| Country: | Lebanon |
| Previous Election: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | 23 March 2021[1] |
| Seats For Election: | 11 seats in the Lebanese parliament for the Beirut II constituency |
| Turnout: | 40.72% |
| Party1: | Future Movement |
| Leader1: | Saad Hariri |
| Percentage1: | 41.04 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Party2: | Hezbollah |
| Leader2: | Hassan Nasrallah |
| Percentage2: | 15.96 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Party3: | Al-Ahbash |
| Percentage3: | 9.05 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Party4: | NDP |
| Leader4: | Fouad Makhzoumi |
| Percentage4: | 7.89 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Amal Movement |
| Leader5: | Nabih Berri |
| Percentage5: | 5.45 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Party6: | FPM |
| Leader6: | Gebran Bassil |
| Percentage6: | 1.33 |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Party7: | PSP |
| Leader7: | Walid Jumblatt |
| Percentage7: | 1.32 |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Leader8: | Avigdor Lieberman |
| Percentage8: | 5.63 |
| Seats8: | 7 |
| Leader9: | Bezalel Smotrich |
| Percentage9: | 5.12 |
| Seats9: | 6 |
| Colour9: |
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| Leader10: | Ayman Odeh |
| Percentage10: | 4.82 |
| Seats10: | 6 |
| Leader11: | Gideon Sa'ar |
| Percentage11: | 4.74 |
| Seats11: | 6 |
| Colour11: |
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| Leader12: | Nitzan Horowitz |
| Percentage12: | 4.59 |
| Seats12: | 6 |
| Leader13: | Mansour Abbas |
| Percentage13: | 3.79 |
| Seats13: | 4 |
| Colour13: |
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| Party14: | Telem |
| Leader14: | Moshe Ya'alon |
| Last Election14: | 3 |
| Party15: | Jewish Home |
| Leader15: | Hagit Moshe |
| Last Election15: | 1 |
| Colour15: | --> |
| Results Sec: | Results |
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| Color4: | red |
| Color7: | darkred |
Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Beirut II district (one of two electoral districts in the city) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 353,164,[2] [3] out of whom 143,829 voted. Residents elect 6 Sunnis, 2 Shias, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Evangelical.
The Beirut II electoral district covers 8 quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Port, Bachoura, Dar El Mreisse, Mazraa, Minet El Hosn, Moussaitbeh, Ras Beirut and Zuqaq al-Blat. The electorate is predominantly Sunni (62.1%).[4] 20.6% of the electorate is Shia, 5% Greek Orthodox, 3.41% Minorities, 1.86% Maronite, 1.65% Armenian Orthodox, 1.63% Greek Catholic, 1.55% Druze, 1.31% Jews, 0.81% Evangelical (Protestant) and 0.03% Alawite.
In the 2009 election, the Future Movement had won the election in West Beirut. But this time, a number of lists seeks to challenge the Future dominance over the Sunni electorate, "Beirut al-Watan" (alliance of al-Jamaa al-Islamiah and Al Liwaa newspaper editor Salah Salam), "Beiruti Opposition" (fielded by Ashraf Rifi), "Lebnan Herzen", "We are All Beirut" and "Dignity of Beirut" (led by former judge Khaled Hammoud).[5] [6]
The erstwhile March 8 bloc split into two lists. Hezbollah, Amal, Al-Ahbash and the Free Patriotic Movement fielded the "Unity of Beirut" list, whilst the People's Movement and Al-Mourabitoun fielded the "Voice of the People" list. Omar Ghandour, candidate of the Islamic Action Front, prominent businessman and former president of the Nejmeh Sporting Club, was named president of "Unity of Beirut" list.[7] [8] The SSNP faction of Ali Haidar fielded a candidate on the "Voice of the People" list. Naamat Badruddin, also on the "Voice of the People" list was a leader during the 2015 protests, also known as the "You Stink movement".[9]
Under the previous electoral law the Future Movement could easily win landslides in West Beirut. But under the new electoral law analysts argued that the Future Movement could lose a number of seats. Apart from the Hezbollah-Amal-FPM list (expected to win the Shia vote), the main perceived challengers to the Future Movement were the "Beirut al-Watan" list and the "Lebnan Herzen" list of prominent businessman Fouad Makhzoumi. Nevertheless, the Beirut al-Watan list included several figures close to the Hariri family and Salam pledged to support the "Sunni za'im" Hariri to remain Prime Minister of Lebanon.
