Elections in Lebanon Overview of the Current 26 Electoral Districts

Elections in Lebanon Overview of the current 26 electoral districts

(i) Introduction (ii) Registered voters and parliamentary seats (iii) Registered voters by district (iv) Parliamentary seats by district and confession (v) Parliamentary seats by district, confession & political afﬁliation

1. Akkar 2. Minieh-Dennieh 3. Tipoli 4. Zghorta 5. Becharré 6. Koura 7. Batroun 8. Jbeil 9. Kesrwan 10. Metn 11. Baabda 12. Aley 13. Chouf 14. Beirut One 15. Beirut Two 16. Beirut Three 17. Baalbek-Hermel 18. Zahle 19. West Bekaa-Rachaya 20. Saida 21. Zahrany 22. Jezzine 23. Marjaayoun-Hasbaya 24. Nabatieh 25. Tyre-Sour 26. Bint Jbeil

Annex A: Voter turnout in the 2009 elections Annex B: 1992, 1996 and 2000 electoral district maps

www.ifes.org [email protected] Updated September 2011 Elections in Lebanon Introduction

The issue of electoral districting is pivotal to the political debate on electoral Confessions represented in Parliament reform in Lebanon. It has been customary to use the established boundaries Christian of Lebanon’s Qada as the basis for delineating parliamentary electoral districts, SU Sunni DR Druze MI Minorities although the 1989 Taef agreement includes reference for electoral districts to be based on the Muhafaza (governorates). Greek SH Shia GC AC Armenian Orthodox Catholic The number of parliamentary seats, and the number of seats for each confessional group, that is allocated to each Qada has remained unchanged Armenian MA Maronite AO EV Evangelical since 1992; however, in that time, there have been four different variations in Orthodox the manner by which Qada are designated into electoral districts (see Annex B). GO Greek AL Alawite Orthodox Under the currently applicable electoral law, adopted in September 2008, there Elections results by candidate are 26 electoral districts, three of which include two Qada merged together. Beirut has three districts, which are delineated using the established Elected candidate is currently affiliated with March 8/ Change & Reform boundaries of the 12 Ahya’ (neighbourhoods). As Lebanon enters a debate on Candidate affiliated with March 8 and Change & Reform a new electoral law for the 2013 parliamentary elections, it is likely that there will again be focus on, and a possible change to, the electoral districting, Elected candidate is currently affiliated affiliated with March 14 especially if proportional representation is introduced. Candidate affiliated with March 14 This overview provides the following information for each of the current 26 electoral districts: Elected candidate affiliated to ‘centrist’ Parliamentary groups

1. A map of the electoral district. Candidate with no group/party affiliation 2. The number of seats in the district, by confession. 3. The 2011 number of registered voters, broken down by confession, shown Party Acronyms using a chart that shows the proportion of each confessional group. This data was released by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in March DLM Democratic Left Movement 2011. FM Future Movement FPM Free Patriotic Movement 4. The 2009 number of registered voters, and the percentage who voted in LF Lebanese Forces the 2009 parliamentary elections in that district. NLP National Liberal Party 5. The results of the 2009 parliamentary elections for that district, showing PSP Progressive Socialist Party the votes won by elected candidates and unsuccessful candidates and PNO Popular Nasserist Organisation their current political affiliation. SSNP Syrian Social Nationalist Party Other parties/affiliations are named in full. Where no party/affiliation is given, the candidate ran as an Independent affiliated to either March 8 or The information is provided for briefing purposes only and does not necessarily reflect the March 14. This overview provides the current affiliation of elected position of IFES, its partners or its donors on related issues. It was updated in September 2011. candidates. (i) Elections in Lebanon Confessional breakdown of (a) registered voters and (b) parliamentary seats

2011 2011 3,334,672 registered voters (by confession) 128 Parliamentary Seats (by confession)

Sunni Maronite 922,125 voters 34 seats (27.65%) (26.56%)

Sunni Shia 27 seats 912,095 voters (21.09%) (27.35%)

