

Source: Ministry of Interior and Municipalities Preliminary lists of the numbers of voters (15-12-2021) South III ( Marjaayoun- Nabatieh- Hasbaya- Bint Jbeil)


North III ( Bcharre- Zghorta- Batroun- Koura)

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. 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. The distribution of votes is proportional. 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. Vital for Lebanon, the port is the most important trading centres in Lebanon which ensures the transit of 60% of the country's imports.Įlectorate Electoral system The industrial-port zone of the Port of Beirut's badly affected, further aggravating the economic situation. The final toll was over 235 dead and over 7,000 injured and damage estimated at over $10 billion dollars and estimated to have left 300,000 homeless. 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. Riots broke out in Beirut, Tripoli and Jounieh. The Lebanese pound lost 70% of its value in six months and 35% of the active population was unemployed. The country's economic situation continued to deteriorate and the government was indebted over 95 billion dollars by the end of 2020. His government obtained the confidence of parliament by 69 votes in its favour. Hassan Diab was appointed Prime Minister by President Michel Aoun on 19 December 2019. Initially triggered in response to a rise in gas and tobacco prices as well as a new tax on messaging applications, 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, Saad Hariri ended up resigning on 29 October 2019. for the creation of a new county," whereupon the governor " shall order an election within a reasonable time thereafter," and if two-thirds of the voters vote " yes," the General Assembly at the next session shall establish the new county, provided that no section of a county shall be cut off without the consent of two-thirds of those voting in such section that no new county " shall contain less than one one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants of the state, nor shall it have less assessed taxable property than one and one-half millions of dollars, nor shall it contain an area of less than four hundred square miles " and that " no old county shall be reduced to less area than five hundred square miles, to less assessed taxable property than two million dollars, nor to a smaller population than fifteen thousand inhabitants.Large-scale antigovernmental demonstrations ignited in the country from 17 October. The constitution also provides for the establishment of a new county, " whenever one-third of the qualified electors within the area of each section of an old county proposed to be cut off to form a new county shall petition the governor.
