Lebanese general election, 2009
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Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009.[1][2]
Background
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]
Allocation of seats
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]
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Total
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Maronites
|
Shi'a
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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
|
Results
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
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% 14M
|
14 March
|
% 8M
|
8 March
|
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
|
By party after the Elections
By party after the designation of Najib Mikati in January 2011
Formation of government
Main articles:
Lebanese government of November 2009 and
Lebanese government of June 2011As 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]
Aftermath
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]
The March 8 alliance former a new government in the ensuing six months.
See also
References
External links
- Official Site
- Lebanese Elections 2009 BLOG
- Interactive Result Map
- European Union Institute for Security Studies
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