| Mount Lebanon I | |
| Parl Name: | Parliament of Lebanon |
| District Label: | Governorate |
| District: | Mount Lebanon |
| Electorate: | 176,818 (2018)[1] [2] |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Elects Howmany: | 8 (7 Maronite, 1 Shia) |
Mount Lebanon I (Arabic: دائرة جبل لبنان الأولى) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 8 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 7 Maronites and 1 Shia. The constituency contains two 'minor districts', Byblos (corresponding to Byblos District) and Kesrwan (corresponding to Kesrwan District). The Byblos 'minor district' elects 2 Maronite and 1 Shia parliamentarian, whilst the Kesrwan 'minor district' elects 5 Maronite parliamentarians.
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.[3]
Below data by 'minor district' from 2017;
| District | Sunni | Shia | Druze | Alawite | Maronite | Greek Orthodox | Greek Catholic | Armenian Orthodox | Armenian Catholic | Syriac Orthodox | Syriac Catholic | Other Minorities | Evangelical | Jews | "Others" | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | |
| Byblos | 2,770 | 3.39 | 16,529 | 20.25 | 11 | 0.01 | 8 | 0.01 | 54,718 | 67.03 | 3,708 | 4.54 | 1,541 | 1.89 | 999 | 1.22 | 124 | 0.15 | 207 | 0.25 | 115 | 0.14 | 339 | 0.42 | 166 | 0.20 | 399 | 0.49 | 81,634 | ||
| Kesrwan | 557 | 0.59 | 1,717 | 1.83 | 29 | 0.03 | 8 | 0.01 | 77,487 | 82.70 | 3,547 | 3.79 | 4,763 | 5.08 | 1,581 | 1.69 | 779 | 0.83 | 726 | 0.77 | 573 | 0.61 | 1,066 | 1.14 | 263 | 0.28 | 3 | 0.00 | 595 | 0.64 | 93,694 |
| Source: Lebanon Files[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See main article: articles and 2018 Lebanese general election in Mount Lebanon I. 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 Al 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 list included the former Telecommunications Minister Jean Louis Cardahi, dissident FPM politician Bassam Hachem 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.[8]
The "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list included former minister Youssef Salame.[8]
| List | Votes | % of electoral district | Seats | Members elected | Parties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Strong Lebanon" | 54,544 | 47.18 | 4 | FPM | |
| "Clear Change" | 26,980 | 23.34 | 2 | LF-NLP | |
| "Anna al-Qarar" | 18,553 | 16.05 | 2 | Kataeb | |
| "National Solidarity" | 12,551 | 10.86 | 0 | Hezbollah-Independents | |
| "Kulluna Watani" | 2,526 | 2.18 | 0 | Civil society-LCP | |
| Source:[9] |