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7 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon for the North I constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 46.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voting to elect six members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the North I district (one of three electoral districts in the north Lebanon region) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 137,550 who voted. The district elects 3 Sunni, 2 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Alawite. It covers the Akkar district.[1]
The electorate is predominantly Sunni (67.5%). 14.7% of the electorate is Greek Orthodox, 10.9% Maronite, 4.97% Alawite, 1.05% Shia, 0.62% Greek Catholic and 0.29% from other Christian communities.[2]
In Akkar 6 lists were registered.[3] The Future Movement opted for a list of its own (with Lebanese Forces candidate Qatisha as candidate for a Greek Orthodox seat).[4] There is also a list supported by March 8 coalition "The Decision for Akkar" (headed by ex-MP Wajih Barini, in alliance with the Marada Movement and the Arab Democratic Party), the "Decision of Akkar" list, the "Strong Akkar" list (Free Patriotic Movement, al-Jamaa al-Islamiah, pro-Future independents), "Sovereign Lebanon" list (led by Ashraf Rifi) and the "Women of Akkar" list.[4][5][6]
List | Sunni, 3 seats | Greek Orthodox, 2 seats | Maronite, 1 seat | Alawite, 1 seat | |||
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"Future of Akkar" | Waleed Wajih Barini 20,426 (15.31%) |
Mohammad Tarek Talal Maaribi 14,145 (10.60%) |
Mohammed Suleiman 14,911 (11.18%) |
Wahbi Qatisha 7,911 (5.93%) |
Jean Moussa | Hadi Hobeiche 13,055 (9.79%) |
Khodr Habib |
"Decision for Akkar" | Wajih Barini
(Akkari People's Gathering)[9] |
Adnan Marab | Hussein Masri | Emile Abboud | Karim Rassi(Marada)[11] | Michel Antonios Daher | Hussein Salloum |
"Decision of Akkar" | Kamal Khazal | Ali Omar
(Resistance Movement)[12] |
Basem Khalid | George Nader | |||
"Strong Akkar" | Mohammad Yahya | Mohamed Shadeed | Mahmoud Hadara | Riad Rahal | Asaad Dergham 7,435 (5.57%) |
Jamie Jabbour | Mustafa Ali Hussein 1,353 (1.01%) (Lebanese People's Movement)[15] |
"Sovereign Lebanon" | Ibrahim Maraab | Bader Ismail | Ahmed Jowhar | Elie Saad | Joseph Wehbe | Ziad Bitar | Mohammed Rustam |
"Women of Akkar" | Rola Murad | Suad Salah | Ghoulay Assaad | Nidal Skaf | Mary Khoury | ||
Source: Saida City,[16] Al-Modon,[17] An-Nahar[18] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[19] |