Shia 27 seats Maronite (21.09%) 702,291 voters (21.71%) Greek Orthodox – 14 seats (10.94%) Greek Orthodox – 244,627 voters (7.34%) Druze – 8 seats (6.25%) Druze – 191,321 voters (5.74%) Greek Catholic – 8 seats (6.25%) Greek Catholic – 158,723 voters (4.8%) Armenian Orthodox Armenian Orthodox

Armenian Armenian Armenian Armenian Minorities Alawite Evangelical Others Alawite Minorities Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Orthodox Catholic 42,715 17,633 5,713 1 seat 1 seat 88,005 29,314 20,514 5 seats 2 seats 1 seat (0.53%) (0.18%) (0.78%) (2.64%) (1.28%) (0.88%) (0.62%) (3.91%) (1.56%) (0.78%) (0.78%)

Updated September 2011 (ii) Elections in Lebanon Registered voters by electoral district

District Total number of voters (%) Seats

Akkar 234,515 (7.03%) 7

Minnieh-Dinnieh 102,118 (3.06%) 3 Chart showing proportional number of voters by electoral district

Tripoli 201,111 (6.03%) 8 Akkar Koura 57,169 (1.71%) 3 Minnieh-Dinnieh Batroun 56,589 (1.70%) 2 Tripoli Koura Zgharta 71,674 (2.15%) 3 Batroun Zgharta Bcharreh Bcharreh 46,194 (1.39%) 2 Jbeil Kerswan Jbeil 76,004 (2.28%) 3 Metn Kerswan 89,228 (2.68%) 5 Baabda Aley Metn 170,930 (5.13%) 8 Chouf Baabda 153,865 (4.61%) 6 Beirut 1 Beirut 2 Aley 118,627 (3.56%) 5 Beirut 3 Chouf 184,000 (5.52%) 8 Baalbek-Hermel Beirut 1 91,486 (2.74%) 5

Beirut 2 102,569 (3.08%) 4 Zahleh West Bekaa - Rashaya Beirut 3 256,933 (7.70%) 10 Jezzine Saida Baalbek- Hermel 268,457 (8.05%) 10 Bint Jbeil Hasbaya-Marjeyoun Zahleh 160,091 (4.80%) 7 Nabatieh West Bekaa - Rashaya 126,534 (3.79%) 6 Tyre Zahrany Jezzine 55,231 (1.66%) 3

Saida 55,317 (1.66%) 2

Bint Jbeil 127,925 (3.84%) 3

Hasbaya-Marjeyoun 141,773 (4.25%) 5

Nabatieh 126,632 (3.80%) 3

Tyre 162,481 (4.87%) 4

Zahrany 97,219 (2.92%) 3

Total 3,334,672 128 Updated September 2011 (iii) Elections in Lebanon Parliamentary seats by district and confession

Akkar Beirut SU SU SU AL GO GO MA One MA GO GC AO AC

Minieh- Beirut Dinnieh SU SU SU Two AO AO SU SH

Tripoli Beirut SU SU SU SU SU AL GO MA Three SU SU SU SU SU SH DR GO MI EV

Zgharta Baalbeck- MA MA MA Hermel SH SH SH SH SH SH SU SU MA GC

Bcharre Zahleh MA MA GC GC SU SH MA GO AO

Koura West Bekaa- GO GO GO Rachaya SU SU SH DR MA GO

Batroun Saida MA MA SU SU

Jbeil Zahrany MA MA SH SH SH GC

Kesrwan Jezzine MA MA MA MA MA MA MA GC

Metn Marjaayoun- MA MA MA MA GO GO GC AO Hasbaya SH SH SU DR GO

Baabda MA MA MA SH SH DR Nabatieh SH SH SH

Aley Tyre/Sour DR DR MA MA GO SH SH SH SH

Chouf Bint MA MA MA DR DR SU SU GC Jbeil SH SH SH

Updated September 2011 (iv) Elections in Lebanon Parliamentary seats by district, confession and current political afﬁliation

