2009 Lebanese general election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009[1][2] to elect all 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon.
Background
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Before the election, the voting age was to be lowered from 21 to 18 years, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.[3]
Allocation of seats
[edit]Following a compromise reached in the Doha Agreement in 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] |
Seats
|
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 | |
Batroun | 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 |
Results
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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 | 28.6% | 0 | 71.4% | 3 |
Kisrawan | 5 | 30.9% | 0 | 69.1% | 5 | |
North Metn | 8 | 42.4% | 2 | 58.6% | 6 | |
Baabda | 6 | 41.8% | 0 | 58.2% | 6 | |
Aley | 5 | 60.2% | 4 | 39.8% | 1 | |
Chouf | 8 | 69.6% | 8 | 30.4% | 0 | |
North Lebanon 28 | Akkar | 7 | 61.1% | 7 | 38.9% | 0 |
Dinniyeh +Minnieh |
3 | 70.9% | 3 | 29.1% | 0 | |
Bsharreh | 2 | 71.4% | 2 | 28.6% | 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 | |
Batroun | 2 | 50.2% | 2 | 49.8% | 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 | 55.5% | 71 | 44.5% | 57 |
By party after the designation of Najib Mikati in January 2011
[edit]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) | 2 | ||
Marada Movement | 3 | ||
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) | 2 | ||
Solidarity Party (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany) | 1 | ||
30 | March 8 Alliance | ||
Amal Movement (Harakat Amal) | 13 | ||
Loyalty to the Resistance (Hezbollah) | 13 | ||
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i) | 2 | ||
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 2 | ||
11 | Pro-Government Independents | ||
Progressive Socialist Party | 7 | ||
Glory Movement | 2 | ||
Safadi Bloc | 2 | ||
Opposition 60 |
60 | March 14 Alliance | |
Future Movement (Tayyar Al Mustaqbal) | 29 | ||
Lebanese Forces (al-Quwāt al-Lubnāniyya) | 8 | ||
Kataeb 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 ex-PSP) | 10 | ||
– | – | Total | 128 |
Formation of government
[edit]As is typical of Lebanese politics political wrangling after the elections took 5 months.[11] 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.[12]
Aftermath
[edit]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.[13]
The March 8 alliance formed a new government in the ensuing six months.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lebanon's ruling coalition urges lawmakers to ban presidential election – People's Daily Online".
- ^ "Lebanese Interior Ministry sets June 7 for Parliamentary elections – People's Daily Online".
- ^ "Lebanon voting age lowered by MPs". BBC News. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Lebanon rivals agree crisis deal". BBC News. 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Lebanon approves new election law". BBC News. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Blogger". accounts.google.com.
- ^ Slackman, Michael (7 June 2009). "Pro-Western Bloc Defeats Hezbollah in Lebanon Vote". NYT. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ^ Slackman, Michael (2009-06-09). "U.S.-Backed Alliance Wins Election in Lebanon". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "March 14 bloc wins Lebanon election". Al Jazeera English.
- ^ "Elections 09 – Lebanon Elections 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ International Foundation for Electoral Systems (9 November 2009). Lebanon's New Government (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011.
- ^ Worth, Robert F. (2009-11-10). "Impasse Over, Lebanon Forms Cabinet". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera".
External links
[edit]- Official Site
- Foreign Money Seeks to Buy Lebanese Votes, Robert Worth, April 22, 2009, The New York Times
- 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