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General elections were held in Lebanon between 27 August and 3 September 2000 [1] to elect the 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 40.5%. [2]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Hezbollah | 10 | +3 | |||
| Amal Movement | 10 | +2 | |||
| Progressive Socialist Party | 6 | +1 | |||
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party | 4 | –1 | |||
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 3 | +1 | |||
| Kataeb Party | 2 | +2 | |||
| National Bloc | 2 | New | |||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation | 2 | 0 | |||
| Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | 1 | 0 | |||
| Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 1 | +1 | |||
| Popular Nasserist Organization | 1 | 0 | |||
| Islamic Group | 0 | –1 | |||
| Toilers League | 0 | –1 | |||
| Promise Party | 0 | –1 | |||
| Arab Democratic Party | 0 | –1 | |||
| Al-Ahbash | 0 | –1 | |||
| Independents | 86 | –8 | |||
| Total | 128 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 1,112,776 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,746,528 | 40.52 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Of the 86 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of various blocs: [3]
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