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Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009.[1][2]
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Prior to the election, the process to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years was put into motion, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.[3]
Following a compromise reached in the Doha Agreement on May 2008 between the government and opposition, a new electoral law was put in place, as shown in the table below.[4] It was passed on 29 September 2008.[5]
Seat allocation
according to The Doha Agreement[6] |
Total | Maronites | Shi'a | Sunni | Greek Orthodox | Druze | Armenian Orthodox | Greek Catholic | Alawite | Protestant | Other Christians | 14 March | 8 March | |
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Beirut 19 |
Beirut 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Beirut 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
Beirut 3 | 10 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
Bekaa 23 | Baalbek +Hermel |
10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 10 |
Zahleh | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | |
Rashaya +West Bekaa |
6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |
Mount Lebanon 35 | Jbeil | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 |
Kisrawan | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
North Metn | 8 | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | |
Baabda | 6 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
Aley | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | |
Chouf | 8 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | |
North Lebanon 28 | Akkar | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 0 |
Dinniyeh +Minieh |
3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
Bsharreh | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
Tripoli | 8 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 0 | |
Zgharta | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
Koura | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
Batrun | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
South Lebanon 23 | Saida | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
Tyre | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
Zahrani | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
Hasbaya +Marjeyoun |
5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
Nabatiyeh | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
Bint Jbeil | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
Jezzine | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
Total 128 | 128 | 34 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 57 |
Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%.[7] The March 14 Alliance garnered 71 seats in the 128-member parliament, while the March 8 Alliance won 57 seats. This result is virtually the same as the result from the election in 2005. However, the March 14 alliance saw this as a moral victory over Hezbollah, who led the March 8 Alliance, and the balance of power was expected to shift in its favor.[8] Many observers expect to see the emergence of a National Unity Government similar to that created following the Doha Agreement in 2008.[9]
Election Results for each alliance[10] | Total | % 14M | 14 March | % 8M | 8 March | |
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Beirut 19 |
Beirut 1 | 5 | 52.1% | 5 | 47.9% | 0 |
Beirut 2 | 4 | 50.5% | 2 | 49.5% | 2 | |
Beirut 3 | 10 | 69.6% | 10 | 31.4% | 0 | |
Bekaa 23 | Baalbek +Hermel |
10 | 21.6% | 0 | 78.4% | 10 |
Zahleh | 7 | 52.7% | 7 | 47.3% | 0 | |
Rashaya +West Bekaa |
6 | 53.3% | 6 | 46.7% | 0 | |
Mount Lebanon 35 | Jbeil | 3 | 39.6% | 0 | 60.4% | 3 |
Kisrawan | 5 | 44.9% | 0 | 55.1% | 5 | |
North Metn | 8 | 48.4% | 2 | 51.6% | 6 | |
Baabda | 6 | 43.8% | 0 | 56.2% | 6 | |
Aley | 5 | 61.2% | 4 | 38.8% | 1 | |
Chouf | 8 | 75.6% | 8 | 24.4% | 0 | |
North Lebanon 28 | Akkar | 7 | 63.1% | 7 | 36.9% | 0 |
Dinniyeh +Minnieh |
3 | 70.9% | 3 | 29.1% | 0 | |
Bsharreh | 2 | 73.4% | 2 | 26.6% | 0 | |
Tripoli | 8 | 63.5% | 8 | 36.5% | 0 | |
Zgharta | 3 | 44.2% | 0 | 55.8% | 3 | |
Koura | 3 | 51.1% | 3 | 48.9% | 0 | |
Batrun | 2 | 52.2% | 2 | 47.8% | 0 | |
South Lebanon 23 | Saida | 2 | 63.9% | 2 | 36.1% | 0 |
Tyre | 4 | 06.8% | 0 | 93.2% | 4 | |
Zahrani | 3 | 10.0% | 0 | 90.0% | 3 | |
Hasbaya +Marjeyoun |
5 | 21.4% | 0 | 78.6% | 5 | |
Nabatiyeh | 3 | 11.6% | 0 | 88.4% | 3 | |
Bint Jbeil | 3 | 05.8% | 0 | 94.2% | 3 | |
Jezzine | 3 | 25.5% | 0 | 74.5% | 3 | |
Total 128 | 128 | 44.5% | 71 | 55.5% | 57 |
Alliances | seats | Parties | Seats | ||
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March 14 Alliance | 71 | Future Movement | 26 | ||
Progressive Socialist Party[11] | 11 | ||||
Independents 14 de March | 13 | ||||
Lebanese Forces | 8 | ||||
Lebanese Social Democratic Party (Hizb al-Kataeb) | 5 | ||||
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party | 2 | ||||
Jamaa al-Islamiya | 1 | ||||
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party | 1 | ||||
Democratic Left Movement (ĥarakatu-l-yasāri-d-dimuqrātī) | 1 | ||||
National Liberal Party (Hizbu-l-waTaniyyīni-l-aHrār) | 1 | ||||
March 8 Alliance | 57 | Free Patriotic Movement (Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr) | 18 | ||
Amal Movement (Harakat Amal) | 13 | ||||
Hezbollah | 12 | ||||
Lebanese Democratic Party (Hizb al-democraty al-lubnany) | 4 | ||||
Marada Movement | 3 | ||||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) | 2 | ||||
Syrian Social National Party (al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i) | 2 | ||||
Arab Socialist Baath Party | 2 | ||||
Solidarity Party (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany) | 1 | ||||
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Alliances | Seats | Parties | Seats |
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Government 68 |
27 | Change and Reform bloc | |
Free Patriotic Movement (Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr) | 19 | ||
Lebanese Democratic Party (Hizb al-democraty al-lubnany) | 4 | ||
Marada Movement | 3 | ||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) | 2 | ||
Solidarity Party (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany) | 1 | ||
29 | March 8 Alliance | ||
Lebanese Resistance Detachments (Harakat Amal) | 13 | ||
Loyalty to the Resistance (Hezbollah) | 12 | ||
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i) | 2 | ||
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 2 | ||
12 | Pro-Government Independents | ||
Progressive Socialist Party | 7 | ||
Glory Movement | 2 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Opposition 60 |
60 | March 14 Alliance | |
Future Movement (Tayyar Al Mustaqbal) | 26 | ||
Lebanese Forces (al-Quwāt al-Lubnāniyya) | 8 | ||
Lebanese Social Democratic Party (Hizb al-Kataeb) | 5 | ||
Murr Bloc | 2 | ||
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) | 2 | ||
Islamic Group (Jamaa al-Islamiya) | 1 | ||
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar Party) | 1 | ||
Democratic Left Movement (ĥarakatu-l-yasāri-d-dimuqrātī) | 1 | ||
National Liberal Party (Hizbu-l-waTaniyyīni-l-aHrār) | 1 | ||
Independents (including Zahle-Bloc 6) | 11 | ||
– | – | Total | 128 |
As is typical of Lebanese politics political wrangling after the elections took 5 months.[12] Only in November was the composition of the new cabinet agreed upon: 15 seats for the March 14 Alliance, 10 for the March 8 Alliance, and 5 nominated by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, who has cast himself as a neutral party between the two main political blocks.[13] For a thorough analysis of the 2009 government, including demographics and political affiliations, see "Lebanon's New Government".
The government fell in January 2011 after the March 8 alliance's 11 ministers withdrew from the government over PM Hariri's refusal to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss possible indictments to be issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.[14]
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