Parliamentary elections in Lebanon 2005

Majorities of seats by district

The elections in Lebanon in 2005 were after thirty years, the first elections without Syrian presence in Lebanon .

The Lebanese elected 128 members of parliament, with Christians and Muslims equally represented. Many Lebanese felt that the elections, won by an anti- Syrian coalition led by Saad al-Hariri , marked the end of the Cedar Revolution . These elections were the first in Lebanon's history to be won directly by a single electoral bloc and the first to be observed by the United Nations . Numerous Lebanese parties were able to compete.

Results

Allocation of seats according to list membership

Alliances	Seats	Parties	Seats
Rafiq Hariri Martyrs List	72	Future Movement ( Tayyar Al Mustaqbal )	36
		Progressive Socialist Party ( Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki )	16
		Forces Libanaises	6th
		Qurnat Shahwan Collection Kata'ib Party ( Hizb al-Kataeb ) National Liberal Party ( Hizb el-wataniyin el-ahrar ) Independent	6th
		Tripoli block	3
		Democratic renewal	1
		Democratic left	1
		Independent	3
Resistance and development block	35	Amal movement ( Harakat Amal )	15th
		Hezbollah ( Hezbollah )	14th
		Syrian Social Nationalist Party ( al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i )	2
		Ba'ath Party 1, Nasserists 1, Kata'ib 1, Independent 1	4th
Aoun alliance	21st	Free Patriotic Movement ( Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr )	14th
		Skaff block	5
		Murr block	2
total			128

Distribution of seats according to denomination and region

Distribution of the seats of Christians and Muslims by district

date	region	Pro-Hariri			Anti-Hariri			together
		C.	M.	total	C.	M.	total	C.	M.	total
May 29th	Beirut	10	8th	18th	0	1	1	10	9	19th
June 5th	South Lebanon	0	1	1	5	17th	22nd	5	18th	23
June 12	Bekaa	3	3	6th	6th	11	17th	9	14th	23
June 12	Mount Lebanon	11	8th	19th	14th	2	16	25th	10	35
June 19th	North Lebanon	15th	13	28	0	0	0	15th	13	28
	total	39	33	72	25th	31	56	64	64	128
C = Christians, M = Muslims

First round

The first round of voting took place on May 29, 2005 in Beirut . The Rafiq Hariri Martyr List , a coalition of Saad Hariri's party Future Movement ( Current for the Future ), the Progressive Socialist Party of Walid Jumblatt and other anti-Syrian parties won all the 19 seats. Saad Hariri is the son of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri , who was killed in a car bomb attack on his convoy of vehicles in Beirut on February 14, 2005 . The coalition gave one seat to the Shiite candidate from Hezbollah .

Constituency	Elected candidates in Beirut				be right	percent
1st district (6 seats)	Sunnis	2 seats	Saad al-Hariri	Future movement	39,499	> 100
	Sunnis	2 seats	Ammar al-Houry	Future movement	30,741	79.0
	Maronites	1 seat	Solange Gemayel	Independent (Bristol)	without
	Greek Catholic	1 seat	Michel Faroun	Future movement	without
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Gebran Tueni	Qurnat Shahwan Collection	30,519	82.2
	Protestants	1 seat	Bassem Al-Shab	Future movement	without
2nd district (6 seats)	Sunnis	2 seats	Bahige tabbara	Future movement	27,980	79.3
	Sunnis	2 seats	Walid Eido	Future movement	25.123	71.2
	Armenian Orthodox	1 seats	Jeghijah Jian	Future movement	without
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Atef Majdalani	Future movement	26,163	64.8
	Shiites	1 seat	Amine Cherri	Hezbollah	31,895	87.1
	Latins	1 seat	Nabil de Frej	Future movement	27,364	81.5
3rd district (7 seats)	Armenian Orthodox	2 seats	Hagop Kassarjian	Future movement	without
	Armenian Orthodox	2 seats	Jean Ogassabian	Future movement	without
	Sunnis	2 seats	Mohammed Kabbani	Future movement	24,572	88.5
	Sunnis	2 seats	Ghenwa Jalloul	Future movement	23,731	42.8
	Armenian Catholic	1 seat	Serge Toursarkissian	Future movement	without
	Druze	1 seat	Ghazi al-Aridi	Dschumblat pad	without
	Shiites	1 seat	Ghazi Youssef	Future movement	without

Note: Sa'ad al-Hariri received more votes than voters cast their votes, as some voters gave him both possible votes. The marking “without” means that the candidate had no opponent.

