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Lebanon: Results of Parliamentary Elections

L’ORIENT-LE JOUR
Posted on Tuesday June 9, 2009

We have translated and reformatted the results of the 2009 parliamentary elections, as printed in today’s L’ORIENT-LE JOUR. The Majority and the Centrist allies took 71 seats (out of 128) and the Opposition took 57 seats.

Here are the principal results of the parliamentary elections on June 7, 2009 in all of the districts:

Abbreviations:
M: Majority
O: Opposition
C: Centrist [Independent running with Majority or partisan of President]
I: Independent

Saida
Seats: 2
Registered Voters: 53,859
Voter Turnout: 68%
Sunnis: 2
Bahia Hariri M 25,460 – elected
Fouad Siniora M 23,041 – elected
Oussama Saad O 13,512
Moustapha Qawas I 626

Zahrani
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 92,995
Voter Turnout: 54%
Greek Catholic: 1
Michel Moussa O 43,648 – elected
Robert Khoury M 3101
Philippe Rached Khoury I 1163
Shiites: 2
Nabih Berri O 45,315 – elected
Ali Osseirane O 43,746 – elected
Riad el-Assaad I 3574
Yéhia Ghaddar I 1205

Bint Jbeil
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 123,396
Voter Turnout: 42%
Blank Ballots: 783
Shiites: 3
Hassan Fadlallah O 49,852 – elected
Ali Bazzi O 49,220 – elected
Ayoub Hmayed O 48,775 – elected
Ali Mehanna I 616
Ahmad Khawaja I 554
Mahmoud Beydoun I 470

Jezzine
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 54,188
Voter Turnout: 53%
Maronites: 2
Ziyad Assouad O 15,648 – elected
Michel Hélou O 13,285 – elected
Samir Azar O 10,792
Edmond Rizk I 7399
Camille Serhal O 5403
Faouzi Asmar I 4338
Georges Najm I 243
Greek Catholic: 1
Issam Sawaya O 14,914 – elected
Ajaj Haddad I 6498
Antoine Khoury O 5220
Issam Haddad I 1634
Georges Hajjar I 218

Tyre
Seats: 4
Registered Voters: 153,060
Voter Turnout: 48%
Blank Ballots: 1073
Shiites: 4
Abdel Majid Ali Saleh O 69,362 – elected
Mohammad Fneich O 69,059 – elected
Nawaf Moussaoui O 68,991 – elected
Ali Khreiss O 67,754 – elected
Jamal Safieddine I 2322
Ali el-Amine I 1946
Mohammad Jbahi I 1051

Nabatiyeh
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 121,912
Voter Turnout: 49%
Shiites: 3
Mohammad Raad O 62,720 – elected
Yassine Jaber O 60,068 – elected
Abdellatif Zein O 55,250 – elected
Adham Jaber I 3866
Nadim Osseirane I 3094
Mohammad Jaber I 2744
Mohammad Abbas I 1836
Hazem Chahine I 1651
Mohammad Mokalled I 1335
Nizam Houmani I 1189
Majed Fayad I 853
Amine Saleh I 477

Baalbek-Hermel
Seats: 10
Registered Voters: 255,637
Voter Turnout: 49%
Blank Ballots: 869
Shiites: 6
Ali Mokdad O 108,455 – elected
Nawar Sahéli O 108,266 – elected
Hussein Hajj Hassan O 108,062 – elected
Ghazi Zeaïter O 107,212 – elected
Hussein Moussaoui O 104,707 – elected
Assem Kanso O 102,452 – elected
Fady Younès I 14,755
Hafez Amhaz I 14,686
Mohammad R. Sabri Hamadé I 13,891
Mohammad Sleiman I 13,620
Mohammad Yaghi I 13,207
Ali Moussaoui I 10,333
Sunnis: 2
Kamel Rifaï O 108,678 – elected
Walid Succariyé O 108,222 – elected
Fadlallah Solh I 13,427
Bassel Hjairi I 13,401
Greek Catholic: 1
Marwan Farès O 107,974 – elected
Khalil Roufayel I 13,812
Maronite: 1
Émile Rahmé O 109,060 – elected
Chawki Fakhri I 13,768

