2018 Lebanese general election in Beirut II
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11 seats in the Lebanese parliament for the Beirut II constituency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[a], 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 | |||||||
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"Future for Beirut" | Saad Hariri 20,751 (14.43) |
Tamam Salam 9,599 (6.67%) |
Nohad Machnouk 6,411 (4.46%) |
Roula Tabash Jaroudi 6,637 (4.61%) |
Rabea Hassouna | Zaher Eido | Ali Al Shaer | Ghazi Yusuf | Faisal Al Sayegh 1,902 (1.32%) |
Nazih Najem 2,351 (1.63) |
Bassam Chab | |
"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) |
Omar Ghandour | Mohammed Baasiri | Amin Shri 22,961 (15.96%) |
Mohammad Khawaja 7,834 (5.45%) |
Edgar Trabelsi 1,919 (1.33%) | ||||||
"Lebnan Herzen" | Fouad Makhzoumi 11,356 (7.89) |
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 | Youssef Tabash | Firas Manaimna | Hanan Osman | Roula Houry | Faten Zain | Naamat Badruddin | Hani Fayyad | Omar Wakim | Nabil Sebaaly | ||
"Beirut al-Watan" | Salah Salaam | Moustafa Banbouk
(Al-Waqie Movement)[27] |
Bashar Qowatli | Imad Hout | 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] |
Results by candidate
Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of votes
in electoral district |
% of preferential votes
for sect seat |
% of list | Elected? |
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Amin Sherri | Shia | "Unity of Beirut" | Hezbollah[citation needed] | 22,961 | 15.96 | 64.26 | 48.76 | |
Saad Hariri | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 20,751 | 14.43 | 22.90 | 32.95 | |
Adnan Trabelsi | Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | Al-Ahbash[citation needed] | 13,018 | 9.05 | 14.36 | 27.65 | |
Fouad Makhzoumi | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | National Dialogue Party | 11,346 | 7.89 | 12.52 | 71.93 | |
Tamam Salam | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 9,599 | 6.67 | 10.59 | 15.24 | |
Mohammad Khawaja | Shia | "Unity of Beirut" | Amal[citation needed] | 7,834 | 5.45 | 21.92 | 16.64 | |
Rola Tabash | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 6,637 | 4.61 | 7.32 | 10.54 | |
Nohad Machnouk | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 6,411 | 4.46 | 7.07 | 10.18 | |
Rabea Hassouna | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 5,825 | 4.05 | 6.43 | 9.25 | |
Imad Hout | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | al-Jama'a al-Islamiah[citation needed] | 3,938 | 2.74 | 4.35 | 52.68 | |
Zaher Eido | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 2,510 | 1.75 | 2.77 | 3.99 | |
Ali Al Shaer | Shia | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 2,462 | 1.71 | 6.89 | 3.91 | |
Nazih Najem | Greek Orthodox | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 2,351 | 1.63 | 40.65 | 3.73 | |
Edgar Trabelsi | Evangelical | "Unity of Beirut" | FPM[citation needed] | 1,919 | 1.33 | 53.45 | 4.08 | |
Faisal Al Sayegh | Druze | "Future for Beirut" | PSP[citation needed] | 1,902 | 1.32 | 68.15 | 3.02 | |
Ghazi Yusuf | Shia | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 1,759 | 1.22 | 4.92 | 2.79 | |
Ibrahim Mneimneh | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 1,676 | 1.17 | 1.85 | 27.15 | ||
Khalil Broummana | Greek Orthodox | "Lebnan Herzen" | 1,369 | 0.95 | 23.67 | 8.68 | ||
Zeina Majdalani | Greek Orthodox | "We are All Beirut" | 1,218 | 0.85 | 21.06 | 19.73 | ||
Hassan Faysal Sano | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 1,174 | 0.82 | 1.30 | 19.02 | ||
Nabil Bader | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 854 | 0.59 | 0.94 | 11.42 | ||
Bassam Chab | Evangelical | "Future for Beirut" | Future[citation needed] | 735 | 0.51 | 20.47 | 1.17 | |
Moustafa Banbouk | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | Al-Waqie Movement[citation needed] | 699 | 0.49 | 0.77 | 9.35 | |
Nihad Yazbek | Evangelical | "We are All Beirut" | 633 | 0.44 | 17.63 | 10.25 | ||
Marouf Itani | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 632 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 4.01 | ||
Nadine Itani | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 612 | 0.43 | 0.68 | 9.91 | ||
Saaduddin Hassan Khaled | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 572 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 3.63 | ||
Bashar Qowatli | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 570 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 7.63 | ||
Omar Wakim | Greek Orthodox | "Voice of the People" | People's Movement[citation needed] | 476 | 0.33 | 8.23 | 35.55 | |
Fatima Moshref | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 423 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 6.85 | ||
Omar Ghandour | Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | Islamic Action Front[citation needed] | 329 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.70 | |
Saad Wazzan | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 321 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 4.29 | ||
Salah Salam | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 308 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 4.12 | ||
Saeed Halabi | Druze | "Beirut al-Watan" | 295 | 0.21 | 10.57 | 3.95 | ||
Ziad Itani | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 263 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 47.56 | |
Zeina Mounzer | Druze | "Lebnan Herzen" | 237 | 0.16 | 8.49 | 1.50 | ||
Muhammad Shatila | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 227 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 23.38 | ||
Raja Zuhairi | Druze | "Dignity of Beirut" | 223 | 0.16 | 7.99 | 22.97 | ||
Yousef Beydoun | Shia | "Lebnan Herzen" | 221 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 1.40 | ||