Akkar Beirut SU SU SU AL GO GO MA One MA GO GC AO AC

Minieh- Beirut Dinnieh SU SU SU Two AO AO SU SH

Tripoli Beirut SU SU SU SU SU AL GO MA Three SU SU SU SU SU SH DR GO MI EV

Zgharta Baalbeck- MA MA MA Hermel SH SH SH SH SH SH SU SU MA GC

Bcharre Zahleh MA MA GC GC SU SH MA GO AO

Koura West Bekaa- GO GO GO Rachaya SU SU SH DR MA GO

Batroun Saida MA MA SU SU

Jbeil Zahrany MA MA SH SH SH GC

Kesrwan Jezzine MA MA MA MA MA MA MA GC

Metn Marjaayoun- MA MA MA MA GO GO GC AO Hasbaya SH SH SU DR GO

Baabda MA MA MA SH SH DR Nabatieh SH SH SH

Aley Tyre/Sour 58 Afﬁliated to March 8/C&R DR DR MA MA GO SH SH SH SH 59 Afﬁliated to March 14 Chouf Bint MA MA MA DR DR SU SU GC Jbeil SH SH SH 11 Centrists

Updated September 2011 (v) North Lebanon 7 SU SU SU AL GO GO MA Akkar seats

Sunni 153,599 voters (65.49%)

Greek Orthodox 37,107 voters (15.82%)

Maronite – 28,362 voters (12.09%)

Alawite – 10,452 voters (4.45%) 1 GO Riad Nicola Rahal FM 78,685 2 GO Nidal Gergy Tohmé 78,527 Total 2011 voters – 234,515 3 MA Hadi Fawzi Hobeich FM 78,450 4 AL Khodor Mounif Habib 76,665 5 SU Khaled Mohammad Daher 73,954 Total 2009 voters – 223,538 Total 2009 turnout – 120,600 (53.95%) 6 SU Khaled Abbas Zahraman FM 72,658 7 SU Mouïn Mohammad Tarek Al Merhebi FM 71,586

8 SU Wajih Mohammad Al Baarini 42,758

Updated September 2011 1 North Lebanon 3 Note: Administratively, Minnieh- SU SU SU Minieh-Dennieh seats Dinnieh is considered one Qada 2 seats in Minieh 1 seat in Dennieh

Sunni 87,422 voters (85.6%)

Greek Orthodox – 8,104 voters (7.93%)

Maronite – 6,549 voters (6.41%) 1 SU Qassem Ali Abdul Aziz 39,491 2 SU Ahmad Chawki Mohammad Khodor Fatfat FM 37,667

Total 2011 voters – 102,118 3 SU Hachem Mohammad Moustapha Alameddine FM 36,159

4 SU Jihad Mourched Al Samad 16,136 Total 2009 voters – 97,352 Total 2009 turnout – 54, 916 (56.40%) Following the death of MP Alaneddine. a single-seat by-election was held on 13 June 2010 with the following winner.

SU Kathem Al Kheir 20,100

Updated September 2011 2 North Lebanon 8 SU SU SU SU SU AL GO MA Tripoli seats

Sunni 160,912 voters (80.01%

Alawite – 17,744 voters (8.82%)

Greek Orthodox- 12,371 voters (6.15%) Maronite – 4,352 voters (2.16%) 1 SU Mohammad Ahmad Al Safadi 66,539 2 SU Mohammad Najib Mikati 65,076 3 GO Robert Maurice Fadel 55,884 Total 2011 voters – 201,111 4 SU Mohammad Abd Al Latif Kabbarah 55,510 5 AL Badr Kamel Mohammad Wannous FM 55,415 Total 2009 voters – 196,149 Total 2009 turnout – 89,886 (45.82%) 6 SU Samir Adnan Al Jisr FM 54,259 7 MA Samer Georges Saadé Kataeb 49,861 8 SU Ahmad Moustapha Karameh 42,947

9 MA Jean Badawi Obeid 31,973

10 SU Omar Abdel Hamid Karami 30,313

Updated September 2011 3 North Lebanon 3 MA MA MA Zghorta seats

Maronite 59,918 voters (83.59%)

