Non-resident Lebanese voters

2.5% of total voters, with the majority voting for “FPM” and “LF”

The Parliamentary Electoral Law No. 44/2017 has fulfilled the dream of hundreds of Lebanese expatriates by giving them the right to vote in May 2018 elections from their place of residence, without the need to move to Lebanon whether at their own expense or at the expense of parties and candidates. But for various reasons, the participation was modest and lower than expected.

Number of voters

82,965 Lebanese have registered to vote abroad, of whom 46,799 or 56.4% cast their ballots, i.e. 2.5% of total Lebanese voters.

Voters by party

The votes were distributed among parties and political forces as follows, with the Lebanese Forces (LF) and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) having the highest number of votes.

• Lebanese Forces: 8,568
• Free Patriotic Movement: 8,206
• Amal Movement: 4,731
• Hezbollah: 4,273
• Future Movement: 3,210
• “Civil Society”: 2,379
• Progressive Socialist Party: 2,226
• Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (Al-Ahbash): 1,324
• Marada Movement: 1,120
• Kataeb Party: 1,086
• Michel Moawad: 867
• Tashnag Party: 745
• Syrian Social Nationalist Party: 562
• Azm Movement: 398
• MP Fouad Makhzoumi: 259
• MP Neemat Frem: 169
• Popular Bloc (Myriam Skaff): 102
• MP Cesar Maalouf: 104
• MP Michel Daher: 98
• The Islamic Group: 63