Women in Municipal Elections UNIFIL Area of Operations 2016 Lebanon Issue#2 Project funded by the European Union MAP OF UNIFIL AO Villages UNIFIL was created by Security Council resolutions 425 and 426 (1978) to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international peace and security and assist the Lebanese Government in restoring its effec- tive authority in the area. In 2006, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1701 enhancing the strength of the Mission and modifying its mandate. In addition to carrying out its original mandate under resolutions 425 and 426, UNIFIL would, among other things, monitor the cessation of hostilities, accompany and support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as they deploy throughout the south, extend its assistance to help ensure humanitarian access to civil- ian populations and the voluntary and safe return of displaced persons. CURRENT AUTHORIZATION UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2017: SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2305 UNIFORMED INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL CIVILIANS 10,490 257 TOTAL 11,345 CIVILIAN LOCAL PERSONNEL CIVILIANS 848 591 ! Burghuz ! Kawkaba !Blat Abu Qamhah! ! Dibbine ! ! El Fraidiss El Hebbariye Al Buwaydah ! ! Ebel es Saqi ! Rachaya al Foukhar Marjayoun ! !Chebaa !Kafer Hammam Kleyaa ! Ka!fer Chouba !Khiam Bo! urj al Malouke !Mari ! ! Tayr Falsay ! ! Al Burghuliyah Bidyas Deir! Mimess Burj Rahhal ! ! Alman Ain Aarab Hallusiyat al Fawqa ! ! ! Shhur ! !Sarda Abbasiyah ! Al Qusayr Dayr Qanun an Nahr ! ! Deir S!iriane ! Humayri !Shabriha Tura ! Frun Jinnata ! Bistat Ma'rub! ! Ouazzani ! !Srifa Kafer Kela ! Adshit al Qusayr ! Dirdghayya Azrun ! ! ! Ghanduriyah ! Tayr! Dibbah ! Al Qantarah Ett Taibe ! Barish ! ! Aarma ! Ma'rakah Naffakhiyah ! Tyre Al Buss ! Bafliyah ! ! Adaisseh Dayr Kifa ! Burj ash Shamali !Yanuh ! Burj Qallawiyah Sil'a! Raabatt Talateen ! Al Bazuriyah Dib`al ! ! ! Qallawiyah ! Tulin Qabrikha ! Bani Hayyan Chahabiya ! Wad!i Jilu ! Ar Rashidiyah !Jwayya ! ! Suwwanan !Markaba Kafr Dunin ! !Tallusah Ayn! B'al Al Majadil ! Khirbat Silim ! ! Majdal Silim !Batulayh ! As Sama'iyah Aytit Mahrunah ! Hannawiyah ! ! ! Dayr Ntar !Houla Deir Qanoun! Ras Al Ain Mazra'at al Mushrif Qana ! As Sultaniyah Al Malikiyah ! ! ! ! Jumayjmah Al Bayyad! Al Knaysah! Ramadyah ! ! ! Dayr `Amis Safad el Battikh Al Qulaylah ! ! ! Shaqra ! Ash Sh'aytiyah ! Rishknaniyah Tibnin As Siddiqin ! !Al Hinniyah Ayta az Jabal ! ! Jibal Al Butm ! Brashit Meiss ej Jebel ! Hariss ! ! Kafra ! Haddathah ! Al Mansuri !Zibqin Bayt Yahun ! Mhaibeb Sribbin ! !Yatar ! !Kunin !Majda Zun !Rshaf Sh! ama Blida! !At Tiri Bayt Lif ! UNIFIL AO VILLAGES !Aynata Tayr Harfa ! ! Dibil Al Qawzah! ! ! Shihin ! Bint Jubayl Aytarun Sour 69 ! ! Al Jibbayn ! Al Naqoura !Ramyah Hanin Zalloutiye Marwahin ! Ayn Ibil ! ! !Marun ar Ra`s ! ! Al Duhayra Yarin ! !Boustan Ayta ash Sha`b Alma ash Sha`b ! Bent Jbeil 36 Yaroun ! Marjayoun 32 !Rumaysh Hasbaya 10 ELECTORAL SYSTEM: MAJORITARIAN (FPTP**) 852,274 1,030 Municipalities Registered Voters Municipal 12,234 Council in the South Members 2016 2,922 Mukhtars Mukhtar 4,079 Councils 4 Women Participation in 1 1 48.05% Municipal Elections 2 TOTAL Voter Turnout in South UNIFIL Area of Operations 3 Women Elected in South Beirut & Bekaa Key Results 1 8 May 2016 Mount Lebanon 2010 2016 2016 2 15 May 2016 South & Nabatieh Municipalities 3 22 May 2016 91 119 North Mukhtars 4 29 May 2016 6 10 * Source : MOIM 2016 ** First Past The Post voting Sour District Municipal Elections 2016 Women Participation in Sour Municipal Elections 2016 Hasbaya Ain Abu Aabdallah 1 Ain Zarka Marjayoun 