Sunni – 8,601 voters (12%)

Greek Orthodox – 2,571 voters (3.58%) 1 MA Sleiman Antoine Frangieh Marada 19,227 2 MA Éstephen Boutros Doueihi 17,784

Total 2011 voters – 71,674 3 MA Salim Beik Youssef Beik Karam 17,784

4 MA Michel René Mouawad 16,251 Total 2009 voters – 71,035 5 MA Jawad Simon Boulos 15,331 Total 2009 turnout – 34,399 (48.42%) 6 MA Youssef Sarkis Bahaa Doueihi 13,128

Updated September 2011 4 North Lebanon 2 MA MA Bcharré seats

Maronite 45,879 voters (99.3%)

1 MA Sethrida Élias Tawk LF 13,066 2 MA Élie Karam Kayrouz LF 12,751

Total 2011 voters – 46,194 3 MA Gebran Melhem Tawk 4,089

Total 2009 voters – 46,422 Total 2009 turnout – 17,183 (37.01%)

Updated September 2011 5 North Lebanon 3 GO GO GO Koura seats

Greek Orthodox 36,892 voters (64.53%)

Maronite 10,903 voters (19.07%)

Sunni – 7,561 voters (13.22)

Shia – 1,077 voters (1.88%) 1 GO Farid Nabil Mkarri FM 14,952 2 GO Farid Ishak Youssef Habib LF 13,809

Total 2011 voters – 57,169 3 GO Nicola Fouad Ghosn Ghosn 13,662

4 GO Fayez Michel Ghosn Marada 12, 201 Total 2009 voters – 57,794 5 GO Georges Naim Attallah FPM 12,154 Total 2009 turnout – 27,417 (47.43%) 6 GO Salim Abdallah Saadeh SSNP 11,980

Updated September 2011 6 North Lebanon 2 MA MA Batroun seats

Maronite 41,776 voters (73.82%)

Greek Orthodox 8,977 voters (15.86%)

Sunni – 3,229 voters (5.7%) Greek Catholic – 1,244 voters (2.1%) 1 MA Boutros Joseph Al Khoury Harb 17,733 2 MA Antoine Moussa Moussa Zahra LF 17,541

Total 2011 voters – 56,589 3 MA Gebran Gergi Bassil 14,267 4 MA Fayek Youssef Gebrayel Younés FPM 13,132 Total 2009 voters – 58,444 Total 2009 turnout – 32,914 (56.31%)

Updated September 2011 7 Mount Lebanon 3 MA MA SH Jbeil seats

Maronite 54,971 voters (72.32%)

Shia 15,043 voters (19.79%)

Greek Orthodox – 2,453 voters (3.22%) Sunni – 1,882 voters 1 MA Walid Najib Al Khoury FPM 28,852 2 MA Simon Farid Abi Ramia FPM 28,598

Total 2011 voters – 76,004 3 SH Abbas Hussein Hashem 28,232

4 MA Fares Antoine Souaid 20,698 Total 2009 voters – 75,582 Total 2009 turnout – 50,432 (66.72%)

Updated September 2011 8 Mount Lebanon 5 MA MA MA MA MA Kesrwan seats

Maronite 81,542 voters (91.38%)

1 MA Michel Naim Aoun FPM 31,861 2 MA Farid Elias Khazen 31,387 3 MA Youssef (Joseph) Hanna Khalil 31,313 Total 2011 voters – 89,228 4 MA Nehmtallah Farès Abi Nasr 30,989 5 MA Gilberte Maurice Zouein 30,444 Total 2009 voters – 89,228 Total 2009 turnout – 60,336 (67.62%) 6 MA Mansour Fouad Ghanem Al Bon 29,111 7 MA Farid Haykal Khazen 28,494

Updated September 2011 9 Mount Lebanon 8 MA MA MA MA GO GO GC AO Metn seats

Maronite 76,554 voters (44.78%)

Armenian Orthodox – 25,556 voters (14.95%)

Greek Orthodox – 24,662 voters (14.42%)

