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2022 Lebanese general election

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All 128 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.19% 0.51%
First party Second party Third party Leader Samir Geagea Gebran Bassil Hassan Nasrallah Party Lebanese Forces FPM Hezbollah Leader's seat Did not stand Batroun Did not stand Last election 15 29 12 Seats won 19 17 15 Seat change 4 12 3 Popular vote 210,324 144,646 359,577 Percentage 11.63% 8.00% 19.89% Swing 2.02pp 7.49pp 3.45pp Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Nabih Berri Walid Jumblatt Samy Gemayel Party Amal Movement PSP Kataeb Leader's seat Zahrani Did not stand Metn Last election 17 9 3 Seats won 15 8 4 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 190,161 75,485 33,604 Percentage 10.52% 4.18% 1.86% Swing 1.43pp 0.42pp 0.04pp Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party Leader Hagop Pakradounian Sleiman Frangieh Michel Moawad Party Tashnag Marada Movement Al Haraka Leader's seat Metn Did not stand Zgharta Last election 3 3 1 Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 12,499 25,254 14,659 Percentage 0.69% 1.40% 0.81% Swing 0.09pp 0.42pp 0.32pp
Results by district
Prime Minister before election Najib Mikati Azm Movement Elected Prime Minister Najib Mikati Azm Movement

General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 May 2022 (one week earlier for overseas voters and one day earlier for ballot workers) to elect all 128 members of the Lebanese Parliament.[1][2] The country has for several years been the subject of chronic political instability as well as a serious economic crisis aggravated by the 2020 explosions that hit the Port of Beirut and faced large-scale demonstrations against the political class.[3]

Hezbollah and their allies lost their parliamentary majority but still won the Parliament speaker election. The Lebanese Christian-based Lebanese Forces led by Samir Geagea made gains and independent candidates promising reforms won 13 seats.[4]

Large-scale antigovernmental demonstrations ignited in the country from 17 October. Initially triggered in response to a rise in gas and tobacco prices as well as a new tax on messaging applications,[5] the demonstrations quickly turned into a revolution against the stagnation of the economy, unemployment, Lebanon's sectarian and hereditary political system, corruption and the government's inability to provide essential services such as water, electricity and sanitation, involving hundreds of thousands of people from every region and sect of the country.[6][7] Saad Hariri ended up resigning on 29 October 2019.[8]

Hassan Diab was appointed prime minister by President Michel Aoun on 19 December 2019. His government obtained the confidence of parliament by 69 votes in its favour.

The country's economic situation continued to deteriorate and the government was indebted over 95 billion dollars by the end of 2020.[9] The Lebanese pound lost 70% of its value in six months[10] and 35% of the active population was unemployed.[11] Riots broke out in Beirut, Tripoli and Jounieh.[11]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lebanon could have been considered a success story. Despite the devastating economic impact of lockdowns, including a significant Lebanese lira devaluation in spring 2020, Lebanon was largely unscathed by COVID-19 until early 2021, when the healthcare system collapsed under a deluge of cases.[12][13][14] This only further accelerated the already devastating economic crisis.

On 4 August 2020, the explosion of several thousand tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a hangar in the Port of Beirut caused considerable human and material damage across the city and the port. The final toll was over 235 dead and over 7,000 injured[15] and damage estimated at over $10 billion and estimated to have left 300,000 homeless.[16] The industrial-port zone of the Port of Beirut's badly affected, further aggravating the economic situation. Vital for Lebanon, the port is the most important trading centres in Lebanon which ensures the transit of 60% of the country's imports.

