The Parliamentary Electoral Law Permits Each Candidate to Spend LBP 1-2 Billion
The Parliamentary Electoral Law Permits Each Candidate to Spend LBP 1-2 Billion
The new parliamentary electoral law encourages spending on election campaigns and vote buying by lifting the spending limit of each candidate as follows:
- LBP 150 million for each candidate
- LBP 150 million for each candidate within the electoral list
- LBP 5,000 for every voter registered in the greater electoral district
For instance, the spending limit of each candidate of the Beirut II district amounts to:
LBP 150 million + LBP 150 million + (353,164 × 5,000 = LBP 1.766 billion) = LBP 2.066 billion.
The Saida-Jezzine district has the lowest spending limit of LBP 912 million, whereas the Nabatieh-Bint Jbeil-Marjeyoun-Hasbaya
district has the highest, totaling LBP 2.6 billion.
A table showing legal spending limits for each candidate in the 15 districts.
|
Electoral district |
No. of registered voters |
Electoral spending limit per candidate (LBP) |
Electoral spending limit per candidate (USD) |
No. of candidates |
Total of electoral spending limit per district (USD) |
|
Nabatieh-Bint Jbeil- Marjeyoun-Hasbaya |
460,491 |
2,602,000,000 |
1,734,667 |
46 |
79,794,667 |
|
Beirut II |
353,164 |
2,066,000,000 |
1,377,333 |
83 |
114,318,667 |
|
Trablous-Mennieh-Dennieh |
350,147 |
2,051,000,000 |
1,367,333 |
75 |
102,550,000 |
|
Shouf-Aley |
329,595 |
1,948,000,000 |
1,298,667 |
64 |
83,114,667 |
|
Baalbeck-Hermel |
315,404 |
1,877,000,000 |
1,251,333 |
47 |
58,812,667 |
|
Zahrani-Sour |
304,220 |
1,821,000,000 |
1,214,000 |
13 |
15,782,000 |
|
Akkar |
283,691 |
1,718,000,000 |
1,145,333 |
37 |
42,377,333 |
|
Zgharta-Bsharri- Batroun-Koura |
249,454 |
1,547,000,000 |
1,031,333 |
38 |
39,190,667 |
|
Matn |
179,789 |
1,199,000,000 |
799,333 |
35 |
27,976,667 |
|
Kessrouan-Jbeil |
176,818 |
1,184,000,000 |
789,333 |
38 |
29,994,667 |
|
Zahle |
174,944 |
1,174,000,000 |
782,667 |
32 |
25,045,333 |
|
Baabda |
166,157 |
1,131,000,000 |
754,000 |
23 |
17,342,000 |
|
Western Beqa‘a-Rashaya |
143,637 |
1,018,000,000 |
678,667 |
16 |
10,858,667 |
|
Beirut I |
134,355 |
972,000,000 |
648,000 |
33 |
21,384,000 |
|
Saida-Jezzine |
122,382 |
912,0000,000 |
608,000 |
17 |
10,336,000 |
|
Total |
3,744,248 |
23,220,000,000 |
15,479,999 |
597 |
678,878,000 |
Source: Information International
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