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Lebanon’s Parliamentary Elections If Held : 705 Candidates and 128 Seats

Lebanon’s Parliamentary Elections If Held : 705 Candidates and 128 Seats

The average number of candidates at the level of districts is 5.5 per seat.

By Mohafaza:

  • Beqa’a: 6.7 candidates/seat
  • North: 6.6 candidates/seat
  • Mount Lebanon: 5.9 candidates/seat
  • Beirut: 4.7 candidates/seat
  • South and Nabatieh: 3 candidates/seat

By sect:

  • Greek Catholic: 7.4 candidates/seat
  • Sunni: 6.5 candidates/seat
  • Greek Orthodox: 6.4 candidates/seat
  • Maronite: 6 candidates/seat
  • Minorities: 6 candidates/seat
  • Druze: 5.1 candidates/seat
  • Alawi: 5 candidates/seat
  • Armenian Orthodox: 4.2 candidates/seat
  • Armenian Catholic: 4 candidates/seat
  • Shia’a: 3.6 candidates/seat
  • Evangelical: 3 candidates/seat

By district:

  • Zahle: 10.4 candidates/seat
  • Akkar: 9.4 candidates/seat
  • Mennieh-Dennieh: 9.3 candidates/seat
  • Jbeil: 7.7 candidates/seat
  • Jezzine: 7.6 candidates/seat
  • Kessrouan: 7.2 candidates/seat
  • Koura: 7 candidates/seat
  • Matn: 6.3 candidates/seat
  • Beirut 1: 5.8 candidates/seat
  • Baabda: 5.8 candidates/seat
  • Western Beqa’a-Rashaya: 5.4 candidates/seat
  • Tripoli: 5.1 candidates/seat
  • Chouf: 5.1 candidates/seat
  • Beirut 2: 5 candidates/seat
  • Baalbeck-Hermel: 4.8 candidates/seat
  • Zgharta: 4.7 candidates/seat
  • Aley: 4.2 candidates/seat
  • Beirut 3: 4.1 candidates/seat
  • Bsharri: 3.5 candidates/seat
  • Marjeyoun-Hasbaya: 3.4 candidates/seat
  • Saida: 3 candidates/seat
  • Nabatieh: 2.3 candidates/seat
  • Sour: 2.3 candidates/seat
  • Zahrani: 1.6 candidates/seat
  • Bint Jbeil: 1.3 candidates/seat

By seat:

The Sunni seat in the district of Zahle attracted an all-out competition, with 17 candidates setting their eyes on it. Another 16 candidates are running for the Shia’a seat in the same district, while the third most contested seat is that assigned to the Greek Catholics in Matn and attracting 12 candidates. The Druze seat of the Baabda district also ranks third, along with the Shia’a seat in Jbeil. Fourth in the list with 11 running candidates are the Maronite seats of Tripoli and Akkar and the Greek Orthodox seat in Beirut 1.

The Greek Catholic seat of Beirut 1, the Greek Orthodox seat of the Marjeyoun-Hasbaya district and the Shia’a seat of the Western Beqa’a- Rashaya district drew mild electoral interest with only two candidates competing for each seat.

Distribution of candidates by sect and district

  

Table 1

Electoral District

  

Sunni

Shia’a

Druze

  

Maronite

Greek Orthodox

Greek Catholic

Armenian Orthodox
 

Seats

Candidates

Seats

Candidates

Seats

Candidates

Seats

Candidates

  

Seats

Candidates

Seats

Candidates

Seats

Candidates

Seats

Candidates

Beirut 1

5

29

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

1

6

1

11

1

2

1

6

Beirut 2

4

20

1

5

1

8

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

7

Beirut 3

10

41

5

22

1

4

1

3

  

-

-

1

3

-

-

-

-

Beirut

19

90

6

27

2

12

1

3

  

1

6

2

14

1

2

3

13

Matn

8

51

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

4

25

2

11

1

12

1

3

Kessrouan

5

36

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

5

36

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jbeil

3

23

-

-

1

12

-

-

  

2

11

-

-

-

-

-

-

Aley

5

21

-

-

-

-

2

7

  

2

7

1

7

-

-

-

-

Chouf

8

41

2

9

-

-

2

11

  

3

17

-

-

1

4

-

-

Baabda

6

35

-

-

2

8

1

12

  

3

15

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mount Lebanon

35

207

2

9

3

20

5

30

  

19

111

3

18

2

16

1

3

Saida

2

6

2

6

-

-

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Zahrani

3

5

-

-

2

4

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

Jezzine

3

23

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

2

16

-

-

1

7

-

-

Sour

4

8

-

-

4

8

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Nabatieh

3

7

-

-

3

7

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bint Jbeil

3

4

-

-

3

4

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Marjeyoun/Hasbaya

5

17

1

6

2

5

1

4

  

-

-

1

2

-

-

-

-

South and Nabatieh

23

70

3

12

14

28

1

4

  

2

16

1

2

2

8

-

-

Zahle

7

73

1

17

1

16

-

-

  

1

8

1

10

2

17

1

5

Baalbeck-Hermel

10

48

2

11

6

20

-

-

  

1

7

-

-

1

10

-

-

Western Beqa’a- Rashaya

6

32

2

15

1

2

1

4

  

1

5

1

6

-

-

-

-

Beqa’a

23

153

5

43

8

38

1

4

  

3

20

2

16

3

27

1

5

Tripoli

8

41

5

19

-

-

-

-

  

1

11

1

4

-

-

-

-

Mennieh- Dennieh

3

28

3

28

-

-

-

-

  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Batroun

2

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

2

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

Koura

3

21

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

-

-

3

21

-

-

-

-

Zgharta

3

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

3

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

Bsharri

2

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

  

2

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

Akkar

7

66

3

37

-

-

-

-

  

1

11

2

15

-

-

-

-

North

28

125

11

84

-

-

-

-

  

9

51

6

40

-

-

-

-

Lebanon

128

705

27

175

27

98

8

41

  

34

204

14

90

8

53

5

21

Source: Lists of the names of running candidates

  • 6 candidates are running for the seat allocated for minorities in the Beirut 2 district.
  • 3 candidates are running for the evangelical seat of the Beirut 3 district.
  • 3 candidates are running for the Alawi seat of the Akkar district.
  • 7 candidates are running for the Alawi seat of the Tripoli district.
  • 4 candidates are running for the Armenian Catholic seat of the Beirut 1 district.

Average number of candidates per seat by Mohafaza

 

 
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