Lebanese by-elections, 2007

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By-elections were held in Lebanon on 5 August 2007 to replace two assassinated MPs:^[1]

• Matn District: Pierre Amine Gemayel of the Kataeb Party, killed 2006-11-21
• Beirut 2^nd District: Walid Eido of the Future Movement, killed 2007-06-13

The candidates were:

Beirut, 2^nd[2]

• (Winner) Mohammad Amin Itani for the Future Movement (March 14 Alliance) — 22,988
• Ibrahim Halabi for the People's Movement (March 8 Alliance) — 3,556
• five others

The seat was easily won by Mohammed al-Amin Itani, a candidate of parliament majority leader Saad Hariri's Future Movement. The Hezbollah-led pro-Syrian opposition did not officially sponsor a candidate and turnout was just 19 per cent.

Matn^[3]

• Former president Sheikh Amine Gemayel for the Kataeb Party (March 14 Alliance) — 39,116
• (Winner) Camille Khoury for the Free Patriotic Movement (March 8 Alliance) — 39,534
• Joseph Mansour Asmar, an independent — ≤1,000

Khoury won with 39,534 votes, against Gemayel's 39,116 votes. Turnout was 46 per cent. ^[4]