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Logo of the Lebanese general election, 2009. 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 ...
Pierre Gemayel and Walid Eido, both assassinated, were replaced in a 2007 by-election by Camille Khoury and Mohammed Amin el Itani. Antoine Ghanem, assassinated in September 2007, was not replaced until the June 2009 regularly scheduled parliamentary election ushered in his successor.
The 2009 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election was the 5th legislative speaker election since the implementation of the Taif Agreement, held on 25 June 2009 during the first session of the 23rd parliament. The incumbent Speaker Nabih Berri and head of the Amal Movement was re-elected to a fifth term.
Independent within 14 March. Beirut I. Greek Orthodox. Daughter of Gebran Tueni, grandchild of Michel Murr and Ghassan Tueni. Nadim Gemayel. Kataeb Party. Beirut I. Maronite. Son of Bachir Gemayel, nephew of Amine Gemayel.
Lebanon was ranked second most electoral democracy in the Middle East according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023 with a score of 0.157 out of 1. [2][3] Those who are above 21 and are non active military personal are permitted to vote. Elections in Lebanon are made up of loose coalitions, usually organized locally, are formed for electoral ...
However, in the 2009 election only five Jews cast their votes in the Beirut III electoral district. [14] Below is a summary of the demographics of the Lebanese electorate with data from 2017, divided by the qada administrative districts (or in the case of Beirut, the old 2008 vote law electoral districts).
After extending its term for 9 years, a new parliament was elected on 6 May 2018 in the 2018 general election. According to the Lebanese constitution [15] and the electoral law of 2017, [16] elections are held on a Sunday during the 60 days preceding the end of the sitting parliament's mandate, with the next one due on a Sunday falling between ...
At the time of the 2009 elections the constituency had 101,787 registered voters, out of whom 27,787 cast their votes. [8] Its 27.3% electoral participation was the lowest amongst the constituencies around the country (the national average was 50.7%). [1] There were 450 invalid ballots and 315 blank votes. [8] Voting in Beirut II was largely ...