2 Bourgheliyeh 781 Total Number of Seats 1 Borj Rahhal Aabbassiyeh Uncontested Seats 3 225 Tayr Debba Sour Maarakeh 2 2 1 Nfakhiyeh 64 Registered Women Candidates 2 Women Elected Ain Baal 25 1 Sour Mahrouna 1 Uncontested Elected Women Kneisseh 10 1 Hanaouay Bent Jbeil % of Women Elected % of Women Candidates out of Total Number out of Total Number 1 of Seats of Candidates Tayr Harfa 1 5 Aalma ech Chaab 1 Zloutiyeh 3.2% 5.2% Yarine Municipal Uncontested Women Elected Women UNIFIL, Area of Operations HasbayaHasbaya Bent Jbeil District Figures Table Municipal Elections 2016 Women Participation in Bent Jbeil Municipal Elections 2016 492 Total Number of Seats 114 Uncontested Seats 1 Borj Qalaouiyeh Marjaayoun 29 Registered Women Candidates Sour 1 9 Women Elected Deir Ntar 1 Soultaniyeh 2 Uncontested Elected Women 1 Kafra 1 Beit Yahoun 2 Kounine Bent Jbeil % of Women Elected % of Women Candidates 1 out of Total Number out of Total Number Aaynata of Seats of Candidates 1 Hanine 3.8% 1.8% Municipal Uncontested Women Elected Women UNIFIL, Area of Operations Marjayoun District Municipal Elections 2016 Women Participation in Marjayoun Municipal Elections 2016 Blat 2 357 Total Number of Seats 2 Kleyaa Borj Al Malouke 105 Uncontested Seats 1 Deir Mimess Jdeidet Marjayoun Registered Women Candidates 1 1 24 Kafer Kila Sour 1 9 Women Elected Marjayoun 2 Uncontested Elected Women 1 Houla % of Women Elected % of Women Candidates out of Total Number out of Total Number of Seats of Candidates Bent Jbeil 2.5% 4.6% Municipal Uncontested Women Elected Women UNIFIL, Area of Operations Hasbaya District Municipal Elections 2016 Women Participation in Hasbaya Municipal Elections 2016 102 Total Number of Seats 10 Uncontested Seats 1 Kouakaba 6 Registered Women Candidates 1 Women Elected Hebbariyeh 3 Rachaya El-Foukhar 1 0 Uncontested Elected Women Hasbaya Marjayoun % of Women Elected % of Women Candidates out of Total Number out of Total Number of Seats of Candidates 2.9% 2.9% Municipal Uncontested Women Elected Women UNIFIL, Area of Operations Sour District Bent Jbeil District Mukhtar Elections 2016 Mukhtar Elections 2016 Mukhtar Uncontested Women Elected Women 1 1 Sour 5 Marjayoun Women Elected Mukhtar Sour Jouaiya 1 Deir Qanoun Ras Al Ain 1 1 Women Sour Elected 1 Mukhtar Beit Lif Bent Jbeil Bent Jbeil 1 Aalma ech Chaab Number of Number of Number of Number of 378 Registered Candidates 14 Women Candidates 302 Registered Candidates 9 Women Candidates Number of % of Women Candidates out Number of % of Women Candidates out 151 Mukhtar Seats 3.7% of Total Number of Candidates 112 Mukhtar Seats 3.0% of Total Number of Candidates Number of Uncontested % of Women Elected out of Number of Uncontested % of Women Elected out of 34 Mukhtar Seats 3.3% Total Number of Mukhtar Seats 8 Mukhtar Seats 0.9% Total Number of Mukhtar Seats MARJAYOUN District Hasbaya District Mukhtar Elections 2016 Mukhtar Elections 2016 Mukhtar Uncontested Women Elected Women 1 Bowayda Hasbaya Marjayoun 1 Women Elected Sour 1 Mukhtar Women Elected Rachaiya Mukhtar el Foukhar Hasbaya 1 Marjayoun Bent Jbeil Number of Number of Number of Number of 248 Registered Candidates 7 Women Candidates 163 Registered Candidates 8 Women Candidates Number of % of Women Candidates out Number of % of Women Candidates out 98 Mukhtar Seats 3.0% of Total Number of Candidates 46 Mukhtar Seats 5.0% of Total Number of Candidates Number of Uncontested % of Women Elected out of Number of Uncontested % of Women Elected out of 25 Mukhtar Seats 0.9% Total Number of Mukhtar Seats 10 Mukhtar Seats 2.2% Total Number of Mukhtar Seats © 2016 All rights reserved. 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