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Voting to elect eight members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Mount Lebanon I district (one of four electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 176,818 registered voters, [1] [2] out of whom 115,619 voted. [3]
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. [4]
In Byblos-Kesrwan electoral district 5 lists were registered. [5] 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 Khazen and independents, supported by Marada Movement, the "Clear Change" list (supported by Lebanese Forces) and the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list. [6] [7]
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 Alliance National list included the former Telecommunications Minister Jean Louis Cardahi and dissident FPM politician Bassam Hachem, Hezbollah candidate 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. [8]
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. [8]
The "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list included former minister Youssef Salame. [8]
| List | Maronite (Byblos, 2 seats) | Shia (Byblos, 1 seat) | Maronite (Kesrwan, 5 seats) | ||||||
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| "Strong Lebanon" | Simon Abi Ramia 9,729 (8.41%)(FPM) [9] | Walid Khoury | Rabih Awad | Chamel Roukoz 7,300 (6.31%) | Neemat Frem 10,717 (9.27%) | Roger Azar 6,793 (5.88%) | Ziad Baroud | Mansour al-Bon | |
| "National Solidarity" | Jean-Louis Cardahi | Bassam Hachem | Hussein Zuaitar | Carlos Abu Nader | Zeina Kallab | Michel Keyrouz | Joseph Zayek | Joseph Zougheib | |
| "Anna al-Qarar" | Fares Souhaid | Jean Hawat | Moustapha Husseini 256 (0.22%) | Farid Heikal Al Khazen 9,081 (7.85%) | Shaker Salameh | Youssef Khalil | Gilberte Zouein | Yolanda Khoury | |
| "Clear Change | Ziad Hawat 14,424 (12.48%)(Lebanese Forces) [12] | Fady Rouhana Sakr | Mahmoud Awad | Chawki Daccache 10,032 (8.68%) | Rock Mehanna | Patricia Elias | Numan Murad | Ziad Khalifa | |
| "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) | Nadim Souhaid | Rania Bassil (Sabaa) | Mohamed Mekdad | Youssef Salame (Idendity and Sovereignty Gathering) | Dori Daou (Sabaa) | Josephine Zogheib (MMFD) | |||
| ACE Project, [15] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities [16] | |||||||||
| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of electoral district | % of preferential votes for sect seat | % of list | Elected? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziad Hawat | Maronite (Byblos) | "Clear Change" | Lebanese Forces [12] | 14,424 | 12.48 | 35.54 | 53.46 |  |
| Neemat Frem | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | FPM | 10,717 | 9.27 | 17.64 | 19.65 | |
| Chawki Daccache | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | Lebanese Forces [13] | 10,032 | 8.68 | 16.51 | 37.18 | |
| Simon Abi Rumia | Maronite (Byblos) | "Strong Lebanon" | FPM [9] | 9,729 | 8.41 | 23.97 | 17.84 | |
| Hussein Zuaitar | Shia (Byblos) | "National Solidarity" | Hezbollah [10] | 9,369 | 8.10 | 81.12 | 74.65 | |
| Farid Heikal Al Khazen | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | Khazen Bloc | 9,081 | 7.85 | 14.95 | 48.95 | |
| Walid Khoury | Maronite (Byblos) | "Strong Lebanon" | 7,782 | 6.73 | 19.18 | 14.27 | ||
| Chamel Roukoz | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | 7,300 | 6.31 | 12.01 | 13.38 | | |
| Roger Azar | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | FPM [9] | 6,793 | 5.88 | 11.18 | 12.45 | |
| Mansour al Bon | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | 6,589 | 5.70 | 10.84 | 12.08 | ||
| Fares Souhaid | Maronite (Byblos) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 5,617 | 4.86 | 13.84 | 30.28 | ||
| Ziad Baroud | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | 3,893 | 3.37 | 6.41 | 7.14 | ||
| Shaker Salameh | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | Kataeb [11] | 2,239 | 1.94 | 3.69 | 12.07 | |
| Jean-Louis Cardahi | Maronite (Byblos) | "National Solidarity" | 1,209 | 1.05 | 2.98 | 9.63 | ||
| Rabih Awad | Shia (Byblos) | "Strong Lebanon" | 891 | 0.77 | 7.71 | 1.63 | ||
| Mahmoud Awad | Shia (Byblos) | "Clear Change" | 787 | 0.68 | 6.81 | 2.92 | ||
| Josephine Zogheib | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Kulluna Watani" | 728 | 0.63 | 1.20 | 28.82 | ||
| Nadim Souhaid | Maronite (Byblos) | "Kulluna Watani" | 590 | 0.51 | 1.45 | 23.36 | ||
| Gilberte Zouein | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 521 | 0.45 | 0.86 | 2.81 | ||
| Fadi Rouhana Sakr | Maronite (Byblos) | "Clear Change" | 481 | 0.42 | 1.19 | 1.78 | ||
| Carlos Abu Nader | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 470 | 0.41 | 0.77 | 3.74 | ||
| Youssef Salame | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Kulluna Watani" | 327 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 12.95 | ||
| Rania Bassil | Maronite (Byblos) | "Kulluna Watani" | 323 | 0.28 | 0.80 | 12.79 | ||
| Zeina Kallab | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 308 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 2.45 | ||
| Numan Murad | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | 274 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 1.02 | ||
| Joseph Zayek | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 263 | 0.23 | 0.43 | 2.10 | ||
| Rock Mehanna | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | 259 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 0.96 | ||
| Moustapha Husseini | Shia (Byblos) | "Anna al-Qarar" | Khazen Bloc | 256 | 0.22 | 2.22 | 1.38 | |
| Mohamed Mekdad | Shia (Byblos) | "Kulluna Watani" | LCP [14] | 247 | 0.21 | 2.14 | 9.78 | |
| Jean Hawat | Maronite (Byblos) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 229 | 0.20 | 0.56 | 1.23 | ||
| Michel Keyrouz | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 222 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 1.77 | ||
| Bassam Hachem | Maronite (Byblos) | "National Solidarity" | 199 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 1.59 | ||
| Patricia Elias | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | 183 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.68 | ||
| Youssef Khalil | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 171 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.92 | ||
| Ziad Khalifa | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | NLP [13] | 134 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.50 | |
| Douri Dou | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Kulluna Watani" | 112 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 4.43 | ||
| Yolanda Khoury | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 78 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.42 | ||
| Joseph Zougheib | Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 64 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.51 | ||
| Source: [17] | ||||||||
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