Municipal and Ikhtiariah elections were held in May 2016. Since then, 10 new municipalities have been established, increasing the number of Lebanese municipalities to 1,042 by the beginning of April 2017. The newly formed municipalities have not witnessed elections until today. Eight municipalities were dissolved for disagreement among their members and due to the fact that more than half of the members resigned. Therefore, eighteen municipalities are awaiting the elections.

The New Municipalities

10 new municipalities were formed as shown in Table No.1.

Table No.1: New Municipalities (June 2016-April 2017)

Source: The Official Gazette.

Dissolved Municipalities

As shown in Table No. 2 below, the municipal councils were dissolved as a result of the resignation of more than half of their members. There are other municipalities that are dissolved, but the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities has not yet issued a resolution to consider them dissolved. Thus, they are not included in the following table.

Table No. 2: Dissolved Municipalities

Source: The Official Gazette.