Kesrouan
Seats: 5
Registered Voters: 89,228
Voter Turnout: 67%
Maronites: 5
Michel Aoun O 31,861 – elected
Youssef Khalil O 31,313 – elected
Farid Élias el-Khazen O 31,287 – elected
Nehmetallah Abinasr O 30,989 – elected
Gilberte Zouein O 30,444 – elected
Mansour el-Bone C 29,111
Farid Heykal el-Khazen C 28,494
Carlos Eddé M 26,418
Sejaan Azzi M 26,010
Farès Boueiz C 24,587
Clovis el-Khazen I 1529
Charles Ayoub I 255

Zghorta
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 71,035
Voter Turnout: 48%
Maronites: 3
Sleimane Frangié O 19,227 – elected
Stéphan Doueihy O 17,784 – elected
Salim Karam O 17,173 – elected
Michel Moawad M 16,251
Jawad Boulos M 15,331
Youssef Doueihy M 13,128
Qayssar Moawad I 1335
Youssef Obeid I 355

Koura
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 57,794
Voter Turnout: 47%
Greek Orthodox: 3
Farid Makari M 14,952 – elected
Farid Habib M 13,809 – elected
Nicolas Ghosn M 13,662 – elected
Fayez Ghosn O 12,202
Georges Atallah O 12,154
Salim Saadé O 11,980
Semaan Lakkis I 553
Georges Bourji I 377

Jbeil
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 75,582
Voter Turnout: 65%
Maronites: 2
Walid Khoury O 28,852 – elected
Simon Abiramia O 28,598 – elected
Farès Souhaid M 20,698
Nazem Khoury C 19,960
Shiite: 1
Abbas Hachem O 28,332 – elected
Moustapha Husseini C 20,437

Bécharré
Seats: 2
Registered Voters: 46,422
Voter Turnout: 37%
Maronites: 2
Sethrida Geagea M 13,066 – elected
Élie Keyrouz M 12,751 – elected
Gebran Tok I 4089
Rachid Rahmé I 1349

Batroun
Seats: 2
Registered Voters: 58,444
Voter Turnout: 56%
Maronites: 2
Boutros Harb M 17,733 – elected
Antoine Zahra M 17,541 – elected
Gebran Bassil O 14,267
Fayek Younès O 13,132
Nabil Hokayem I 947
Salim Najm I 540

Aley
Seats: 5
Registered Voters: 116,181
Voter Turnout: 51%
Blank Ballots: 1013
Druze: 2
Akram Chehayeb M 36,138 – elected
Talal Arslane O 23,501 – elected
Sleimane Sayegh I 5941
Maronites: 2
Henri Hélou M 35,322 – elected
Fouad el-Saad M 35,126 – elected
Antoine Zoghbi O 21,595
César Aboukhalil O 21,197
Greek Orthodox: 1
Fady Habre M 33,884 – elected
Marwan Aboufadel O 21,966
Salam Maamari I 376

Western Bekaa-Rachaya
Seats: 6
Registered Voters: 122,487
Voter Turnout: 53%
Greek Orthodox: 1
Antoine Saad M 33,718 – elected
Élie Ferzli O 29,344
Maronite: 1
Robert Ghanem M 35,329 – elected
Henri Chedid O 27,415
Sunnis: 2
Ziyad Kadri M 34,886 – elected
Jamal Jarrah M 33,389 – elected
Abdel Rahim Mrad O 29,095
Mohammad Qaraaoui O 27,538
Farouk Dahrouj I 1797
Druze: 1
Waël Bou Faour M 35,053 – elected
Fayçal Daoud O 28,026
Shiite: 1
Amine Wehbé M 34,424 – elected
Nasser Nasrallah O 25,457
Mahmoud Abou Hamdane I 3130

Baabda
Seats: 6
Registered Voters: 151,590
Voter Turnout: 55%
Maronites: 3
Hekmat Dib O 45,386 – elected
Alain Aoun O 45,055 – elected
Naji Gharios O 44,735 – elected
Edmond Gharios C 37,108
Salah Honein C 36,548
Élias Abou Assi M 35,742
Pierre Daccache I 1860
Joseph Ghanem I 587
Youssef Mouannès I 409
Shiites: 2
Ali Ammar O 44,995 – elected
Bilal Farhat O 44,181 – elected
Bassem Sabeh M 37,420
Salah Haraké C 35,561
Saad Slim I 1 704
Tarek Harb I 856
Druze: 1
Fady Aawar O 45,718 – elected
Ayman Choucair M 36,287