Greek Catholic – 16,524 voters (9.66%)

Minorities – 7,802 voters (4.56%) Armenian Catholic – 5,931 (3.46%) Shia – 4,486 voters (2.62%) 1 MA Ibrahim Youssef Kanaan FPM 49,147

2 GO Michel Élias El Murr 48,953

3 MA Salim Émile Salhab 48,673 Total 2011 voters – 170,930 4 GC Édgard Fouad Maalouf FPM 88,577 5 MA Nabil Sabah Nicolas FPM 47,844 Total 2009 voters – 170,744 Total 2009 turnout – 96,748 (56.66%) 6 MA Sami Amin Al Gemayel Kataëb 47,688

7 GO Ghassan Émile Moukhaiber 46,869 - AO Hagop Ohaness Hagob Patradounian Tachnag Uncontested

9 GO Ghassan Élias Al Rahbani FPM 46,164

Updated September 2011 10 Mount Lebanon 6 MA MA MA SH SH DR Baabda seats

Maronite 57,876 voters (37.61%)

Shia 36,399 voters (23.65%)

Druze 26,531 voters (17.24%)

Greek Orthodox – 11,936 voters (7.77%)

Sunni - 8,957 voters (5.82%) Greek Catholic – 7,365 voters (4.78%) 1 DR Fadi Najib Al Awar 45325 2 MA Alain Joseph Aoun FPM 45032 Total 2011 voters – 153,865 3 MA Hikmat Farah Dib FPM 44,994 4 SH Ali Fadel Ammar Hezbollah 44,619 5 MA Naji Kamil Gharious FPM 44,347 Total 2009 voters – 151,590 Total 2009 turnout – 84,546 (55.77%) 6 SH Bilal Assad Farhat Hezbollah 43,815

7 SH Bassem Ahmad Al Sabaa FM 37,368 8 MA Édmond Michael Gharious 37,069

Updated September 2011 11 Mount Lebanon 5 DR DR MA MA GO Aley seats

Druze 63,433 voters (53.47%)

Maronite 28,850 voters (24.31%)

Greek Orthodox – 15,532 voters (13.09%)

Greek Catholic – 3,684 voters (3.1%) Shia – 3,573 voters (3.01%) 1 DR Akram Hussein Shehaib PSP 36,138

2 MA Henri Pierre Hélou 35,322 Total 2011 voters – 118,627 3 MA Fouad Raji Al Saad 35,128 4 GO Fadi Elias Al Habr Kataëb 33,884 Total 2009 voters – 116,181 Total 2009 turnout – 59,779 (51.45%) 5 DR Talal Majid Erslan LebDemPty 23,501

6 GO Marwan Mounir Abou Fadel 21,966 7 MA Antoine Chbib Al Zoghbi FPM 21,595 8 MA César Redmond Abou Khalil FPM 21,192

Updated September 2011 12 Mount Lebanon 8 MA MA MA DR DR SU SU GC Chouf seats

Druze 58,556 voters (31.82%)

Maronite 54,633 voters (29.69%)

Sunni 52,635 voters (28.6%)

Greek Catholic – 12,593 voters (6.84%) 1 GC Nehmeh Youssef Tohmé 62,772 2 DR Walid Kamal Beik Jumblatt PSP 62,450

Total 2011 voters – 184,000 3 MA Michel Dory Kamil Chamoun NLP 62,236 4 SU Mohammed Kassem Rachid Al Hajjar FM 62,072

Total 2009 voters – 181,949 5 SU Alaa Eddine Khodor Terro 62,041 Total 2009 turnout – 91,642 (50.36%) 6 DR Marwan Mohammed Hamedeh 61,277 7 MA Élie Michel Aoun 60,773 8 MA Georges Jamil Adwan LF 58,502

9 MA Mario Aziz Aoun FPM 22,985

Updated September 2011 13 Beirut 5 MA GO GC AO AC Beirut One seats

Greek Orthodox 23,965 voters (26.2%)

Maronite 15,304 voters (16.73%)

