mumtaz Wisam Akush Jihad Hammoud Andera Zouheiri Leon Sioufi Fadi Zarazir
  "We are All Beirut" Ibrahim Mneimneh Hassan Faysal Sano Nadine Itani Marwan Tibi Fatima Moshref

(Sabaa)

 Naji Kodeih Zeina Majdalani Nihad Yazbek
Source: Al-Modon,[29] ACE Project,[30] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[31]

Notes

  1. ↑ Beirut II has the highest number of registered Jewish voters in Lebanon, constituting 1.31% of the electorate. However, these numbers do not reflect actual demographics following Jewish migration out of Lebanon, in 2009 election only 5 Jews cast their votes in western Beirut.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Israel Election Results: Exit Polls and Real-time Vote Count Updates". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Daily Star". Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Daily Star". Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  4. 1 2 دائرة بيروت الثانية Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  5. ↑ Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 487
  6. 1 2 زحمة لوائح في بيروت: 14 وخروقات كثيرة Archived 2022-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Modon.
  7. ↑ naharanet. Supporters of Mustaqbal, Rival Candidate in Beirut Brawl Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 3 Daily Star. Glut of lists fighting it out in Beirut II Archived 2020-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ رئيس نادي النجمة السابق الحاج عمر غندور/ مرشح جبهة العمل الاسلامي رئيس لائحة وحدة بيروت في دائرة بيروت الثانية Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Islamic Action Front
  10. ↑ Annahar. Outsiders face uphill battle in Lebanese elections Archived 2018-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ الديمقراطي يعلن سحب مرشحه عن المقعد الدرزي في بيروت Archived 2018-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. Lebanese Democratic Party
  12. ↑ ما ستحصده لائحة 8 آذار في بيروت الثانية... وزهران يتريّث Archived 2018-05-14 at the Wayback Machine. MTV
  13. ↑ المؤتمر الشعبي أوضح أسباب عزوفه عن المشاركة في لائحة بيروت 2 Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. National News Agency
  14. ↑ 77 لائحة انتخابية من بين 917 مرشحا... وهذه الالوان المعتمدة Archived 2018-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Annahar
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 mtv. Names of Future Movement candidates for the parliamentary elections Archived 2021-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ عشاء في منزل فيصل الصايغ Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. National News Agency
  17. ↑ «الحركات الإسلامية» تحشد لدخول البرلمان اللبناني Archived 2022-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. El Marada
  18. ↑ مرشح جبهة العمل الاسلامي في بيروت2 ندد بالمجزرة على حدود قطاع غزة Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. National News Agency
  19. ↑ إعلان السيد نصر الله مرشحي حزب الله للإنتخابات النيابية 2018 Archived 2018-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Ahed News.
  20. ↑ National News Agency. Berri announces Amal Movement candidates to legislative polls, renews commitment to National Pact Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ Daily Star. FPM announces 46 candidates for elections Archived 2021-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ «لبنان حرزان» ترشّح مستقلين في بيروت: فرصة خرق لائحة السلطة متاحة Archived 2019-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. Janoubia
  23. ↑ لائحة صوت الناس أعلنت أسماء مرشحيها في بيروت الثانية Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. National News Agency
  24. ↑ المرابطون ورابطة الشغيلة :لأغلبية نيابية تلتزم الخط العربي المقاوم Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. National News Agency
  25. ↑ خاص – القومي برئاسة حيدر يخرق العرف.. ويرشّح إثنين للإنتخابات Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Kalima
  26. ↑ الناصريين المستقلين: للتصويت للائحة صوت الناس ومرشحنا فيها يوسف الطبش Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. National News Agency
  27. ↑ التحالف المدني الإسلامي: يدعو لتحقيق سريع وشفاف في قضية الإعتداء المسلح على الأيوبي Archived 2021-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. Janoubia
  28. ↑ زحمة لوائح في بيروت: 14 وخروقات كثيرة Archived 2022-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Modon.
  29. ↑ بيروت الثانية: هكذا ستقضم اللوائح حصة الحريري Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Modon
  30. ↑ 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 Archived 2 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine ACE Project
  31. ↑ اللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة بيروت الثانية كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين Archived 2019-09-13 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
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