Zahlé
Seats: 7
Registered Voters: 158,005
Voter Turnout: 56%
Armenian Orthodox: 1
Chant Jinéjian M 48,527 – elected
Georges Kassarji O 41,512
Varoujan Arakélian I 304
Greek Catholics: 2
Tony Aboukhater M 48,019 – elected
Nicolas Fattouche M 47,709 – elected
Élie Skaff O 42,975
Fouad Turk O 40,459
Magda Breidi I 1 966
Naji Skaff I 272
Greek Orthodox: 1
Joseph Maalouf M 48,288 – elected
Camille Maalouf O 41,643
Moussa Freiji I 971
Maronite: 1
Élie Marouni M 49,328 – elected
Salim Aoun O 41,064
Shiite: 1
Okab Sakr M 49,238 – elected
Hassan Yaacoub O 40,463
Afif Mehdi I 472
Sunni: 1
Assem Araji M 48,464 – elected
Rida el-Meiss O 40,046
Jihad Moallem I 1001
Imad Qazaoun I 477

Tripoli
Seats: 8
Registered Voters: 196,149
Voter Turnout: 45%
Maronite: 1
Samer Saadé M 49,861 – elected
Jean Obeid I 31,973
Sunnis: 5
Mohammad Safadi M 66,439 – elected
Nagib Mikati C 65,076 – elected
Mohammad Kabbara M 55,511 – elected
Samir Jisr M 54,259 – elected
Ahmad Karamé C 42,987 – elected
Omar Karamé O 30,313
Khaldoun Charif I 22,274
Misbah Ahdab M 18,474
Bilal Jarrad I 17,416
Mohammad Jisr I 14,757
Rami Dergham I 7663
Alawite: 1
Badr Wannous M 55,415 – elected
Rifaat Eid I 16,172
Greek Orthodox: 1
Robert Fadel M 55,884 – elected
Raflé Diab O 22,485

Beirut I
Seats: 5
Registered Voters: 92,764
Voter Turnout: 40%
Maronite: 1
Nadim Gemayel M 19,340 – elected
Massoud Achkar O 17,209
Greek Orthodox: 1
Nayla Tuéni M 19,985 – elected
Issam Abou Jamra O 16,421
Georges Foridès I 177
Greek Catholic: 1
Michel Pharaon M 19,742 – elected
Nicolas Sehnaoui O 16,730
Armenian Catholic: 1
Serge TerSarkissian M 19,281 – elected
Grégoire Kaloust O 16,817
Armenian Orthodox: 1
Jean Oghassabian M 19,317 – elected
Freij Sabounjian O 16,778

Beirut II
Seats: 4
Registered Voters: 101,787
Voter Turnout: 27%
Sunni: 1
Nohad Machnouk M 16,583 – elected
Adnan Arakji O 8071
Shiite: 1
Hani Kobeissi O 15,126 – elected
Armenian Orthodox: 2
Arthur Nazarian O – elected (unopposed)
Sebouh Kalbakian M – elected (unopposed)

Beirut III
Seats: 10
Registered Voters: 252,165
Voter Turnout: 40%
Blank Ballots: 991
Sunnis: 5
Saad Hariri M 78,382 – elected
Tammam Salam M 76,925 – elected
Mohammad Kabbani M 76,448 – elected
Ammar Houri M 76,201 – elected
Imad el-Hout M 75,954 – elected
Omar Ghandour O 21,703
Bahaeddine Itani O 21,507
Abdel Nasser Jibri O 21,103
Mohammad Daouk O 21,100
Ibrahim Halabi O 21,050
Greek Orthodox: 1
Atef Majdalani M 76,133 – elected
Najah Wakim O 21,921
Béchara Merhej I 1537
Shiite: 1
Ghazi Youssef M 76,410 – elected
Rafic Nasrallah O 22,177
Druze: 1
Ghazi Aridi M 76,792 – elected
Ghazi Mounzer O 20,860
Protestant: 1
Bassem el-Chab M 76,510 – elected
Georges Ichkanian O 21,041
Minority: 1
Nabil de Freige M 76,431 – elected
Raymond Asmar O 21,362

