Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the South III district (one of three electoral districts in South Lebanon) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 460,565 voters, out of whom 228,563 voted. The district elects 8 Shiite parliamentarians, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Sunni.[1]
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Demographics
editIn third southern electoral district 6 lists were registered.[2] The electorate is predominantly Shia (80.1%). 6.35% of the electorate is Sunni, 5.27% Maronite, 3.65% Druze, 2.45% Greek Orthodox, 1.8% Greek Catholic and 0.39% from other Christian communities.[3]
Voting
editThe Amal-Hezbollah coalition fielded the "Hope and Loyalty" list.[4] It includes a Baathist Sunni candidate, Kassem Hachem, who is fielded as Amal candidate and officially not sponsored by the Baath Party.[5][6]
The Future Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Democratic Party fielded a joint list called "The South is Worth It", a list that L'Orient Le Jour labelled "supplementary" to the Amal-Hezbollah list.[4][6] It includes a pro-Future independent Sunni candidate, Imad Khatib, who has business links to Amal leader Berri.[6] Three Shia candidates (Badruddin, Sharafuddin and Osseiran) were previously close to Hezbollah.[6] Two pro-FPM independent candidates were included in the list, Chadi Massaad (Greek Orthodox) and Mourhaf Ramadan (Shia).[6] Druze candidate Dr. Wissam Charouf is a member of the Political Council of the Lebanese Democratic Party.[7]
"A Vote for Change" list was fielded by the Lebanese Communist Party, the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon and independents.[4][8] It includes a pro-SSNP independent candidate, Hussein Baydoun.[6] The "National" coalition fielded a list with five candidates.[6]
The two remaining of the lists in the fray took a more confrontative approach towards the Hezbollah-Amal dominance of the local political scene.[6] The "Shibna Hakki" list was fielded by the Lebanese Forces and Shia dissidents, with the Shia journalist Ali Al-Amin on the list. Al-Amin had been publicly labelled as one of the "Shia of the [U.S.] Embassy" by Hezbollah general secretary Nasrallah.[4][6] Al-Amin and fellow candidate and journalist Imad Komeyha, had been signatories to the 2017 call for fresh elections to the High Shia Council.[9] Ahmed Assaad, leader of the Lebanese Option Party, fielded an anti-Hezbollah list of his own with candidates from his party.[6] The list included Al-Assaad's wife Abeer Ramadan.[6]
Candidates
edit| List | Shia (Bint Jbeil, 3 seats) | Shia (Nabatieh, 3 seats) | Shia (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 2 seats) | Sunni (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat) | Druze (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat) | Greek Orthodox (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat) | |||||
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| "Hope and Loyalty" | Ali Ahmad Bazzi | Ayoub Hmayed | Hassan Fadlallah | Yassine Jaber | Mohammad Raad | Hani Kobeissy | Ali Hassan Khalil | Ali Fayyad | Kassem Hachem | Anwar Khalil | Assaad Hardan |
| "The South is Worth It" | Mohammed Qadouh | Hussein Shaer | Hisham Jaber | Mustafa Badruddin | Nadim Osseiran | Abbas Sharafuddin | Mourhaf Ramadan | Imad Khatib | Wissam Charouf | Chadi Massaad | |
| "Shibna Hakki" | Ali Al-Amin | Ahmed Ismail | Rami Ollaik | Imad Komeyha | Fadi Salama | ||||||
| "A Vote for Change" | Ahmed Murad | Abbas Sorour | Hussein Baydoun | Ali Al-Haj Ali | Said Issa | Ghassan Hadifa | Hala Abu Kasm | ||||
| "We Change" | Mohammed Faraj | Abdallah Salman | Ahmed Assaad | Abeer Ramadhan | Rabah Abi Haidar | Adnan Khatib | Kanaj Alimuddin | Minah Saab | |||
| "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) | Rima Hamid
(Sabaa)[6] |
Salah Nouruddin | Jamil Balout
(Sabaa)[6] |
Akram Qais | Fadi Abu Jamra (Mouttahidoun) | ||||||
| Source: Al-Modon,[4] Jaboubia,[21] Jaboubia[22] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[23] | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2018 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections: Results & Figures". | United Nations Development Programme". UNDP. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ 77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar
- ^ دائرة لبنان الجنوبي الثالثة Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
- ^ a b c d e 6 لوائح معارضة في الجنوب الثانية والثالثة: ضد المحدلة Al-Modon
- ^ خاص - حزب البعث خارج السباق الإنتخابي .. فما علاقة الحلفاء؟ Archived 2018-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Al Kalima.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t L'Orient Le Jour. Liban-Sud III : Face au tandem chiite, une liste « suppléante » CPL-Futur Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lebanese Army. Les visiteurs du Général Aoun
- ^ الشيوعيون أعلنوا برنامج لائحتهم في مواجهة لوائح السلطة في دائرة الجنوب الثالثة. Lebanese Communist Party
- ^ L'Orient Le Jour. Ibrahim Chamseddine : Le CSC est indépendant et représente tous les chiites
- ^ a b c d e f National News Agency. Berri announces Amal Movement candidates to legislative polls, renews commitment to National Pact
- ^ a b c إعلان السيد نصر الله مرشحي حزب الله للإنتخابات النيابية 2018. Al-Ahed News.
- ^ kataeb.org. Berri Announces Amal Movement's Candidates, Platform for May Polls Archived 2018-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ اسعد حردان Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
- ^ الديمقراطي يعلن أسماء مرشحيه للإنتخابات النيابية. Lebanese Democratic Party
- ^ LBCI. REPORT: Who are LF candidates for upcoming elections?
- ^ أحمد مراد Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
- ^ علي حسين حاج علي Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
- ^ غسان حديفه Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
- ^ هلا فيليب بو كسم Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
- ^ أولى لوائح الجنوب: «فينا نغير». Janoubia
- ^ «شبعنا حكي» لائحة غير مكتملة من 6 مرشحين Jaboubia
- ^ Shibna Hakki. المرشح عن المقعد الشيعي في مرجعيون الصحافي عماد قميحة Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine Janoubia
- ^ اللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة الجنوب الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities