Country: | Lebanon |
Previous Election: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2022 |
Election Date: | 6 May 2018 |
Seats For Election: | 6 seats in the Lebanese parliament for the Bekaa II constituency |
Party1: | Future Movement |
Leader1: | Saad Hariri |
Percentage1: | 26.92 |
Seats1: | 1 |
Party2: | Union Party (Lebanon) |
Leader2: | Abdel Rahim Murad |
Percentage2: | 22.37 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Party3: | Progressive Socialist Party |
Leader3: | Walid Jumblatt |
Percentage3: | 16.06 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Party4: | Amal Movement |
Leader4: | Nabih Berri |
Percentage4: | 13.38 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Party5: | Free Patriotic Movement |
Leader5: | Gebran Bassil |
Percentage5: | 7.37 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Leader8: | Avigdor Lieberman |
Percentage8: | 5.63 |
Seats8: | 7 |
Leader9: | Bezalel Smotrich |
Percentage9: | 5.12 |
Seats9: | 6 |
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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 |
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Party14: | Telem |
Leader14: | Moshe Ya'alon |
Last Election14: | 3 |
Party15: | Jewish Home |
Leader15: | Hagit Moshe |
Last Election15: | 1 |
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Results Sec: | Results |
Prime Minister |
Voting to elect six members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Bekaa II district (one of three electoral districts in Bekaa region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 143,653 who voted. The district elects 2 Sunni, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Shia. It covers the West Bekaa and the Rashaya districts.[1]
In the second Bekaa electoral district, nearly half of the electorate is Sunni (48.8%).[2] 14.8% of the electorate is Druze, 14.7% Shia, 7.42% Greek Catholic, 7.22% Maronite and 7.16% Greek Orthodox.
In the West Bekaa-Rachaya electoral district 3 lists were registered.[3] The Future Movement and the Progressive Socialist Party formed a joint list. Notably this list included Mohammed Qar'awi, owner of the Bekaa Hospital, a personality previously linked to the March 8 Alliance.[4] Amin Wahbi, founder and leader of the Democratic Left Movement was included on the Future list.[5]
The "Best Tomorrow" list is mainly backed by the Amal Movement. In the end the Free Patriotic Movement did not join the Amal-sponsored list, leaving Greek Orthodox candidate Elie Ferzli to join it as an individual though he was still a member of FPM's bloc in parliament.
TV presenter Maguy Aoun is headed a third list, organized by civil society candidates.[6]
The Lebanese Forces had tried to form a list with Ashraf Rifi to contest the election, but such a list did not materialize. Likewise, the Lebanese Democratic Party opted to withdrawal its candidate Dr. Nizar Zaki.[7]
List | Sunni, 2 seats | Shia, 1 seat | Druze, 1 seat | Maronite, 1 seat | Greek Orthodox, 1 seat | ||
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"Future for West Bekaa" | Ziad Qadri | (Future) | Amin Wahbi (Future) | Ghassan Skaf | |||
"Best Tomorrow" | (Amal)[11] | Faisal Daoud | Naji Ghanem | ||||
"Civil Society" | Faisal Rahal | Ala Shamali | Ali Sobh | Maguy Aoun | Joseph Ayoub | ||
ACE Project,[13] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[14] |