2018 Lebanese general election in South III

Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the South III district (one of three electoral districts in South Lebanon) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 460,565 voters, out of whom 228,563 voted. The district elects 8 Shiite parliamentarians, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Sunni.[1]

2018 Lebanese general election (South III)

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11 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon for South III constituency
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Nabih Berri Hassan Nasrallah Assaad Hardan
Party Amal Movement Hezbollah SSNP
Leader's seat Zahrani Did not stand
Seats won 7 3 1
Popular vote 74,713 110,979 3,321
Percentage 32.46% 49.15% 1.47%

Elected Prime Minister

Saad Hariri
Future Movement

Demographics

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In third southern electoral district 6 lists were registered.[2] The electorate is predominantly Shia (80.1%). 6.35% of the electorate is Sunni, 5.27% Maronite, 3.65% Druze, 2.45% Greek Orthodox, 1.8% Greek Catholic and 0.39% from other Christian communities.[3]

Voting

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The Amal-Hezbollah coalition fielded the "Hope and Loyalty" list.[4] It includes a Baathist Sunni candidate, Kassem Hachem, who is fielded as Amal candidate and officially not sponsored by the Baath Party.[5][6]

The Future Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Democratic Party fielded a joint list called "The South is Worth It", a list that L'Orient Le Jour labelled "supplementary" to the Amal-Hezbollah list.[4][6] It includes a pro-Future independent Sunni candidate, Imad Khatib, who has business links to Amal leader Berri.[6] Three Shia candidates (Badruddin, Sharafuddin and Osseiran) were previously close to Hezbollah.[6] Two pro-FPM independent candidates were included in the list, Chadi Massaad (Greek Orthodox) and Mourhaf Ramadan (Shia).[6] Druze candidate Dr. Wissam Charouf is a member of the Political Council of the Lebanese Democratic Party.[7]

"A Vote for Change" list was fielded by the Lebanese Communist Party, the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon and independents.[4][8] It includes a pro-SSNP independent candidate, Hussein Baydoun.[6] The "National" coalition fielded a list with five candidates.[6]

The two remaining of the lists in the fray took a more confrontative approach towards the Hezbollah-Amal dominance of the local political scene.[6] The "Shibna Hakki" list was fielded by the Lebanese Forces and Shia dissidents, with the Shia journalist Ali Al-Amin on the list. Al-Amin had been publicly labelled as one of the "Shia of the [U.S.] Embassy" by Hezbollah general secretary Nasrallah.[4][6] Al-Amin and fellow candidate and journalist Imad Komeyha, had been signatories to the 2017 call for fresh elections to the High Shia Council.[9] Ahmed Assaad, leader of the Lebanese Option Party, fielded an anti-Hezbollah list of his own with candidates from his party.[6] The list included Al-Assaad's wife Abeer Ramadan.[6]

Candidates

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List Shia (Bint Jbeil, 3 seats) Shia (Nabatieh, 3 seats) Shia (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 2 seats) Sunni (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat) Druze (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat) Greek Orthodox (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat)
"Hope and Loyalty" Ali Ahmad Bazzi

(Amal)[10]

Ayoub Hmayed

(Amal)[10]

Hassan Fadlallah

(Hezbollah)[11]

Yassine Jaber

(Amal)[12]

Mohammad Raad

(Hezbollah)[11]

Hani Kobeissy

(Amal)[10]

Ali Hassan Khalil

(Amal)[10]

Ali Fayyad

(Hezbollah)[11]

Kassem Hachem

(Amal)[10]

Anwar Khalil

(Amal)[10]

Assaad Hardan

(SSNP)[13]

"The South is Worth It" Mohammed Qadouh Hussein Shaer Hisham Jaber Mustafa Badruddin Nadim Osseiran Abbas Sharafuddin Mourhaf Ramadan Imad Khatib Wissam Charouf

(LDP)[14]

Chadi Massaad
"Shibna Hakki" Ali Al-Amin Ahmed Ismail Rami Ollaik Imad Komeyha Fadi Salama

(Lebanese Forces)[15]

"A Vote for Change" Ahmed Murad

(LCP)[16]

Abbas Sorour Hussein Baydoun Ali Al-Haj Ali

(LCP)[17]

Said Issa Ghassan Hadifa

(LCP)[18]

Hala Abu Kasm

(LCP)[19]

"We Change" Mohammed Faraj

(Lebanese Option)[6]

Abdallah Salman

(Lebanese Option)[6]

Ahmed Assaad

(Lebanese Option)[20]

Abeer Ramadhan

(Lebanese Option)[6]

Rabah Abi Haidar

(Lebanese Option)[6]

Adnan Khatib

(Lebanese Option)[6]

Kanaj Alimuddin

(Lebanese Option)[6]

Minah Saab

(Lebanese Option)[6]

"Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) Rima Hamid

(Sabaa)[6]

Salah Nouruddin Jamil Balout

(Sabaa)[6]

Akram Qais Fadi Abu Jamra (Mouttahidoun)
Source: Al-Modon,[4] Jaboubia,[21] Jaboubia[22] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[23]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections: Results & Figures". | United Nations Development Programme". UNDP. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ^ 77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar
  3. ^ دائرة لبنان الجنوبي الثالثة Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  4. ^ a b c d e 6 لوائح معارضة في الجنوب الثانية والثالثة: ضد المحدلة Al-Modon
  5. ^ خاص - حزب البعث خارج السباق الإنتخابي .. فما علاقة الحلفاء؟ Archived 2018-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Al Kalima.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t L'Orient Le Jour. Liban-Sud III : Face au tandem chiite, une liste « suppléante » CPL-Futur Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Lebanese Army. Les visiteurs du Général Aoun
  8. ^ الشيوعيون أعلنوا برنامج لائحتهم في مواجهة لوائح السلطة في دائرة الجنوب الثالثة. Lebanese Communist Party
  9. ^ L'Orient Le Jour. Ibrahim Chamseddine : Le CSC est indépendant et représente tous les chiites
  10. ^ a b c d e f National News Agency. Berri announces Amal Movement candidates to legislative polls, renews commitment to National Pact
  11. ^ a b c إعلان السيد نصر الله مرشحي حزب الله للإنتخابات النيابية 2018. Al-Ahed News.
  12. ^ kataeb.org. Berri Announces Amal Movement's Candidates, Platform for May Polls Archived 2018-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ اسعد حردان Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  14. ^ الديمقراطي يعلن أسماء مرشحيه للإنتخابات النيابية. Lebanese Democratic Party
  15. ^ LBCI. REPORT: Who are LF candidates for upcoming elections?
  16. ^ أحمد مراد Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  17. ^ علي حسين حاج علي Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  18. ^ غسان حديفه Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  19. ^ هلا فيليب بو كسم Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  20. ^ أولى لوائح الجنوب: «فينا نغير». Janoubia
  21. ^ «شبعنا حكي» لائحة غير مكتملة من 6 مرشحين Jaboubia
  22. ^ Shibna Hakki. المرشح عن المقعد الشيعي في مرجعيون الصحافي عماد قميحة Archived 2018-08-31 at the Wayback Machine Janoubia
  23. ^ اللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة الجنوب الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities