Beirut II

Beirut II (Arabic: دائرة بيروت الثانية‎) is an electoral district in Beirut, Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 11 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 6 Sunnis, 2 Shias, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Evangelical.

For the former district, see Beirut II (2009).
Beirut II
Constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateBeirut
Electorate353,164 (2018)[1][2]
Current constituency
Created2017
Number of members11 (6 Sunni, 2 Shia, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Evangelical)

The Beirut II electoral district covers 8 quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Port, Bachoura, Dar El Mreisse, Mazraa, Minet El Hosn, Moussaitbeh, Ras Beirut and Zuqaq al-Blat. The electorate is predominately Sunni (62.1%).[3] 20.6% of the electorate is Shia, 5% Greek Orthodox, 3.41% Minorities, 1.86% Maronite, 1.65% Armenian Orthodox, 1.63% Greek Catholic, 1.55% Druze, 1.31% Jews[lower-alpha 1], 0.81% Evangelical (Protestant) and 0.03% Alawite.[3]

2018 election

Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, nine candidate lists were registered in Beirut II. This was highest number of lists registered in any constituency in this election.[5]

In the 2009 election, the Future Movement had won the election in West Beirut. But this time, a number of lists seeks to challenge the Future dominance over the Sunni electorate, "Beirut al-Watan" (alliance of al-Jamaa al-Islamiah and Al Liwaa newspaper editor Salah Salam), "Beiruti Opposition" (fielded by Ashraf Rifi), "Lebnan Herzen", "We are All Beirut" and "Dignity of Beirut" (led by former judge Khaled Hammoud).[6][7]

The erstwhile March 8 bloc split into two lists. Hezbollah, Amal, Al-Ahbash and the Free Patriotic Movement fielded the "Unity of Beirut" list, whilst the People's Movement and Al-Mourabitoun fielded the "Voice of the People" list.[6] Omar Ghandour, candidate of the Islamic Action Front, prominent businessman and former president of the Nejmeh Sporting Club, was named president of "Unity of Beirut" list.[8][9] The SSNP faction of Ali Haidar fielded a candidate on the "Voice of the People" list. Naamat Badruddin, also on the "Voice of the People" list was a leader during the 2015 trash protest movement.[10]

Under the previous electoral law the Future Movement could easily win landslides in West Beirut. But under the new electoral law analysts argued that the Future Movement could lose a number of seats. Apart from the Hezbollah-Amal-FPM list (expected to win the Shia vote), the main perceived challengers to the Future Movement were the "Beirut al-Watan" list and the "Lebnan Herzen" list of prominent businessman Fouad Makhzoumi.[8] Nevertheless, the Beirut al-Watan list included several figures close to the Hariri family and Salam pledged to support the "Sunni za'im" Hariri to remain Prime Minister of Lebanon.[8]

Prior to the deadline to register lists, the Lebanese Democratic Party announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the Druze seat.[11] Likewise the Lebanese People's Congress, which had initially intended to field Samir Kneo on the Amal-Hezbollah list, withdrew from the race.[12][13]

Result by lists
List Votes % Seats Members elected Parties
"Future for Beirut" 62,970 43.78 6 Hariri, Salam, Jaroudi, Machnouk, Najem, Al Sayegh Future-PSP
"Unity of Beirut" 47,087 32.74 4 Sherri, Trabelsi, Khawaja, Trabelsi Hezbollah-Amal-Al-Ahbash-FPM-IAF
"Lebnan Herzen" 15,773 10.97 1 Makhzoumi
"Beirut al-Watan" 7,475 5.20 0 Salah Salam-JI
"We are All Beirut" 6,174 4.29 0
"Voice of the People" 1,339 0.93 0 Mourabitoun-People's Movement-SSNP (Intifada)
"Dignity of Beirut" 971 0.68 0
"Beiruti Opposition" 553 0.38 0 Rifi
"Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 410 0.29 0
Source:[14]

