| Election Name: | 2018 Lebanese general election in Mount Lebanon I |
| Country: | Lebanon |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Lebanese general election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Outgoing Members: | List of members of the 2009–2017 Lebanese Parliament |
| Elected Members: | List of members of the twenty-third Parliament of Lebanon |
| Next Election: | 2022 Lebanese general election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2018 |
| Turnout: | 65.39% |
| Colour1: | ED9121 |
| Leader1: | Gebran Bassil |
| Leaders Seat1: | Batroun |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 34,539 |
| Percentage1: | 29.87% |
| Colour2: | F0001C |
| Leader2: | Samir Geagea |
| Leaders Seat2: | Did not stand |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 24,456 |
| Percentage2: | 21.16% |
| Colour3: | 0000a0 |
| Leader3: | Farid Khazen |
| Party3: | Khazen Bloc |
| Leaders Seat3: | Keserwan |
| Popular Vote3: | 18,553 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Percentage3: | 16.05% |
| Party Colour: | yes |
Voting to elect eight members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Mount Lebanon I district (one of four electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 176,818 registered voters,[1] [2] out of whom 115,619 voted.[3]
The electorate is predominantly Christian; Maronites make up 75.4% of the electorate, 10.4% Shia, 4.1% Greek Orthodox, 3.6% Greek Catholic, 1.9% Sunni and 4% other Christian communities.[4]
In Byblos-Kesrwan electoral district 5 lists were registered.[5] The lists in the fray are the "Strong Lebanon" (supported by Free Patriotic Movement), the "National Solidarity" (Hezbollah), the "Anna al-Qarar" list (alliance between Kataeb Party, Fares Souhaid, Farid Heikal Khazen and independents, supported by Marada Movement, the "Clear Change" list (supported by Lebanese Forces) and the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list.[6] [7]
In difference with previous elections, FPM and Hezbollah did not join forces on a common list. Hezbollah fielded its own list, with a Shia candidate (Hussein Zuaitar) from Baalbek. The Alliance National list included the former Telecommunications Minister Jean Louis Cardahi and dissident FPM politician Bassam Hachem, Hezbollah candidate and 4 other independents.
The FPM list was led by General Chamel Roukoz, with World Maronite Foundation president Neemat Frem, former minister Ziad Baroud and former parliamentarian Mansour al-Bon, amongst others.[8]
The Kataeb-Souhaid supported list sought to include personalities from civil society. It included former National Bloc general secretary Jean Hawat. There was resistance from Kataeb side to field incumbent parliamentarians Youssef Khalil and Gilberte Zouein, since they were linked to the Change and Reform Bloc.
The "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list included former minister Youssef Salame.
| List | Maronite (Byblos, 2 seats) | Shia (Byblos, 1 seat) | Maronite (Kesrwan, 5 seats) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left, style="background-color:#ff6600" | "Strong Lebanon" | (FPM) | Walid Khoury | Rabih Awad | (FPM) | Ziad Baroud | Mansour al-Bon | |||
| align=left, style="background-color:#808080" | "National Solidarity" | Jean-Louis Cardahi | Bassam Hachem | Hussein Zuaitar(Hezbollah) | Carlos Abu Nader | Zeina Kallab | Michel Keyrouz | Joseph Zayek | Joseph Zougheib | |
| align=left, style="background-color:#0000a0" | "Anna al-Qarar" | Fares Souhaid | Jean Hawat | Shaker Salameh(Kataeb)[9] | Youssef Khalil | Gilberte Zouein | Yolanda Khoury | |||
| align=left, style="background-color:#ff0000" | "Clear Change | (Lebanese Forces)[10] | Fady Rouhana Sakr | Mahmoud Awad | (Lebanese Forces)[11] | Rock Mehanna | Patricia Elias | Numan Murad | Ziad Khalifa(NLP) | |
| align=left, style="background-color:#00b0bd" | "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) | Nadim Souhaid | Rania Bassil (Sabaa) | Mohamed Mekdad(LCP)[12] | Youssef Salame (Idendity and Sovereignty Gathering) | Dori Daou (Sabaa) | Josephine Zogheib (MMFD) | |||
| ACE Project,[13] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[14] | ||||||||||
| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of electoral district | % of preferential votes for sect seat | % of list | Elected? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Clear Change" | Lebanese Forces[15] | 14,424 | 12.48 | 35.54 | 53.46 | ||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | FPM | 10,717 | 9.27 | 17.64 | 19.65 | ||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | Lebanese Forces[16] | 10,032 | 8.68 | 16.51 | 37.18 | ||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Strong Lebanon" | FPM[17] | 9,729 | 8.41 | 23.97 | 17.84 | ||
| Shia (Byblos) | "National Solidarity" | Hezbollah[18] | 9,369 | 8.10 | 81.12 | 74.65 | ||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | Khazen Bloc | 9,081 | 7.85 | 14.95 | 48.95 | ||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Strong Lebanon" | 7,782 | 6.73 | 19.18 | 14.27 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | 7,300 | 6.31 | 12.01 | 13.38 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | FPM | 6,793 | 5.88 | 11.18 | 12.45 | ||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | 6,589 | 5.70 | 10.84 | 12.08 | |||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 5,617 | 4.86 | 13.84 | 30.28 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Strong Lebanon" | 3,893 | 3.37 | 6.41 | 7.14 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | Kataeb | 2,239 | 1.94 | 3.69 | 12.07 | ||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "National Solidarity" | 1,209 | 1.05 | 2.98 | 9.63 | |||
| Shia (Byblos) | "Strong Lebanon" | 891 | 0.77 | 7.71 | 1.63 | |||
| Shia (Byblos) | "Clear Change" | 787 | 0.68 | 6.81 | 2.92 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Kulluna Watani" | 728 | 0.63 | 1.20 | 28.82 | |||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Kulluna Watani" | 590 | 0.51 | 1.45 | 23.36 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 521 | 0.45 | 0.86 | 2.81 | |||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Clear Change" | 481 | 0.42 | 1.19 | 1.78 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 470 | 0.41 | 0.77 | 3.74 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Kulluna Watani" | 327 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 12.95 | |||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Kulluna Watani" | 323 | 0.28 | 0.80 | 12.79 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 308 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 2.45 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | 274 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 1.02 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 263 | 0.23 | 0.43 | 2.10 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | 259 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 0.96 | |||
| Shia (Byblos) | "Anna al-Qarar" | Khazen Bloc | 256 | 0.22 | 2.22 | 1.38 | ||
| Shia (Byblos) | "Kulluna Watani" | LCP[19] | 247 | 0.21 | 2.14 | 9.78 | ||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 229 | 0.20 | 0.56 | 1.23 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 222 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 1.77 | |||
| Maronite (Byblos) | "National Solidarity" | 199 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 1.59 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | 183 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.68 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 171 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.92 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Clear Change" | NLP | 134 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.50 | ||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Kulluna Watani" | 112 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 4.43 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "Anna al-Qarar" | 78 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.42 | |||
| Maronite (Kesrwan) | "National Solidarity" | 64 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.51 | |||
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