2018 Lebanese general election in Bekaa I

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2018 Lebanese general election in Bekaa I
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  2009 23 March 2021 [1] 2022  

7 seats in the Lebanese parliament for the Bekaa I constituency
Turnout54.52%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea 16.282
Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah 17.021
Future Saad Hariri 12.191
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil 6.071
Popular Bloc Myriam Skaff 11.870
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
2018 Lebanese general election in Bekaa I.png
Result of each list per municipality, Zahle District

Voting to elect seven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Bekaa I district (one of three electoral districts in Bekaa region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 172,555 voters, [2] [3] out of whom 94,082 voted. The district elects 2 Greek Catholic parliamentarians, 1 Maronite, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Armenian Orthodox, 1 Shia and 1 Sunni.

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Background

Local politics in Zahle has for long been dominated by the Skaff clan, ever since the French Mandate administration chose to benefit the family in order to counter the influence of other local elites. [4] But the election of Zahle politician Elias Hrawi as President of Lebanon challenged the position of the Skaff bloc leader Elias J. Skaff. In the 1990s pro-Syrian forces opted to rally behind the city mayor and lawyer Nicolas Fattouch, creating an alternative bloc of political power. [5] During the elections of 1992, 1996 and 2000 the influence of the Skaff family gradually declined. [5]

Demographics

The electorate in the first Bekaa electoral district is predominately Christian. [6] Ahead of the 2018 elections, electoral district had 172,555 registered voters; 48,867 Sunni (28.32%), 27,538 Shia (15.96%), 906 Druze (0.53%), 32,295 Greek Catholic (18.72%), 27,049 Maronite (15.68%), 16,470 Greek Orthodox (9.54%), 8,604 Armenian Orthodox (4.99%), 6,646 Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic (3.85%), 1,846 Armenian Catholic (1.07%), 1,349 Evangelical (0.78%) and 985 from other sects (0.57%). [7]

Vote

5 lists were registered in the electoral district for the 2018 Lebanese general election. [8] An alliance of Free Patriotic Movement, Future Movement, Tashnaq and independents was announced with the candidature name "Zahle for All". [9] [10] Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb Party fielded the "Zahle is Our Cause" list. [10] There were also the "Popular Bloc" list led by Myriam Skaff, "Zahle Options and Decisions" led by Nicolas Fattouch (including a Hezbollah candidate) and the civil society list "We are All National". [10] Ashraf Rifi did not field a list in Zahle, as he failed to reach an alliance with Kataeb and Lebanese Forces on the matter. [11] Commenting on the pre-electoral alliance-building in Zahle, an Al-Jazeera journalist noted "[b]izarre alliances competing for one eastern city's seven seats reflect maneuvering for votes in parliamentary elections". [12]

Candidates

Bold indicates incumbent parliamentarian, green winning candidate

ListVotes%SeatsGreek Catholic, 2 seatsMaronite, 1 seatGreek Orthodox, 1 seatSunni, 1 seatShia, 1 seatArmenian Orthodox, 1 seat
 "Zahle for All"36,39139.703Michel George Daher
9,742 (10.63%)
Michel Skaff

987 (1.08%)

Salim Aoun
(FPM) [13]
5,567 (6.07%)
Assaad Nakad

4,138 (4.51%)

Asim Araji
(Future) [14]
7,224 (7.88%)
Nizar Dalloul

(Future) [14]

3,947 (4.31%)

Marie-Jeanne Bilezikjian

3,851 (4.20%)

 "Zahle Options and Decisions"23,54625.692Nicolas Fattouch

5,737 (6.26%)

Khalil Hrawi

343 (0.37%)

Nassif Al-Tini

(SSNP) [15]

528 (0.58%)

Wajih Araji

592 (0.65%)

Anwar Jomaa
(Hezbollah) [16]
15,601 (17.02%)
Eddie Demirjian
77 (0.08%)
 "Zahle is Our Cause"18,70220.402George Akeis
(Lebanese Forces) [17]
11,363 (12.40%)
Michel Fattouch

552 (0.60%)

Elie Maroni

(Kataeb) [18]

1,213 (1.32%)

César Maalouf
3,554 (3.88%)
Muhammad Ali Mita

1,370 (1.49%)

Amer Sabouri

111 (0.12%)

Boughous Kordian

142 (0.15%)

 "Popular Bloc"10,88511.870 Mariam Skaff

6,348 (6.92%)

Nicola Amorri

95 (0.10%)

Paul Charbel

824 (0.90%)

Nicola Saba

271 (0.30%)

Ahmed Ajoumi

1,008 (1.10%)

Osama Salhab

172 (0.19%)

George Bushikian

1,845 (2.01%)

 "We are All National"1,5991.740Ghassan Maalouf

651 (0.71%)

Hanna Habib

287 (0.31%)

Vanda Chedid

(Green) [19]

268 (0.29%)

Houd Taaïmi

201 (0.22%)

Mohammad Hassan

71 (0.08%)

Source: Al-Liwaa, [20] ACE Project, [21] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities [22] [23]

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