Results by candidate
Name Sect List Party Votes % of votes
in electoral
district		 % of preferential votes
for sect seat		 % of list Elected?
Amin Sherri Shia "Unity of Beirut" Hezbollah 22,961 15.96 64.26 48.76
Saad Hariri Sunni "Future for Beirut" Future 20,751 14.43 22.90 32.95
Adnan Trabelsi Sunni "Unity of Beirut" Al-Ahbash 13,018 9.05 14.36 27.65
Fouad Makhzoumi Sunni "Lebnan Herzen" National Dialogue Party 11,346 7.89 12.52 71.93
Tamam Salam Sunni "Future for Beirut" Future 9,599 6.67 10.59 15.24
Mohammad Khawaja Shia "Unity of Beirut" Amal 7,834 5.45 21.92 16.64
Roula Tabash Jaroudi Sunni "Future for Beirut" Future 6,637 4.61 7.32 10.54
Nohad Machnouk Sunni "Future for Beirut" Future 6,411 4.46 7.07 10.18
Rabea Hassouna Sunni "Future for Beirut" Future 5,825 4.05 6.43 9.25
Imad Hout Sunni "Beirut al-Watan" al-Jama'a al-Islamiah[6] 3,938 2.74 4.35 52.68
Zaher Eido Sunni "Future for Beirut" Future 2,510 1.75 2.77 3.99
Ali Al Shaer Shia "Future for Beirut" Future 2,462 1.71 6.89 3.91
Nazih Najem Greek Orthodox "Future for Beirut" Future 2,351 1.63 40.65 3.73
Edgar Trabelsi Evangelical "Unity of Beirut" FPM 1,919 1.33 53.45 4.08
Faisal Al Sayegh Druze "Future for Beirut" PSP 1,902 1.32 68.15 3.02
Ghazi Yusuf Shia "Future for Beirut" Future 1,759 1.22 4.92 2.79
Ibrahim Mneimneh Sunni "We are All Beirut" 1,676 1.17 1.85 27.15
Khalil Broummana Greek Orthodox "Lebnan Herzen" 1,369 0.95 23.67 8.68
Zeina Majdalani Greek Orthodox "We are All Beirut" 1,218 0.85 21.06 19.73
Hassan Faysal Sano Sunni "We are All Beirut" 1,174 0.82 1.30 19.02
Nabil Bader Sunni "Beirut al-Watan" 854 0.59 0.94 11.42
Bassam Chab Evangelical "Future for Beirut" Future 735 0.51 20.47 1.17
Moustafa Banbouk Sunni "Beirut al-Watan" Al-Waqie Movement 699 0.49 0.77 9.35
Nihad Yazbek Evangelical "We are All Beirut" 633 0.44 17.63 10.25
Marouf Itani Sunni "Lebnan Herzen" 632 0.44 0.70 4.01
Nadine Itani Sunni "We are All Beirut" 612 0.43 0.68 9.91
Saaduddin Hassan Khaled Sunni "Lebnan Herzen" 572 0.40 0.63 3.63
Bashar Qowatli Sunni "Beirut al-Watan" 570 0.40 0.63 7.63
Omar Wakim Greek Orthodox "Voice of the People" People's Movement 476 0.33 8.23 35.55
Fatima Moshref Sunni "We are All Beirut" 423 0.29 0.47 6.85
Omar Ghandour Sunni "Unity of Beirut" Islamic Action Front 329 0.23 0.36 0.70
Saad Wazzan Sunni "Beirut al-Watan" 321 0.22 0.35 4.29
Salah Salam Sunni "Beirut al-Watan" 308 0.21 0.34 4.12
Saeed Halabi Druze "Beirut al-Watan" 295 0.21 10.57 3.95
Ziad Itani Sunni "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 263 0.18 0.29 47.56
Zeina Mounzer Druze "Lebnan Herzen" 237 0.16 8.49 1.50
Muhammad Shatila Sunni "Dignity of Beirut" 227 0.16 0.25 23.38
Raja Zuhairi Druze "Dignity of Beirut" 223 0.16 7.99 22.97
Yousef Beydoun Shia "Lebnan Herzen" 221 0.15 0.62 1.40
Mohammed Baasiri Sunni "Unity of Beirut" 205 0.14 0.23 0.44
Ibrahim Halabi Sunni "Voice of the People" People's Movement 195 0.14 0.22 14.56
George Chaqir Greek Orthodox "Beirut al-Watan" 175 0.12 3.03 2.34
Nadim Costa Evangelical "Lebnan Herzen" 169 0.12 4.71 1.07
Rana Chemaitelly Sunni "Lebnan Herzen" 169 0.12 0.19 1.07
Issam Barghout Sunni "Lebnan Herzen" 164 0.11 0.18 1.04
Naamat Badruddin Shia "Voice of the People" 153 0.11 0.43 11.43
Youssef Tabash Sunni "Voice of the People" Mourabitoun 127 0.09 0.14 9.48
Mikhael Mikhael Greek Orthodox "Dignity of Beirut" 123 0.09 2.13 12.67
Marwan Tibi Sunni "We are All Beirut" 112 0.08 0.12 1.81
Naji Kodeih Shia "We are All Beirut" 111 0.08 0.31 1.80
Khalid Mumtaz Sunni "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 108 0.08 0.12 26.34
Hani Fayyad Druze "Voice of the People" SSNP (Intifada) 90 0.06 3.22 6.72
Khaled Hamoud Sunni "Dignity of Beirut" 90 0.06 0.10 9.27
Abdel Karim Itani Sunni "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 87 0.06 0.10 21.22
Mohammad Qadi Sunni "Dignity of Beirut" 77 0.05 0.08 7.93
Akram Sinno Sunni "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 72 0.05 0.08 13.02
Dalal Rahbani Evangelical "Beirut al-Watan" 71 0.05 1.98 0.95
Mahmoud Kareidiya Sunni "Lebnan Herzen" 62 0.04 0.07 0.39
Ibrahim Chamseddine Shia "Beirut al-Watan" 61 0.04 0.17 0.82
Lina Hamdan Shia "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 58 0.04 0.16 10.49
Hanan Osman Sunni "Voice of the People" 57 0.04 0.06 4.26
Roula Houry Sunni "Voice of the People" 54 0.04 0.06 4.03
Ali Sbeiti Shia "Dignity of Beirut" 53 0.04 0.15 5.46
Hanan Sha'ar Sunni "Dignity of Beirut" 52 0.04 0.06 5.36
Jihad Matar Sunni "Dignity of Beirut" 52 0.04 0.06 5.36
Nabil Sebaaly Evangelical "Voice of the People" 51 0.04 1.42 3.81
Yassine Kadado Sunni "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 46 0.03 0.05 8.32
Walid Shatila Sunni "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 44 0.03 0.05 10.73
Fares Manaimna Sunni "Voice of the People" 40 0.03 0.04 2.99
Leon Sioufi Greek Orthodox "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 37 0.03 0.64 9.02
Bchara Khairallah Greek Orthodox "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 34 0.02 0.59 6.15
Salwa Khalil Shia "Beirut al-Watan" 31 0.02 0.09 0.41
Faten Zain Sunni "Voice of the People" 30 0.02 0.03 2.24
Andera Zouheiri Druze "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 29 0.02 1.04 7.07
Amer Iskandarani Sunni "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 25 0.02 0.03 4.52
Khuloud Wattar Sunni "Dignity of Beirut" 24 0.02 0.03 2.47
Abdel Rahman Gilani Sunni "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 20 0.01 0.02 4.88
Jihad Hammoud Shia "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 19 0.01 0.05 4.63
Khalid Hanqir Sunni "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 16 0.01 0.02 3.90
Zeina Mansour Druze "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 15 0.01 0.54 2.71
Fadi Zarazir Evangelical "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 12 0.01 0.33 2.93
Wisam Akush Shia "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" 9 0.01 0.03 2.20
Safiyah Zaza Sunni "Beiruti Opposition" Rifi Bloc 7 0.00 0.01 1.27
Source:[14]