In accordance with the Lebanese practice of political confessionalism, the Lebanese religious communities distribute reserved seats in the different constituencies according to their demographic weight. The distribution of votes is proportional.[17] Once all the ballot papers have been counted, the total of valid votes in each constituency is divided by the number of seats to be filled, which gives the electoral threshold necessary for a list to obtain a seat.[18] The distribution of seats is done between the lists having reached this quorum proportionally according to the percentage of votes obtained, then within the lists in accordance with the denominational quotas and the number of preferential votes obtained by the candidates.[18]

Map of the electoral districts

Preliminary lists of the numbers of voters (15-12-2021):

Lebanese living abroad

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Polling station in Antony, France

Lebanese living abroad are allowed to participate in legislative elections. Although the Lebanese diaspora is estimated to be as high as 14 million individuals,[20] most of them no longer possess nationality several decades after the waves of emigration that affected the country. Only 225,114 of diaspora had thus registered for the 2022 elections,[21] which is still a significant increase from the 82,000 that registered last election.[_citation needed_] Although a section of the 2017 electoral law provides for the allocation of six seats apart for the diaspora, their vote is still counted in their constituencies.[22][20][23] Lebanese living in the Arab world outside of Lebanon voted on 6 May, meanwhile Lebanese living in the UAE and the rest of the world voted on 8 May. Lebanese people living in 48 countries were reported to have cast their votes.[24]

Voter turnout for Lebanese living abroad[25]

After the deadline on 15 March 2022, the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities announced a record number 1043 candidates, which include 155 women, had been registered. On April 3, the ministry announced 103 lists running in 15 electoral districts.[26]

The Lebanese Forces saw many withdrawals of candidates specifically in Shia dominated areas such as Baalbek-Hermel which was blamed at Hezbollah and the Amal Movement for placing pressure on Shia March 14 candidates.[27] The Kataeb Party also withdrew in Bekaa II electoral district.[28]

A poll was conducted by the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation between 10 and 15 of December in 2021 of 1,200 Lebanese citizens eligible for voting. The survey found that nearly 40% of the people polled are willing to vote for an independent or 17 October Revolutionary candidate in the 2022 elections. Next comes Hezbollah and Amal with around 17 percent combined.[29]

The study also found that 44.8% of polled Lebanese will not vote for the same party as they did in 2018. Christian parties Kataeb and the Lebanese Forces had seen a large increase in support in preference percentage compared to the figures of the last elections conducted by candidate and researcher Charbel Nahas in his book ‘Ritualism of the Sectarian Non-State'. In 2018, the Kataeb Party were only favored by 1.9% of the ones conducted compared to 2021's 4.2% and the Lebanese Forces had 7.7% compared to the 2021's 11.5%.[29]

Political parties and coalitions

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On 24 January 2022 Saad Hariri announced that he will suspend his role in Lebanese politics and that he would not run in the 2022 general elections.[31] He also called on the Future Movement to follow suit and not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections nor nominate anyone to run on its behalf.[32]

After Hariri's boycott, many Sunnis in North II and Akkar chose to follow boycott as well, after which his resignation created a large vacuum in Sunni politics.[33][34]

Many Ex-Future politicians headed their own blocs, such as Bahaa Hariri and Fouad Sinora, and managed to secure 8 seats of the candidates that were affiliated with the Future Movement in parliament.[35]

Candidates were announced on the 20 February 2022 under the campaign slogan Ma minsawim (ما منساوم).[36] Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel insisted that the Kataeb party was the only one that has faced the fact of surrendering to Hezbollah's will, electing Michel Aoun as president and isolating Lebanon from its surroundings.[37] Samy Gemayel emphasized:

We, as the Kataeb party, have alone faced surrender to Hezbollah’s will, isolating Lebanon from its surroundings, electing Michel Aoun as president, the electoral law that gave the majority to Hezbollah, and quotas and fictitious budgets such as taxes, power ships and seaports.

On 2 April Nadim Gemayel, cousin of Samy, promoted his candidacy in a speech during a small event.[38]

Kataeb secured 4 seats for Salim Sayegh (3,477 votes), Nadim Gemayel (4,425 votes), Sami Gemayel (10,466 votes), and Elias Hankash (6,148 votes).[35]

Shamaluna campaign logo

Shamalouna is a newly established coalition formed by independent groups from the North III electoral district (Bcharre-Zghorta-Batroun-Koura). Currently, the coalition consists of: Osos (Foundations), Koura Independent Community, Al Fekr El Horr (Free Thought), and Al Mashrou’ Al Badeel (The Alternative Project).The coalition took a pioneering unique step to choose its candidates; a round of primary elections through which voters selected their candidates. The primary elections were open to all change groups with no affiliation to mainstream political parties.

