Analysis and important updates on the June 7th, 2009 Lebanese General Elections
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Registration Complete - 702 candidates
The registration for the elections is complete with 702 candidates registered. IFES (The International Foundation of Electoral Systems) complied a list of all the registered candidates. The most important news: 1. there is only one uncontested seat, which is in the Metn Armenian Orthodox seat; the Beirut II district will be a competitive race despite an agreement at Doha; that there appear at the moment to be too many candidates for certain seats and that both the March 14 and March 8 coalition will have to negotiate internally as to the final list they propose.
The breakdown of the candidates in the districts:
Akkar (North Lebanon) - 7 seats 51 candidates
Sunni 3 seats 27 candidates
Greek Orthodox 2 seats 14 candidates
Alawite 1 seat 4 candidates
Maronite 1 seat 6 candidates
Minieh-Dinnieh (North Lebanon) - 3 seats 40 candidates
Sunni 3 seats 40 candidates
Tripoli (North Lebanon) - 8 seats 50 candidates
Sunni 5 seats 27 candidates
Alawite 1 seat 10 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 5 candidates
Maronite 1 seat and 8 candidates
Zgharta (Mount Lebanon) - 3 seats 11 candidates
Maronite 3 seats 11 candidates
Koura (Mount Lebanon) - 3 seats 14 candidates
Greek Orthodox 3 seats 14 candidates
Bcharre (Mount Lebanon) - 2 seats 8 candidates
Maronite 2 seats 8 candidates
Batroun (Mount Lebanon) - 2 seats 12 candidates
Maronite 2 seats 12 candidates
Baalbeck-Hermel (Bekka)- 10 seats 51 candidates
Shia 6 seats 33 candidates
Sunni 2 seats 8 candidates
Greek Catholic 1 seat 6 candidates
Maronite 1 seat 4 candidates
Zahle (Bekka) 7 seats 69 candidates
Greek Catholic 2 seats 10 candidates
Armenian Orthodox 1 seat 8 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 8 candidates
Maronite 1 seat 7 candidates
Shia 1 seat 13 candidates
Sunni 1 seat 23 candidates
West Bekka-Rashaya (Bekka) 6 seats 34 candidates
Sunni 2 seats 19 candidates
Druze 1 seat 2 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 4 candidates
Maronite 1 seat 2 candidates
Shia 1 seat 7 candidates
Jbeil (Mount Lebanon) 3 seats 27 candidates
Maronite 2 seats 14 candidates
Shia 1 seat 13 candidates
Kesrwan (Mount Lebanon) 5 seats 30 candidates
Maronite 5 seats 30 candidates
Metn (Mount Lebanon) 8 seats 33 candidates
Maronite 4 seats 17 candidates
Greek Orthodox 2 seats 6 candidates
Armenian Orthodox 1 seat 1 candidates
Greek Catholic 1 seat 8 candidates
Baabda (Mount Lebanon) 6 seats 45 candidates
Maronite 3 seats 20 candidates
Shia 2 seats 16 candidates
Druze 1 seats 9 candidates
Aley (Mount Lebanon) 5 seats 17 candidates
Druze 2 seats 3 candidates
Maronite 2 seats 7 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 7 candidates
Chouf (Mount Lebanon) 8 seats 23 candidates
Marontie 3 seats 8 candidates
Druze 2 seats 5 candidates
Sunni 2 seats 7 candidates
Greek Catholic 1 seat 3 candidates
Beirut 1 5 seats 23 candidates
Armenian Catholic 1 seat 5 candidates
Armenain Orthodox 1 seat 5 candidates
Greek Catholic 1 seat 2 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 6 candidates
Maronite 1 seat 5 candidates
Beirut 2 4 seats 19 candidates
Armenian Orthodox 2 seats 6 candidates
Shia 1 seat 8 candidates
Sunni 1 seat 5 candidates
Beirut 3 10 seats 48 candidates
Sunni 5 seats 28 candidates
Christian Minorities 1 seat 3 candidates
Druze 1 seat 3 candidates
Evangelical 1 seat 3 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 5 candidates
Shia 1 seat 6 candidates
Saida (South Lebanon) 2 seats 5 candidates
Sunni 2 seats 5 candidates
Jezzine (South Lebanon) 3 seats 25 candidates
Marontie 2 seats 14 candidates
Greek Catholic 1 seat 11 candidates
Zahrany (South Lebanon) 3 seats 11 candidates
Shia 2 seats 6 candidates
Greek Catholic 1 seat 5 candidates
Nabatieh (South Lebanon) 3 seats 15 candidates
Shia 3 seats 15 candidates
Hasbaya-Marjayoun (South Lebanon) 5 seats 20 candidates
Shia 2 seats 7 candidates
Druze 1 seat 2 candidates
Greek Orthodox 1 seat 2 candidates
Sunni 1 seat 9 candidates
Tyre (South Lebanon) 4 seats 8 candidates
Shia 4 seats 8 candidates
Bint Jbeil (South Lebanon) 3 seats 11 candidates
Shia 3 seats 11 candidates
to be added to the "links to political parties": www.jebha.org/
ReplyDeleteIt is very ironic that, according to statistics, there are more Shiite Muslims than Catholics in the district of Jezzine yet the Shia in that district have no political representation!
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