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| Lebanese general election, 2009 | ||||
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| All 128 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon | ||||
| 7 June 2009 | ||||
| Alliance | March 14 | March 8 | ||
| Seats won | 71 | 57 | ||
Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009.[1][2] Prior to the election, the process to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years was put into motion, but this requires a constitutional amendment so it did not happen before the election.[3]
Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%.[4] 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 sees this is a moral victory over Hezbollah, who led the March 8 Alliance, and the balance of power is expected to shift in its favor.[5] Many observers expect to see the emergence of a National Unity Government similar to that created following the Doha Agreement in 2008.[6]
Despite a parliamentary loss, the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, claims to have received a higher percentage of the popular vote than did the March 14 Alliance. Although this figure is non-verifiable, the minority claims that out of the total votes cast, the March 8 Alliance won 55% of the popular vote, while the parliamentary victors, the March 14 Alliance, won only 45%.[7][8]
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Results
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| Alliances | Seats | Parties | Seats | |||
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| March 14 Alliance | 61 | Movement of the Future (Tayyar Al Mustaqbal) | 28 | |||
| March 14 Independents | 11 | |||||
| Lebanese Forces (al-Quwāt al-Lubnāniyya) | 8 | |||||
| Kataeb Party (Hizb al-Kataeb) | 5 | |||||
| Hunchak Party | 2 | |||||
| Islamic Group (Jamaa al-Islamiya) | 1 | |||||
| Ramgavar 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 [9] | |||
| Hezbollah | 13 | |||||
| Amal Movement (Harakat Amal) | 13 | |||||
| Marada Movement | 3 | |||||
| Lebanese Democratic Party (Hizb al-democraty al-lubnany) | 3 | |||||
| Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) | 2 | |||||
| Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i) | 2 | |||||
| Ba'ath Party | 2 | |||||
| Solidarity Party (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany) | 1 | |||||
| Progressive Socialist Party (Hizb al-Taqadummi al-Ishtiraki) | 10 | |||||
| Total | 128 | |||||
| Source: http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=97943 | ||||||
| Note: A month after the elections, the Progressive Socialist Party chose to withdraw from the March 14 Alliance, but remain a part of the Parliamentary Majority. | ||||||
Allocation of seats
A new electoral law is as follows in the table, following a compromise reached in the Qatar talks in May 2008 between the government and opposition.[10] It was passed on 29 September 2008.[11]
| Seat allocation
according to The Doha Agreement[12] |
Total | Maronites | Shi'a | Sunni | Greek Orthodox | Druze | Armenian Orthodox | Greek Catholic | Alawite | Protestant | Other Christians | 14 March | 8 March | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Formation of government
As is typical of Lebanese politics, politcal wrangling after the elections took 5 months.[13] 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 betweene the two main political blocks.[14] For a thorough analysis of the 2009 government, including demographics and political affiliations, see "Lebanon's New Government".
See also
References
- ^ Lebanon's ruling coalition urges lawmakers to ban presidential election - People's Daily Online
- ^ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6567795.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7953551.stm
- ^ Slackman, Michael (7 June 2009). "Pro-Western Bloc Defeats Hezbollah in Lebanon Vote". NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/world/middleeast/08lebanon.html. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ "U.S.-Backed Alliance Wins Election in Lebanon". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/middleeast/09lebanon.html?hp.
- ^ "March 14 bloc wins Lebanon election". Al Jazeera English. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/20096813424442589.html.
- ^ "Hizbullah Boasts Victory in the Popular Vote of the Lebanese Elections". News Blaze. http://newsblaze.com/story/20090611113543zzzz.nb/topstory.html.
- ^ "What Really Happened in the Lebanese Elections?". http://www.counterpunch.org/amin06122009.html.
- ^ [1]Lebanese Parliamentary Monitor
- ^ BBC NEWS | Middle East | Lebanon rivals agree crisis deal
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7643743.stm
- ^ Blacksmiths of Lebanon: 2009 Electoral Districts
- ^ International Foundation for Electoral Systems (9 November 2009) Lebanon's New Government . (Report).
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/world/middleeast/10lebanon.html
External links
- Official Site
- Lebanese Elections 2009 BLOG
- Interactive Result Map
- Obama's Path Passes Through Lebanon by Pol Marillas, Opinion, June 2009; European Union Institute for Security Studies
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