Shamaluna secured the Maronite seat in North III district with Michel Chawki Douaihy with 1,786 votes who is affiliated with the Osos foundation.[35]

Taqaddom, which is Arabic for "progress", is a social democratic movement that plans to advocate for social justice and sustainable development. The movement is allied with the Kataeb Party and Michel Moawad, both known for their anti-Hezbollah sentiment.[39] The party presented 2 candidates and managed to win both seats in the Mount Lebanon IV electoral district.[40]

Mada Network and the Secular Clubs

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The Mada Network, a youth organization including secular clubs from various regions, universities, and syndicates, took part in the elections in a decentralized manner in three campaigns: Beirut Tuqawem (Beirut Resists), Al Janoub Youwajeh (The South Confronts), and Jil Al Taghyeer (The Generation of Change), further supporting 5 candidates: Ibrahim Mneimneh, Nuhad Yazbik Dumit and Samah Halwany in Beirut, Ali Khalife in the Tyre-Zahrani district and Verena El Amil in the Matn district.[41] Among these candidates, Ibrahim Mneimneh won the Sunni seat in Beirut II. While the network primarily constitutes youth, it is known to have a clear political and economic orientation, positioning itself as anti-Hezbollah and left-leaning.[41]

Independence Movement

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The Independence Movement allied with the Kataeb Party and other Anti-Hezbollah independents to form a list called 'Shamal Al Mouwajaha' to bring down Gebran Bassil's presence in the North III electoral districts.[42] The list managed to win 2 seats with the likes of Michel Mouawad and ally Adib Abdelmassih.[43]

MMFD and Qadreen lists

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Qadreen campaign logo

In the 2022 Lebanese General elections, Citizens in a State (MMFD) hosted candidates in every electoral district in Lebanon in lists called "Qadreen" (Capable) led by Charbel Nahas of Beirut I.[44] The coalition presented around 60 candidates with some allying with the LCP and other independents of the 17 October revolution.[45][46]

MMFD was unable to secure any seats but was close with candidate and journalist Jad Ghosn but was defeated by Razi El Hajj by a difference of only 88 votes.[47][35]

Myriam Skaff, member of a prominent family in the city of Zahle and candidate of the Greek catholic seat, leads a 6-member list in the electoral of Beqaa I but failed to win any seats. In total the list managed to receive 11,501 votes which was 938 more than the last elections.[48][49]

Ashraf Rifi, former Hariri ally, Internal Security Forces chief and Justice Minister, broke ranks with Hariri in 2016.[50] In the 2016 Tripoli municipal election, he defeated Hariri's candidates and won 22 out of 24 seats.[51] He fielded his own lists in the parliamentary election, in a move to challenge Hariri's dominance over Sunni politics. Ahead of the elections he profiled himself as a "hawk", unwilling to enter into talks with Hezbollah.[50]

Rifi fielded lists in one electoral district; in North II, while allying with the Lebanese Forces.[52][53] Ashraf Rifi hopes to lead the Sunni sect of North II amid Hariri's boycott and Mikati's withdrawal. Rifi's list in alliance with the Lebanese Forces secured 3 seats in North II district with Ashraf Rifi getting a Sunni seat with 11,594 votes, Elias Fouad Khoury getting the Maronite seat with 3,426 votes, and Jamil Abboud getting the Greek Orthodox seat with 79 votes.[35]

The Lebanese Forces presented 23 direct members along with many other allies in every electoral district, with the exception of Beirut II and South III, during the elections with a large anti-Hezbollah sentiment. The Lebanese Forces saw many withdrawal of candidates specifically in Shia dominated areas which was blamed at Hezbollah and the Amal Movement for placing pressure on Shia March 14 candidates.[27] Lebanese Forces secured 19 seats including 1 from Rifi's Bloc and Chamoun.[35]