Second round

The second round of elections was held on June 5 in the governorates of South Lebanon and Nabataea . The Resistance and Development Bloc , a joint list of the two Shiite parties, the Amal movement and Hezbollah, as well as Bahiya al-Hariri (the sister of the murdered Rafiq al-Hariri ) and Oussama Saad from Sidon , won all 23 seats. The official results showed more than 80% of the votes for this block. The head of the Amal, Nabih Berri said in a press conference: "The South has clearly and in front of international observers declared its support for the resistance as a path for the past, the present and the future." According to Berri, the elected members would be a disarmament not let Hezbollah.

Constituency	Elected candidates in South Lebanon				be right
1-A Zahrani (5 seats)	Shiites	2 seats	Nabih Berri	Amal movement	153.018
	Shiites	2 seats	Ali Osseiran	Amal movement	152.866
	Sunnis	2 seats	Bahiya al-Hariri	Future movement	without
	Sunnis	2 seats	Osama Saad	Nasserist popular movement	without
	Greek Catholic	1 seat	Michel Moussa	Amal movement	152.794
1-B Tyros (4 seats)	Shiites	4 seats	Mohammad Fneish	Hezbollah	153.934
			Hassan Hubullah	Hezbollah	151.964
			Abdel Majeed Saleh	Amal movement	150,804
			Ali Khoreis	Amal movement	149.507
1-C Bint Jubail (3 seats)	Shiites	3 seats	Hassan Fadlalah	Hezbollah	152.324
			Ali Bezzi	Amal movement	149.934
			Ayoub Humayyed	Amal movement	149.210
2-A Marj Uyun , Hasbayya (5 seats)	Shiites	2 seats	Mahmoud Haidar	Hezbollah	104,447
	Shiites	2 seats	Ali Hassan Khalil	Amal movement	104,296
	Sunnis	1 seats	Qassem Hashem	Ba'ath Party	without
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Asaad Hardan	SSNP	98,802
	Druze	1 seat	Anwar al-Khalil	Amal movement	106,327
2-B Nabatea (3 seats)	Shiites	3 seats	Mohammad Raad	Hezbollah	107,456
			Yassine Jaber	Amal movement	106.993
			Abdellatif al-Zein	Amal movement	104,230
2-C Jezzine (3 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Samir Azar	Amal movement	without
	Maronites	2 seats	Pierre Farid Serhal	Hezbollah	149.934
	Greek Catholic	1 seat	Antoine Khouri	Amal movement	without

Note: The marking “without” means that the candidate had no opponent.

Third round

The third round of elections took place on June 12th in Bekaa and Mount Lebanon Governors . In Mount Lebanon, the Rafiq Hariri Martyrs List won 19 seats, followed by the Michel Aoun Alliance , the Free Patriotic Movement with the Murr Block with 15 seats, Hezbollah won one seat. In Bekaa the Resistance and Development Bloc (Hezbollah and allies) eleven seats, the Hariri list six and the Aoun alliance also six seats.