Prior to the deadline to register lists, the Lebanese Democratic Party announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the Druze seat.[10] Likewise the Lebanese People's Congress, which had initially intended to field Samir Kneo on the Amal-Hezbollah list, withdrew from the race.[11] [12]
Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, nine candidate lists were registered in Beirut II. This was highest number of lists registered in any constituency in this election.[13]
| List | Sunni, 6 seats | Shia, 2 seats | Druze, 1 seat | Greek Orthodox, 1 seat | Evangelical, 1 seat | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Future for Beirut" | (Future) | (Future) | (Future) | Rabea Hassouna(Future) | Zaher Eido(Future) | Ali Al Shaer(Future) | Ghazi Yusuf (Future) | (Future) | Bassam Chab (Future) | ||||
| "Beiruti Opposition" | Ziad Itani | Akram Sinno | Amer Iskandarani | Safiyah Zaza | Yassine Kadado | Lina Hamdan | Zeina Mansour | Bchara Khairallah | |||||
| "Unity of Beirut" | (Al-Ahbash)[16] | Omar Ghandour(Islamic Action Front)[17] | Mohammed Baasiri | (Amal)[19] | (FPM)[20] | ||||||||
| "Lebnan Herzen" | Marouf Itani | Rana Chemaitelly | Mahmoud Kareidiya | Saaduddin Hassan Khaled | Issam Barghout | Yousef Beydoun | Zeina Mounzer | Khalil Broummana | Nadim Costa | ||||
| "Voice of the People" | Ibrahim Halabi(People's Movement)[22] | Youssef Tabash(Mourabitoun)[23] | Firas Manaimna | Hanan Osman | Roula Houry | Faten Zain | Naamat Badruddin | Hani Fayyad(SSNP (Intifada))[24] | Omar Wakim(People's Movement)[25] | Nabil Sebaaly | |||
| "Beirut al-Watan" | Salah Salaam | Moustafa Banbouk(Al-Waqie Movement)[26] | Bashar Qowatli | Imad Hout | Saad Wazzan | Nabil Bader | Salwa Khalil | Ibrahim Chamseddine | Saeed Halabi | George Chaqir | Dalal Rahbani | ||
| "Dignity of Beirut" | Khaled Hamoud | Mohammad Qadi | Jihad Matar | Hanan Sha'ar | Khuloud Wattar | Muhammad Shatila | Ali Sbeiti | Raja Zuhairi | Mikhael Mikhael | ||||
| "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | Walid Shatila | Abdul Karim Itani | Abdul Rahman Gilani | Khalid Hanqir | Khalid Mumtaz | Wisam Akush | Jihad Hammoud | Andera Zouheiri | Leon Sioufi | Fadi Zarazir | |||
| "We are All Beirut" | Ibrahim Mneimneh | Hassan Faysal Sano | Nadine Itani | Marwan Tibi | Fatima Moshref(Sabaa) | Naji Kodeih | Zeina Majdalani | Nihad Yazbek | |||||
| Source: Al-Modon,[28] ACE Project,[29] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[30] | |||||||||||||
| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of votesin electoraldistrict | % of preferential votesfor sect seat | % of list | Elected? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shia | "Unity of Beirut" | Hezbollah | 22,961 | 15.96 | 64.26 | 48.76 | |||
| Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 20,751 | 14.43 | 22.90 | 32.95 | |||
| Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | Al-Ahbash | 13,018 | 9.05 | 14.36 | 27.65 | |||
| Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | National Dialogue Party | 11,346 | 7.89 | 12.52 | 71.93 | |||
| Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 9,599 | 6.67 | 10.59 | 15.24 | |||
| Shia | "Unity of Beirut" | Amal | 7,834 | 5.45 | 21.92 | 16.64 | |||
| Rola Tabash | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 6,637 | 4.61 | 7.32 | 10.54 | ||
| Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 6,411 | 4.46 | 7.07 | 10.18 | |||
| Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 5,825 | 4.05 | 6.43 | 9.25 | |||
| Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | al-Jama'a al-Islamiah | 3,938 | 2.74 | 4.35 | 52.68 | |||
| Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 2,510 | 1.75 | 2.77 | 3.99 | |||
| Shia | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 2,462 | 1.71 | 6.89 | 3.91 | |||
| Greek Orthodox | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 2,351 | 1.63 | 40.65 | 3.73 | |||
| Evangelical | "Unity of Beirut" | FPM | 1,919 | 1.33 | 53.45 | 4.08 | |||
| Druze | "Future for Beirut" | PSP | 1,902 | 1.32 | 68.15 | 3.02 | |||
| Shia | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 1,759 | 1.22 | 4.92 | 2.79 | |||
| Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 1,676 | 1.17 | 1.85 | 27.15 | ||||
| Greek Orthodox | "Lebnan Herzen" | 1,369 | 0.95 | 23.67 | 8.68 | ||||
| Greek Orthodox | "We are All Beirut" | 1,218 | 0.85 | 21.06 | 19.73 | ||||
| Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 1,174 | 0.82 | 1.30 | 19.02 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 854 | 0.59 | 0.94 | 11.42 | ||||
| Evangelical | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 735 | 0.51 | 20.47 | 1.17 | |||
| Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | Al-Waqie Movement | 699 | 0.49 | 0.77 | 9.35 | |||
| Evangelical | "We are All Beirut" | 633 | 0.44 | 17.63 | 10.25 | ||||
| Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 632 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 4.01 | ||||
| Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 612 | 0.43 | 0.68 | 9.91 | ||||
| Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 572 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 3.63 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 570 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 7.63 | ||||
| Greek Orthodox | "Voice of the People" | People's Movement | 476 | 0.33 | 8.23 | 35.55 | |||
| Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 423 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 6.85 | ||||
| Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | Islamic Action Front | 329 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.70 | |||
| Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 321 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 4.29 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | 308 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 4.12 | ||||
| Druze | "Beirut al-Watan" | 295 | 0.21 | 10.57 | 3.95 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 263 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 47.56 | |||
| Druze | "Lebnan Herzen" | 237 | 0.16 | 8.49 | 1.50 | ||||
| Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 227 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 23.38 | ||||
| Druze | "Dignity of Beirut" | 223 | 0.16 | 7.99 | 22.97 | ||||
| Shia | "Lebnan Herzen" | 221 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 1.40 | ||||
| Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | 205 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.44 | ||||
| Sunni | "Voice of the People" | People's Movement | 195 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 14.56 | |||
| Greek Orthodox | "Beirut al-Watan" | 175 | 0.12 | 3.03 | 2.34 | ||||
| Evangelical | "Lebnan Herzen" | 169 | 0.12 | 4.71 | 1.07 | ||||
| Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 169 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 1.07 | ||||
| Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 164 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 1.04 | ||||
| Shia | "Voice of the People" | 153 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 11.43 | ||||
| Sunni | "Voice of the People" | Mourabitoun | 127 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 9.48 | |||
| Greek Orthodox | "Dignity of Beirut" | 123 | 0.09 | 2.13 | 12.67 | ||||
| Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | 112 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 1.81 | ||||
| Shia | "We are All Beirut" | 111 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 1.80 | ||||
| Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 108 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 26.34 | ||||
| Druze | "Voice of the People" | SSNP (Intifada) | 90 | 0.06 | 3.22 | 6.72 | |||
| Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 90 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 9.27 | ||||
| Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 87 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 21.22 | ||||
| Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 77 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 7.93 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 72 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 13.02 | |||
| Evangelical | "Beirut al-Watan" | 71 | 0.05 | 1.98 | 0.95 | ||||
| Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | 62 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.39 | ||||
| Shia | "Beirut al-Watan" | 61 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.82 | ||||
| Shia | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 58 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 10.49 | |||
| Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 57 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 4.26 | ||||
| Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 54 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 4.03 | ||||
| Shia | "Dignity of Beirut" | 53 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 5.46 | ||||
| Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 52 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 5.36 | ||||
| Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 52 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 5.36 | ||||
| Evangelical | "Voice of the People" | 51 | 0.04 | 1.42 | 3.81 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 46 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 8.32 | |||
| Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 44 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 10.73 | ||||
| Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 40 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2.99 | ||||
| Greek Orthodox | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 37 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 9.02 | ||||
| Greek Orthodox | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 34 | 0.02 | 0.59 | 6.15 | |||
| Shia | "Beirut al-Watan" | 31 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.41 | ||||
| Sunni | "Voice of the People" | 30 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 2.24 | ||||
| Druze | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 29 | 0.02 | 1.04 | 7.07 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 25 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 4.52 | |||
| Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | 24 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 2.47 | ||||
| Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 20 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 4.88 | ||||
| Shia | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 19 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 4.63 | ||||
| Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 16 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 3.90 | ||||
| Druze | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 15 | 0.01 | 0.54 | 2.71 | |||
| Evangelical | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 12 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 2.93 | ||||
| Shia | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | 9 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.20 | ||||
| Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 7 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.27 | |||