After securing the most seats in parliament, Samir Geagea also emphasized his pledge not to vote for 30-year incumbent speaker Nabih Berri, citing corruption in the Bloc.[54][55]

National Liberal Party

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Camille Dory Chamoun announced his candidacy along with 3 others in the districts of Keserwan, Matn, Baabda and Chouf, in alliance with Lebanese Forces Party and the PSP. On April 9, Chamoun participated in launching the list in Abadieh.[56] On May 1, during the opening of its commission headquarters in Keserwan district headed by Chamoun, the party presented its electoral points, which included: sovereignty, positive impartiality, independence of the judiciary, expanded administrative decentralization, restoring confidence in the banking sector, and the return of refugees and displaced persons.[57]

The National Liberal Party was able to secure a single seat through Camille Chamoun in Baabda with 1,876 votes.[58]

In a statement issued on 17 May 2022, two days after the elections, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced the results of the 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections.[59][60]

Disclaimer: This listing uses a narrow definition of party votes, the preference votes cast for identified party candidates. For an overview of the voting percentages of the lists supported by different parties, see "Results by lists" table below.

Results by alliance and parties

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Party	Candidates	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
Hezbollah and allies	83	704,637	38.98	-0.60	41	4
	Hezbollah	13	335,466	18.56	+2.12	13
Pro-Hezbollah Independents[i]	7	24,111	1.33	+0.78	2	2
	Amal Movement	11	169,182	9.36	-0.05	11
Pro-Amal Independents[ii]	7	20,979	1.16	-1.38	4	3
	March 8 Affiliates[iii]	6	32,913	1.82	-0.48	2
	Marada Movement	6	21,672	1.20	-0.31	1
Pro-Marada Independents[iv]	2	3,582	0.20	-0.11	1	1
	Al-Ahbash	4	23,139	1.28	+0.21	2
	Dignity Movement	2	7,515	0.42	-0.01	1
Pro-Dignity Movement Independents[v]	4	9,642	0.53	-0.33	1	0
	El Khazen Bloc	6	13,654	0.75	+0.18	1
	Union Party	1	9,157	0.51	-0.35	1
	Murr Bloc	6	9,106	0.50	-0.23	1
	Syrian Social Nationalist Party[vi]	6	11,621	0.64	-0.69	0
	Arab Unification Party	1	10,228	0.57	+0.14	0
	Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement	1	2,670	0.15	+0.03	0
Free Patriotic Movement and allies	53	170,050	9.40	-6.09	20	9
	Free Patriotic Movement	21	121,684	6.73	-1.42	16
Pro-FPM Independents[vii]	23	22,962	1.27	-4.05	1	5
	Armenian Revolutionary Federation	5	12,499	0.69	-0.09	3
	Lebanese Democratic Party	4	12,905	0.71	-0.04	0
Lebanese Forces and allies	64	235,343	13.02	+3.41	20	5
	Lebanese Forces	18	148,867	8.23	+0.91	14
Pro-LF Independents[viii]	33	56,490	3.13	+0.84	4	1
	Rifi Bloc	9	25,019	1.38	+0.57	1
	National Liberal Party	4	4,967	0.28	+0.05	1
Ex-Future Movement and allies	30	96,616	5.34	-9.24	7	13
	Ex-Future Movement	8	36,787	2.03	-8.19	2
Pro-FM Independents[ix]	8	29,884	1.65	-2.71	4	3
	Siniora candidates[x]	14	29,945	1.66	New	1
Kataeb Party and allies	18	48,263	2.67	New	6	New
	Kataeb Party	5	24,602	1.36	-0.46	4
Pro-Kataeb Independents	5	9,002	0.50	New	0	New
	Independence Movement	2	11,296	0.62	+0.13	1
Pro-Independence Movement[xi]	6	3,363	0.19	New	1	New
October 17	205	237,354	13.13	+10.60	12	11
	Taqaddom	2	20,988	1.16	New	2
	Lebanese Communist Party and allies[xii]	10	19,316	1.07	+0.46	1
	Mada[xiii]	5	18,238	1.01	New	1
	Watani	10	10,574	0.58	New	1
	Khatt Ahmar	2	6,979	0.39	New	1
	Lana	1	6,684	0.37	New	1
	Osos Lebanon	2	3,469	0.19	New	1
	ReLebanon	3	1,064	0.06	New	1
	Citizens in a State	56	25,529	1.41	+1.09	0
	National Bloc	5	11,016	0.61	New	0
	Beirut Madinati	13	6,564	0.36	New	0
	Popular Observatory	2	4,895	0.27	+0.20	0
	Aamieh 17 October	2	4,012	0.22	New	0
	Sabaa Party	4	2,019	0.11	-0.58	0
	Lihaqqi	1	928	0.05	-0.14	0
	Thuwar Beirut	1	485	0.03	New	0
	October 17 Independents[xiv]	86	94,594	5.23	New	3
Others	266	315,105	17.43	-0.78	22	4
	Progressive Socialist Party and allies[xv]	10	75,485	4.18	-0.42	8
	Frem Bloc[xvi]	7	19,582	1.08	New	2
	Al-Jama'a Al-Islamiyya	5	22,249	1.23	+0.41	1
	National Dialogue Party Bloc	11	17,780	0.98	+0.13	1
	Azm Movement Bloc	10	15,355	0.85	-1.40	1
	Daher Bloc	6	14,648	0.81	New	1
	Popular Nasserist Organization	1	7,341	0.41	-0.15	1
	Popular Bloc	6	11,501	0.64	+0.04	0
	Sawa/Movement supported candidates	6	7,118	0.39	New	0
Bahaa Hariri Bloc	9	2,259	0.12	New	0	New
	YES! Lebanon Group	2	1,641	0.09	New	0
	Hunchak	1	1,068	0.06	-0.03	0
	Independents[xvii]	192	119,078	6.59	+1.88	7
Totals	719	1,807,818	100.0	–	128
Blank votes		19,308
Votes with no preferences		66,857
Total Votes		1,893,983
Votes canceled		57,700
Total Registered who voted/turnout		1,951,683	49.19	-0.51
Registered voters		3,967,507	100
Source:[49]

1. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Yanal Solh and Melhem El Houjeiri who are both members of the Hezbollah parliamentary coalition al wafa' li al moukawama
2. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Michel Moussa, Ali Assayran, Fady Alameh and Qassem Hachem who is not elected on behalf of the Baath party but as member of the Amal parliamentary bloc al tanmia wa al tahrir
3. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Jamil Al Sayyed and Mohammad Yehya
4. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Melhem Tawk
5. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Jihad Al Samad
6. ^ Includes votes for candidates from both SSNP factions Banat and Hardan
7. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Farid Al Boustani
8. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Ziad Hawat, Razi El Hajj, Ghada Ayyoub and Karim Pakradouni
9. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Mohammad Sleiman, Walid El Baarini, Sajeeh Atieh and Ahmad Rustom
10. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Bilal El Hocheymi
11. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Adib Abdelmassih
12. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Elias Jaradeh endorsed by the Lebanese Communist Party
13. ^ Mada fielded 5 candidates within 3 campaigns: Beirut tuqawem in Beirut 2, Jil el taghyeer in Metn and Al Janoub youwajeh in Zahrani-Sour
14. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Melhem Khalaf, Firas Hamdan and Yassine Yassine
15. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Marwan Hamadeh and Raji El Saad both members of the Democratic Gathering
16. ^ Includes votes of elected candidate: Jamil Abboud
17. ^ Includes votes of elected candidates: Nabil Badr, Abdelrahman Al Bizri, Charbel Masaad, Ghassan Skaff, Ihab Matar, Jean Talouzian and Haidar Nasser

Results by constituency

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• 2022 Lebanese general election in Beirut I

International reactions

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• List of members of the 2022-2026 Lebanese Parliament
• 2022 Lebanese presidential election
• 2022 Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament election
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• 17 October Revolution
• 2020 Beirut explosion
• Elections.gov.lb (official website)

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