Armenian Orthodox 14,823 voters (16.2%)

Greek Catholic 11,837 voters (12.94%)

Minorities – 10,063 voters (11.0%)

Sunni - 6,401 voters (7.0%) Armenian Catholic – 4,758 voters (5.2%)

1 GO Nayla Gebran Tuéni 19,985 2 GC Michel Pierre Pharaon 19,742 Total 2011 voters – 91,486 3 MA Nadim Bachir Al Gemayel Kataëb 19,340 4 AO Jean Loutﬁk Oghassabian 19,317 Total 2009 voters – 92,764 5 AC Serge Berge Torsarkissian 19,281 Total 2009 turnout – 37,284 (40.19%)

6 MA Massoud Joseph Al Achkar 17,209 7 AC Gregoire Antoine Kaloost Tachnag 16,817 8 AO Frid Ardashas Sabounjian Tachnag 16,778

Updated September 2011 14 Beirut 4 AO AO SU SH Beirut Two seats

Sunni 32,019 voters (31.22%)

Shia 27,046 voters (26.37%)

Armenian Orthodox 25,903 voters (25.25%)

Minorities – 3,529 voters (3.44%) Maronite – 3,506 voters (3.42%) Armenian Catholic – 3,439 voters (3.35%)

1 SU Nouhad Saleh Al Machnouk 16,583

2 SH Hani Hassan Kobeissi 15,126 Total 2011 voters – 102,569 AO Siboh Ohanis Kalbakian Uncontested

Total 2009 voters – 101,787 AO Arthur Garabet Nazaryan Tachnag Uncontested Total 2009 turnout – 27,787 (27.29%)

5 SU Adnan Ahmad Arakji 8,071

Updated September 2011 15 Beirut 10 SU SU SU SU SU SH DR GO MI EV Beirut Three seats

Sunni 167,650 voters (65.25%)

Shia 36,512 voters (14.21%)

Greek Orthodox - 16,100 voters (6.27%) 1 SU Saad Eddine Raﬁk Hariri FM 78,382 Minorities – 8,181 voters (3.18%) 2 SU Tamam Saeb Neik Salam 76,925

3 DR Ghazi Hani Al Aridi PSP 76,786

4 SU Mohammed Jamil Qabbani FM 76,448 Total 2011 voters – 256,933 5 EV Bassam Dr Ramzi Al Shabb FM 76,410 5 SH Ghazi Ali Youssef 76,410 Total 2009 voters – 252,301 7 MI Nabil Moussa de Freij FM 76,337 Total 2009 turnout – 103,243 (40.92%) 8 SU Ammar Omar Houri FM 76,201 9 GO Atef Mourched Saliba Majdalani FM 76,139 10 SU Imad Medhat Al Hout Jama’a 75,964

11 SH Raﬁq Khalil Nassrallah 22,217

Updated September 2011 16 Bekaa 10 SH SH SH SH SH SH SU SU MA GC Baalbek - Hermel seats

Shia 195,262 voters (72.70%)

Sunni 34,711 voters (12.92%) 1 MA Émile Georges Rahme 109,104 Maronite – 20,808 voters (7.7%) 2 SU Kamal Mohammad Al Rifail IslmActFrnt 108,678 Greek Catholic – 15,340 voters (5.71%) 3 SH Ali Mohammad Salman Bashir Al Moqdad Hezbollah 108,455 4 SH Nawwar Mohammad Al Sahily Hezbollah 108,290 Total 2011 voters – 268,557 5 SU Al Walid Mohammad Sukarieh IslmActFrnt 108,178 6 SH Hussein Ali Al Hajj Hassan Hezbollah 108,062 Total 2009 voters – 255,637 7 GC Marwan Farès Farès SSNP 107,885 Total 2009 turnout – 126,038 (49.30%) 8 SH Ghazi Mohammad Zaiter Amal 107,212 9 SH Hussein Ali Al Moussawi Hezbollah 104,707 10 SH Assem Mohammad Kanso Baath 102,442 Note: Ballbek and Hermel are separate Qada merged into one electoral district 11 SH Fadi Ali Younès 14,753

Updated September 2011 17 Bekaa 7 GC GC SU SH MA GO AO Zahlé seats

Sunni 43,187 voters (26.98%)

Greek Catholic 31,103 voters (19.43%)

Maronite 25,667 voters (16.03%)

Shia 24,229 voters (15.13%)

Greek Orthodox 15,878 voters (9.92%) Armenian Orthodox – 8,683 voters (5.42%) Minorities – 7,225 voters (4.51%) 1 MA Élie Michel Marouni Kataëb 49,328 2 SH Okab Okab Saker 49,238 Total 2011 voters – 160,091 3 AO Shant Marderos Janjanian 48,527 4 SU Aassem Fayez Arraji 48,524 Total 2009 voters – 158,005 5 GO Joseph Anis Maalouf 48,288 Total 2009 turnout – 91,848 (58.12%) 6 GC Tony Mikhael Abou Khater 47,999 7 GC Nicola Michel Fattoush 47,709

8 GC Elias Al Skaff 42,975

Updated September 2011 18 Bekaa 6 SU SU SH DR MA GO West Bekaa - Rachaya seats

Sunni 60,225 voters (47.59%)

Druze 18,656 voters (14.74%)

Shia 17,648 voters (13.94%)

Greek Catholic – 9,987 voters (7.89%)

Greek Orthodox – 9,789 voters (7.73%)

Maronite – 9,567 voters (7.56%) 1 MA Robert Iskander Ghanem 35,429 2 DR Wael Wehbi Abou Faour 35,184 Total 2011 voters – 126,533 3 SU Ziad Nazem Al Kadri 34,886 4 SH Amin Mohammad Wehbé DLM 34,424 Total 2009 voters – 122,487 5 GO Antoine Nicola Saad 33,729 Total 2009 turnout – 65,237 (53.26%) 6 SU Jamal Salim Jarrah 33,389

7 GO Élie Najib Ferzli 29,344 Note: West Belaa and Rachaya are 8 SU Abdul Rahim Youssef Mraad 29,095 separate Qada merged into one electoral district

Updated September 2011 19 South Lebanon 2 SU SU Saida seats

Sunni 46,607 voters (84.25%)

Shia - 5,050 voters (9.13%) Greek Catholic - 1,685 voters (3.05%) Maronite – 1,255 voters (2.27%)

1 SU Bahia Bahaa Eddine Hariri FM 25,460 Total 2011 voters – 55,317 2 SU Fouad Abdel Baset Al Siniora FM 23,041

Total 2009 voters – 53,859 3 SU Oussama Maarouf Saad Al Masri PNO 13,512 Total 2009 turnout – 36,401 (67.58%)

Updated September 2011 20 South Lebanon 3 SH SH GC Zahrany seats

Shia 70,596 voters (72.62%)

Greek Catholic 12,629 voters (12.99%)

Maronite 10,394 voters (10.69%)

Sunni – 2,751 voters 1 SH Nabih Moustapha Berri Amal 45,305 2 SH Ali Adel Ousseiran Hezbollah 43,746 Total 2011 voters – 97,219 3 GC Michel Hanna Moussa 43,648

Total 2009 voters – 92,995 Total 2009 turnout – 49,886 (53.64%) 4 SH Riad Said El Assaad 3,574 5 GC Robert Elias Khoury 3,101

Updated September 2011 21 South Lebanon 3 MA MA GC Jezzine seats

Maronite 34,103 voters (61.75%)

Shia 11,171 voters (20.23%)

Greek Catholic 8,302 voters (15.03%)

1 MA Ziad Michel Aswad FPM 15,648 2 GC Issam Nkoula Sawaya 14,914 Total 2011 voters – 55,231 3 MA Michel Tanious El Hélou 13,291

Total 2009 voters – 54,188 4 MA Samir Ibrahim Azar 10,792 Total 2009 turnout – 29,225 (53.93%)

Note: for the 2009 elections, there were competing lists from Change & Reform and a list afﬁliated to Amal (March 8).