Constituency	Elected candidates in the Bekaa governorate				be right	percent
1 Baalbek - Hermel (10 seats)	Shiites	6 seats	Ali Mekdad	Hezbollah	86,815	77.9
			Hussein Hajj Hassan	Hezbollah	86,262	77.4
			Jamal Takch	Hezbollah	84,727	76.1
			Ghazi Zeaďter	Amal movement	81,733	73.4
			Nouar Saheli	Hezbollah	81.502	73.2
			Hussein Husseini	Independent (pro-Syrian)	78,945	70.9
	Sunnis	2 seats	Ismaďl Succariyé	Hezbollah	87,612	79.8
	Sunnis	2 seats	Camel Rifaď	Hezbollah	86.016	78.4
	Maronites	1 seat	Nader Succar	Hezbollah (Kata'ib)	82,574	72.7
	Greek Catholic	1 seat	Marwan Farčs	SSNP	80,538	69.8
2 numbers (7 seats)	Greek Catholic	2 seats	Élie Skaff	Skaff block	38.035	70.3
	Greek Catholic	2 seats	Nicolas Fattouche	Independent (Bristol)	31,111	57.4
	Armenian Orthodox	1 seat	Georges Kassarji	Skaff block	35,065	56.6
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Camille Maalouf	Skaff block	31,108	51.7
	Maronites	1 seat	Salim Aoun	Free patriotic movement	36,408	59.0
	Shiites	1 seat	Hassan Yaacoub	Skaff block	31,920	52.4
	Sunnis	1 seat	Assem Araji	Skaff block	31,418	54.4
3 Bekaa West - Rachaya (6 seats)	Sunnis	2 seats	Ahmed Ftouh	Future movement	25,767	63.3
	Sunnis	2 seats	Jamal Jarrah	Future movement	25,682	63.1
	Druze	1 seat	Wael Bou Faour	Dschumblat pad	27,651	60.0
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Antoine Saad	Dschumblat pad	25,984	59.6
	Maronites	1 seat	Robert Ghanem	Independent (Bristol)	29,923	65.7
	Shiites	1 seat	Wet nasrallah	Amal movement	26,120	61.9

Constituency	Elected candidates in Mount Lebanon Governorate				be right	percent
1 Jubail (Byblos) (3 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Walid Khoury	Free patriotic movement	56,840	60.5
	Maronites	2 seats	Chamel Mouzaya	Free patriotic movement	51,678	55.0
	Shiites	1 seat	Abbas Hachem	Free patriotic movement	62,294	68.8
1 Kesrwan (5 seats)	Maronites	5 seats	Michel Aoun	Free patriotic movement	67,433	77.6
			Youssef Khalil	Free patriotic movement	61,740	71.0
			Take Metalah Abinasr	Free patriotic movement	59,738	68.7
			Farid Élias al-Khazen	Free patriotic movement	56,719	65.2
			Gilberte Zouein	Free patriotic movement	52,376	60.2
2 al-Mitn (8 seats)	Maronites	4 seats	Ibrahim Canaan	Free patriotic movement	56,840	75.5
			Salim Salhab	Free patriotic movement	54,776	72.7
			Nabil Nicolas	Free patriotic movement	48,872	64.9
			Pierre Gemayel Jr.	Qurnat Shahwan Collection	29,421	39.1
	Greek Orthodox	2 seats	Ghassan Moukheiber	Free patriotic movement	56.906	73.8
	Greek Orthodox	2 seats	Michel Murr	Murr block	48,662	63.1
	Greek Catholic	1 seat	Edgar Maalouf	Free patriotic movement	55.017	73.2
	Armenian Orthodox	1 seat	Hagop Pakradounian	Murr block	53,272	68.0
3 Baabda (6 seats)	Maronites	3 seats	Edmond Nadm	Forces Libanaises	71,453	53.6
			Antoine Ghanem	Dschumblat pad	70,946	53.2
			Abdallah Farhat	Dschumblat pad	69,440	52.1
	Shiites	2 seats	Ali Ammar	Hezbollah	74,892	64.5
	Shiites	2 seats	Bassem Sabeh	Future movement	71,531	61.6
	Druze	1 seat	Ayman Choucair	Dschumblat pad	68,968	52.4
3 Alayh (5 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Henri Hélou	Dschumblat pad	69,637	52.8
	Maronites	2 seats	Fouad Saad	Dschumblat pad	69,567	52.7
	Druze	2 seats	Akram Chehazeb	Dschumblat pad	70.085	52.9
	Druze	2 seats	Fayçal Sayegh	Dschumblat pad	69.103	52.1
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Antoine Andraos	Future movement	69,748	52.8
4 chouf (8 seats)	Maronites	3 seats	Nabil Boustany	Dschumblat pad	53,543	75.3
			Élie Aoun	Dschumblat pad	52,075	73.2
			Georges Adouane	Forces Libanaises	51,701	72.7
	Druze	2 seats	Marwan Hamadé	Dschumblat pad	without
	Druze	2 seats	Walid Jumblat	Dschumblat pad	without
	Sunnis	2 seats	Mohammed Hajjar	Future movement	57,104	45.3
	Sunnis	2 seats	Alaeddine Terro	Dschumblat pad	54,861	43.5
	Greek Catholic	1 seat	Take Tohme	Dschumblat pad	57,358	84.6

