Election Lebanon 2018, Reports Hezbollah Gains Seats In Lebanon Parliamentary Election Voice Of America English

Lebanons 2018 elections marked the first time in nine years that its citizens voted for a new par liament.

Presidential election florida. In order to support the lebanese people and their government in this process ndi con ducted an observation mission through in country assessments beginning in march 2018 through election day on may 6 2018. A total of 583 candidates contested the 2018 lebanese general election running on 77 lists candidates by electoral district incumbent parliamentarians marked in bold italic. 448 of the electorate is maronite 146 greek orthodox 143 armenian orthodox 9.

Humud carla e. Lebanon heads to general elections for the first time in nine years. Lebanons 2018 elections may 11 2018 in10900 related author carla e.

Jamal saidi reuters 10am. November 6 2018 general election results. The general elections in the lebanon were held on may 6 last.

Although originally scheduled for 2013 the election was postponed three times in 2013 2014 and 2017 under various pretexts including the security situation the failure of the parliament to elect a new president and the technical requirements of holding an election. Humud analyst in middle eastern affairs chumudatcrslocgov 7 7314 on may 6 2018 lebanon held its first legislative elections in nine years. Beirut i east.

Lebanese prime minister and candidate for the parliamentary election saad hariri shows his ink stained finger after casting his vote in beirut lebanon may 6 2018. 08 may 2018 1131 gmt. Hezbollah and the free patriotic movements coalition won 68 seats and the future movement lebanese forces coaltion won 42.

National assembly 6 may 2018 at stake in this election. Total registered voters and ballots cast. They had originally been scheduled for 2013 butdue to the repeated failure of parliament to elect a new president from april 23 2014 to october 31 2016 because no candidate had succeeded in obtaining the required two thirds majority the parliamentary term had been extended at first until 2017 and then until 2018.

The results of each election are posted after they have been returned to the office of the city clerk. Mount lebanon ii is a predominately christian electoral district. 128 seats in the national assembly majlis alnuwabelection results note.

Queues of voters started forming outside some polling stations in lebanons main cities before they opened at 7am. Lebanon emerges from this election with a small glimmer of hope represented by the lone independent candidate who managed to infiltrate the status quo. General elections were held in lebanon on 6 may 2018.