Updated September 2011 22 South Lebanon 5 SH SH SU DR GO Marjaayoun - Hasbaya seats

Shia 80,373 voters (56.69%)

Sunni 24,174 voters (17.05%)

Druze 14,854 voters (10.47%)

Greek Orthodox – 10,767 voters (7.59%) Maronite – 6,379 voters (4.49%) Greek Catholic – 3,607 voters 1 DR Anwar Mohammad Al Khalil 50,837 2 SH Ali Hassan Khalil 47,964 Total 2011 voters – 141,773 3 GO Assad Halim Hardane SSNP 46,690 4 SH Ali Rachid Fayad Hezbollah 46,674 Total 2009 voters –138,844 5 SU Qassem Omar Hashem Baath 46,482 Total 2009 turnout – 64,975 (46.79%)

6 SU Mounif Ahmad Al Khatib 13,418

Note: Marjaayoun and Hasbaya are separate Qada merged into one electoral district

Updated September 2011 23 South Lebanon 3 SH SH SH Nabatieh seats

Shia 120,771 voters (95.37%)

Maronite – 3,808 voters (3.01%) 1 SH Mohammad Hassan Raad Hezbollah 62,720 2 SH Yassine Kamel Jaber 60,068 Total 2011 voters – 126,632 3 SH Abdullatif Beik Youssef Azzein Amal 55,250

Total 2009 voters – 121,912 4 SH Adham Mohammad Jaber 3,866 Total 2009 turnout – 68,829 (56.45%) 5 SH Nadim Samih Osseiran 3,094

Updated September 2011 24 South Lebanon 4 SH SH SH SH Tyre/Sour seats

Shia 138,277 voters (85.1%)

Sunni - 12,936 voters (7.96%) Greek Catholic – 6,626 voters (4.08%) 1 SH Adbul Majid Ali Saleh Amal 69,362 2 SH Mohammad Abdel Moutaleb Fneish Hezbollah 69,059 Total 2011 voters – 162,481 3 SH Nawaf Mahmoud Al Moussawi Hezbollah 68,991 4 SH Ali Youssef Khreiss Amal 67,754 Total 2009 voters – 153,060 Total 2009 turnout – 74,941 (48.96%) 5 SH Al Sayed Jamal Al Sayyed Saﬁeddine 2,322 6 SH Ali Sayyed Mohammad Baker Al Amin LbOpGrp 1,946

Updated September 2011 25 South Lebanon 3 SH SH SH Bint Jbeil seats

Shia 112,716 voters (88.11%)

Maronite - 11,907 voters (9.31%) Greek Catholic – 3,083 voters (2.41%) 1 SH Hassan Nizam Eldine Fadlallah Hezbollah 49,852 2 SH Ali Ahmad Bazzi Amal 49,220 Total 2011 voters – 127,925 3 SH Ayoub Fahd Hmayyed Amal 48,775

Total 2009 voters – 123,396 Total 2009 turnout – 52,899 (42.86%) 4 SH Ali Akil Mhanna Leb Options 617

Updated September 2011 26 2009 Parliamentary Elections Voter turnout by district

National Average 50.7% 25% 75%

Bcharre Tripoli Akkar 37% 45.8% 53.9%

Minieh- Zghorta Dennieh 48.4% 56.4% Koura Batroun 47.4% 56.3%

Aley Metn Jbeil 51.4% 56.6% 66.7%

Chouf Baabda Keserwan 50.3% 55.7% 67.62%

W.Bekaa- Beirut 1 Balbek Rashaya Zahleh 40.9% 49.3% 53.3% 58.1% Beirut 2 Beirut 3 Zahrany Saida 27.3% 40.1% 53.6% 67.59%

Jezzine 53.9%

Marjeyoun- Nabtieh Hasbaya 56.4% 46.8% Bint Jbeil Tyre 42.8% 48.9%

Updated September 2011 Annex A Elections in Lebanon Electoral Districts under the 1990, 1996 and 2000 Electoral Laws

Updated September 2011 Annex B