Akkar
Seats: 7
Registered Voters: 223,538
Voter Turnout: 53%
Alawite: 1
Khodr Habib M 76,679 – elected
Moustapha Ali Hussein O 36,691
Greek Orthodox: 2
Riad Rahal M 78,685 – elected
Nidal Tohmé M 78,437 – elected
Karim Racy O 36,162
Joseph Chahda O 33,582
Sunnis: 3
Khaled Daher M 73,954 – elected
Khaled Zahraman M 72,658 – elected
Mouïn Merhabi M 71,596 – elected
Wajih Baarini O 42,758
Mohammad Yéhya O 38,722
Saoud el-Youssef O 31,140
Mohammad Sleiman I 12,248
Mahmoud Khaled I 732
Maronite: 1
Hadi Hobeiche M 78,450 – elected
Mikhael Daher O 37,956

Minié-Denniyé
Seats: 3
Registered Voters: 97,352
Voter Turnout: 56%
Sunnis: 3
Kassem Abdel Aziz M 39,491 – elected
Ahmad Fatfat M 37,667 – elected
Hachem Alameddine M 36,159 – elected
Jihad Samad O 16,136
Assaad Harmouche I 6034
Kamal Kheir I 5631
Abdel Basset Obeid I 1993
Assaad Chandab I 1792
Jamil Raad I 1625

Chouf
Seats: 8
Registered Voters: 181,949
Voter Turnout: 50%
Blank Ballots: 1502
Druzes: 2
Walid Joumblatt M 62,450 – elected
Marwan Hamadé M 61,557 – elected
Baha’ Abdel Khalek O 20,933
Maronites: 3
Dory Chamoun M 61,936 – elected
Élie Aoun M 60,483 – elected
Georges Adwan M 58,502 – elected
Mario Aoun O 22,990
Nassif Azzi O 21,269
Antoine Boustany O 19,873
Ghattas Khoury M 6928
Amine Azzi I 1,015
Sunnis: 2
Mohammad Hajjar M 62,072 – elected
Alaeddine Terro M 62,045 – elected
Zaher el-Khatib O 21,703
Nabil Oueidate I 4939
Greek Catholic: 1
Nehmé Tohmé M 62,578 – elected
Abdo Mounzer O 20,721
Walid Maalouf I 922

Marjeyoun-Hasbaya
Seats: 5
Registered Voters: 138,844
Voter Turnout: 46%
Blank Ballots: 506
Shiites: 2
Ali Hassan Khalil O 48,064 – elected
Ali Fayad O 46,674 – elected
Adnan Abboud I 11,327
Ahmad el-Assaad I 10,694
Saad Mazraani I 3353
Greek Orthodox: 1
Assaad Hardane O 46,690 – elected
Élias Abou Rizk I 13,107
Druze: 1
Anouar el-Khalil O 50,837 – elected
Wissam Charrouf I 4150
Sunni: 1
Kassem Hachem O 46,460 – elected
Mounif el-Khatib I 13,418

Metn
Seats: 8
Registered Voters: 170,744
Voter Turnout: 56%
Greek Orthodox: 2
Michel Murr C 48,953 – elected
Ghassan Moukheiber O 46,874 – elected
Ghassan Rahbani O 46,204
Élias Moukheiber C 44,297
Ibrahim Abi Haïdar I 523
Maronites: 4
Ibrahim Kanaan O 49,147 – elected
Salim Salhab O 48,673 – elected
Nabil Nicolas O 47,844 – elected
Samy Gemayel M 47,688 – elected
Ghassan el-Achkar O 45,759
Sarkis Sarkis C 45,252
Émile Kanaan M 44,602
Eddy Abillama M 44,423
Fouad Abounader I 1997
Armenian Orthodox: 1
Hagop Pakradounian O – elected (unopposed)
Greek Catholic: 1
Edgar Maalouf O 48,577 – elected
Élie Karamé M 44,543