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Voting to elect six members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the North I district (one of three electoral districts in the north Lebanon region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 137,550 who voted. The district elects 3 Sunni, 2 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Alawite. It covers the Akkar district. [1]
The electorate is predominantly Sunni (67.5%). 14.7% of the electorate is Greek Orthodox, 10.9% Maronite, 4.97% Alawite, 1.05% Shia, 0.62% Greek Catholic and 0.29% from other Christian communities. [2]
In Akkar 6 lists were registered. [3] The Future Movement opted for a list of its own (with Lebanese Forces candidate Qatisha as candidate for a Greek Orthodox seat). [4] There is also a list supported by March 8 coalition "The Decision for Akkar" (headed by ex-MP Wajih Barini, in alliance with the Marada Movement and the Arab Democratic Party), the "Decision of Akkar" list, the "Strong Akkar" list (Free Patriotic Movement, al-Jamaa al-Islamiah, pro-Future independents), "Sovereign Lebanon" list (led by Ashraf Rifi) and the "Women of Akkar" list. [4] [5] [6]
| List | Sunni, 3 seats | Greek Orthodox, 2 seats | Maronite, 1 seat | Alawite, 1 seat | |||
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| "Future of Akkar" | Waleed Wajih Barini 20,426 (15.31%) | Mohammad Tarek Talal Maaribi 14,145 (10.60%) | Mohammed Suleiman 14,911 (11.18%) | Wahbi Qatisha 7,911 (5.93%) | Jean Moussa | Hadi Hobeiche 13,055 (9.79%) | Khodr Habib |
| "Decision for Akkar" | Wajih Barini (Akkari People's Gathering) [9] | Adnan Marab | Hussein Masri | Emile Abboud | Karim Rassi (Marada) [11] | Michel Antonios Daher | Hussein Salloum |
| "Decision of Akkar" | Kamal Khazal | Ali Omar (Resistance Movement) [12] | Basem Khalid | George Nader | |||
| "Strong Akkar" | Mohammad Yahya | Mohamed Shadeed | Mahmoud Hadara | Riad Rahal | Asaad Dergham 7,435 (5.57%) | Jamie Jabbour | Mustafa Ali Hussein 1,353 (1.01%) (Lebanese People's Movement) [15] |
| "Sovereign Lebanon" | Ibrahim Maraab | Bader Ismail | Ahmed Jowhar | Elie Saad | Joseph Wehbe | Ziad Bitar | Mohammed Rustam |
| "Women of Akkar" | Rola Murad | Suad Salah | Ghoulay Assaad | Nidal Skaf | Mary Khoury | ||
| Source: Saida City, [16] Al-Modon, [17] An-Nahar [18] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities [19] | |||||||
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