Note: The marking “without” means that the candidate had no opponent.

Fourth round

The fourth and final round of the elections took place on June 19, 2005 in the Governorate of North Lebanon . The Rafiq Hariri Martyrs List won all 28 seats available for election, reaching 72 of the 128 seats in the National Assembly.

Constituency	Elected candidates in North Lebanon Governorate				be right	percent
1 battery (7 seats)	Sunnis	3 seats	Mahmoud Mrad	Future movement	85.256	58.6
			Moustapha Hachem	Future movement	83,302	57.3
			Azzam Dandachi	Future movement	62,294	83,046
	Greek Orthodox	2 seats	Riad Rahnal	Future movement	94,683	65.3
	Greek Orthodox	2 seats	Abdallah Hanna	Future movement	88,509	61.1
	Alawites	1 seat	Moustapha Ali Hussein	Future movement	87,966	69.0
	Maronites	1 seat	Hadi Hobeiche	Future movement	91,568	62.1
1 Denniyé (2 seats)	Sunnis	2 seats	Kassem Abdel Aziz	Future movement	94,760	65.1
1 Denniyé (2 seats)	Sunnis	2 seats	Ahmad Fatfat	Future movement	89.196	61.3
1 loading area (2 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Sethrida Touk-Geagea	Forces Libanaises	93,340	64.9
1 loading area (2 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Élie Keyrouz	Forces Libanaises	91.161	63.4
2 tripoli (8 seats)	Sunnis	5 seats	Mohammed Safadi	Tripoli block	104,711	62.4
			Misbah Ahdab	Democratic renewal	97.137	57.9
			Mohammed Kabbara	Tripoli block	96,922	57.7
			Samir el-Jisr	Future movement	93.903	55.9
			Moustapha Allouche	Future movement	92.015	54.8
	Alawites	1 seat	Badr Wannous	Future movement	89,688	55.2
	Greek Orthodox	1 seat	Maurice Fadel	Tripoli block	99.284	60.3
	Maronites	1 seat	Elias Atallah	Democratic left	89,890	54.4
2 minije (1 seat)	Sunnis	1 seat	Hachem Alameddine	Future movement	89,060	54.2
2 Zgharta (3 seats)	Maronites	3 seats	Nayla Moawad	Qurnat Shahwan Collection	93.032	56.0
			Javad Boulos	Qurnat Shahwan Collection	91,786	55.3
			Samir Frangieh	Qurnat Shahwan Collection	90,830	54.7
3 Batroun (2 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Boutros Harb	Qurnat Shahwan Collection	95,554	57.9
3 Batroun (2 seats)	Maronites	2 seats	Antoine Zahra	Forces Libanaises	87,645	53.1
3 Koura (3 seats)	Greek Orthodox	3 seats	Farid Mekari	Future movement	96,837	58.9
			Farid Habib	Forces Libanaises	93.169	56.7
			Nicolas Ghosn	Future movement	92.907	56.5

Remarks

↑ United Nations : S / 2005/673 Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the Security Council of October 26, 2005 . Accessed August 30, 2006.

Web links

[1] United Nations : S / 2005/673 Letter from the Secretary General to the President of the Security Council of October 26, 2005 . Accessed August 30, 2006.


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