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Mount Lebanon I
Constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateMount Lebanon
Electorate176,818 (2018)[1][2]
Current constituency
Created2017
Number of members8 (7 Maronite, 1 Shia)

Mount Lebanon I (Arabic: دائرة جبل لبنان الأولى) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 8 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 7 Maronites and 1 Shia. The constituency contains two 'minor districts', Byblos (corresponding to Byblos District) and Kesrwan (corresponding to Kesrwan District). The Byblos 'minor district' elects 2 Maronite and 1 Shia parliamentarian, whilst the Kesrwan 'minor district' elects 5 Maronite parliamentarians.

Electorate[edit]

The electorate is predominantly Christian; Maronites make up 75.4% of the electorate, 10.4% Shia, 4.1% Greek Orthodox, 3.6% Greek Catholic, 1.9% Sunni and 4% other Christian communities.[3]

Below data by 'minor district' from 2017;

District Sunni Shia Druze Alawite Maronite Greek Orthodox Greek Catholic Armenian Orthodox Armenian Catholic Syriac Orthodox Syriac Catholic Other Minorities[a] Evangelical Jews "Others"[b] Total
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No.
Byblos 2,770 3.39 16,529 20.25 11 0.01 8 0.01 54,718 67.03 3,708 4.54 1,541 1.89 999 1.22 124 0.15 207 0.25 115 0.14 339 0.42 166 0.20 399 0.49 81,634
Kesrwan 557 0.59 1,717 1.83 29 0.03 8 0.01 77,487 82.70 3,547 3.79 4,763 5.08 1,581 1.69 779 0.83 726 0.77 573 0.61 1,066 1.14 263 0.28 3 0.00 595 0.64 93,694
  1. ^ The Minorities quota includes six different Christian sects Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Latin Catholics, Assyrians, Chaldeans and Copts.
  2. ^ Presumably consisting mainly of individuals whose sectarian affiliation has not been identified and/or individuals not belonging to any of the 18 recognized sects.[4]
Source: Lebanon Files[5]

2018 election[edit]

Main article: 2018 Lebanese general election in Mount Lebanon I

In Byblos-Kesrwan electoral district 5 lists were registered.[6] The lists in the fray are the "Strong Lebanon" (supported by Free Patriotic Movement), the "National Solidarity" (Hezbollah), the "Anna al-Qarar" list (alliance between Kataeb Party, Fares Souhaid, Farid Heikal Al Khazen and independents, supported by Marada Movement), the "Clear Change" list (supported by Lebanese Forces) and the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list.[7][8]

In difference with previous elections, FPM and Hezbollah did not join forces on a common list. Hezbollah fielded its own list, with a Shia candidate (Hussein Zuaitar) from Baalbek. The list included the former Telecommunications Minister Jean Louis Cardahi, dissident FPM politician Bassam Hachem and 4 other independents.

The FPM list was led by General Chamel Roukoz, with World Maronite Foundation president Neemat Frem, former minister Ziad Baroud and former parliamentarian Mansour al-Bon, amongst others.[9]

The Kataeb-Souhaid supported list sought to include personalities from civil society. It included former National Bloc general secretary Jean Hawat. There was resistance from Kataeb side to field incumbent parliamentarians Youssef Khalil and Gilberte Zouein, since they were linked to the Change and Reform Bloc.[9]

The "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list included former minister Youssef Salame.[9]

Result by lists[edit]

List Votes % of electoral district Seats Members elected Parties
"Strong Lebanon" 54,544 47.18 4 FPM
"Clear Change" 26,980 23.34 2 LF-NLP
"Anna al-Qarar" 18,553 16.05 2 Kataeb
"National Solidarity" 12,551 10.86 0 Hezbollah-Independents
"Kulluna Watani" 2,526 2.18 0 Civil society-LCP
Source:[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Daily Star
  2. ^ Daily Star
  3. ^ دائرة جبل لبنان الاولى Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  4. ^ الانتخابات في 6 أيار وفق 15 دائرة وصوت تفضيلي محصور على مستوى القضاء شمس الدين:القانون الجديد نسبي لكن ملبنن إذ ان الواقع الديمغرافي يترك تأثيره. National News Agency
  5. ^ دراسة نقدية في قانون الانتخاب النسبي. Lebanon Files
  6. ^ 77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar
  7. ^ كسروان- جبيل: معركة خرق لائحة شامل روكز. Al-Modon
  8. ^ اللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة جبل لبنان الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
  9. ^ a b c L'Orient Le Jour. Jbeil-Kesrouan : sans le CPL... le Hezbollah en quête de légitimité « électorale chrétienne » ? Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ نتائج الإنتخابات النيابية العامة 2018. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities

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