Footnotes
  1. Beirut II has the highest number of registered Jewish voters in Lebanon, constituting 1.31% of the electorate. However, these numbers don't reflect actual demographics following Jewish migration out of Lebanon, in 2009 election only 5 Jews cast their votes in western Beirut.[4]

References
  1. Daily Star
  2. Daily Star
  3. دائرة بيروت الثانية. Annahar
  4. Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 487
  5. 77 لائحة انتخابية من بين 917 مرشحا... وهذه الالوان المعتمدة Annahar
  6. زحمة لوائح في بيروت: 14 وخروقات كثيرة. Al-Modon.
  7. naharanet. Supporters of Mustaqbal, Rival Candidate in Beirut Brawl
  8. Daily Star. Glut of lists fighting it out in Beirut II
  9. رئيس نادي النجمة السابق الحاج عمر غندور/ مرشح جبهة العمل الاسلامي رئيس لائحة وحدة بيروت في دائرة بيروت الثانية Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Islamic Action Front
  10. Annahar. Outsiders face uphill battle in Lebanese elections
  11. الديمقراطي يعلن سحب مرشحه عن المقعد الدرزي في بيروت. Lebanese Democratic Party
  12. ما ستحصده لائحة 8 آذار في بيروت الثانية... وزهران يتريّث. MTV
  13. المؤتمر الشعبي أوضح أسباب عزوفه عن المشاركة في لائحة بيروت 2. National News Agency
  14. نتائج الإنتخابات النيابية العامة 2018. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
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