Mohammed Baasiri | Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | 205 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.44 | ||
Ibrahim Halabi | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | People's Movement[citation needed] | 195 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 14.56 | |
George Chaqir | Greek Orthodox | "Beirut al-Watan" | 175 | 0.12 | 3.03 | 2.34 | ||
Nadim Costa | Evangelical | "Lebnan Herzen" | 169 | 0.12 | 4.71 | 1.07 | ||
Rana Chemaitelly | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 169 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 1.07 | ||
Issam Barghout | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 164 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 1.04 | ||
Naamat Badruddin | Shia | "Voice of the People" | 153 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 11.43 | ||
Youssef Tabash | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | Mourabitoun[citation needed] | 127 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 9.48 | |
Mikhael Mikhael | Greek Orthodox | "Dignity of Beirut" | 123 | 0.09 | 2.13 | 12.67 | ||
Marwan Tibi | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 112 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 1.81 | ||
Naji Kodeih | Shia | "We are All Beirut" | 111 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 1.80 | ||
Khalid Mumtaz | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 108 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 26.34 | ||
Hani Fayyad | Druze | "Voice of the People" | SSNP (Intifada)[citation needed] | 90 | 0.06 | 3.22 | 6.72 | |
Khaled Hamoud | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 90 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 9.27 | ||
Abdel Karim Itani | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 87 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 21.22 | ||
Mohammad Qadi | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 77 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 7.93 | ||
Akram Sinno | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 72 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 13.02 | |
Dalal Rahbani | Evangelical | "Beirut al-Watan" | 71 | 0.05 | 1.98 | 0.95 | ||
Mahmoud Kareidiya | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 62 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.39 | ||
Ibrahim Chamseddine | Shia | "Beirut al-Watan" | 61 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.82 | ||
Lina Hamdan | Shia | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 58 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 10.49 | |
Hanan Osman | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 57 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 4.26 | ||
Roula Houry | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 54 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 4.03 | ||
Ali Sbeiti | Shia | "Dignity of Beirut" | 53 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 5.46 | ||
Hanan Sha'ar | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 52 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 5.36 | ||
Jihad Matar | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 52 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 5.36 | ||
Nabil Sebaaly | Evangelical | "Voice of the People" | 51 | 0.04 | 1.42 | 3.81 | ||
Yassine Kadado | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 46 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 8.32 | |
Walid Shatila | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 44 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 10.73 | ||
Fares Manaimna | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 40 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2.99 | ||
Leon Sioufi | Greek Orthodox | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 37 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 9.02 | ||
Bchara Khairallah | Greek Orthodox | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 34 | 0.02 | 0.59 | 6.15 | |
Salwa Khalil | Shia | "Beirut al-Watan" | 31 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.41 | ||
Faten Zain | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 30 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 2.24 | ||
Andera Zouheiri | Druze | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 29 | 0.02 | 1.04 | 7.07 | ||
Amer Iskandarani | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 25 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 4.52 | |
Khuloud Wattar | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 24 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 2.47 | ||
Abdel Rahman Gilani | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 20 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 4.88 | ||
Jihad Hammoud | Shia | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 19 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 4.63 | ||
Khalid Hanqir | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 16 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 3.90 | ||
Zeina Mansour | Druze | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 15 | 0.01 | 0.54 | 2.71 | |
Fadi Zarazir | Evangelical | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 12 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 2.93 | ||
Wisam Akush | Shia | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 9 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.20 | ||
Safiyah Zaza | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 7 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.27 | |
[citation needed] |
Notes
- ^ Beirut II has the highest number of registered Jewish voters in Lebanon, constituting 1.31% of the electorate.[citation needed] 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]
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