Bekaa II (Arabic: دائرة البقاع الثانية) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 6 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 2 Sunni, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Shia. It covers the West Bekaa and the Rashaya districts.
Bekaa II | |
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Constituency for the Parliament of Lebanon | |
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Governorate | Bekaa |
Electorate | 143,653 (2018)[1][2] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 |
Number of members | 6 (2 Sunni, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Shia) |
In the 2017 vote law, the Bekaa II constituency retained the borders of the West Bekaa-Rachaya electoral district created by the 2008 Doha Agreement ahead of the 2009 Lebanese general election.
Electorate
editNearly half of the electorate is Sunni (48.8%).[3] 14.8% of the electorate is Druze, 14.7% Shia, 7.42% Greek Catholic, 7.22% Maronite and 7.16% Greek Orthodox.[3]
Below data by qada (district) from 2017;
District | Sunni | Shia | Druze | Maronite | Greek Orthodox | Greek Catholic | Armenian Orthodox | Armenian Catholic | Syriac Orthodox | Syriac Catholic | Other Minorities[a] | Evangelical | Jews | "Others"[b] | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | |||||||||||||||
Rachaya | 17,500 | 36.43 | 184 | 0.38 | 20,068 | 41.78 | 2,108 | 4.39 | 7,170 | 14.93 | 635 | 1.32 | 39 | 0.08 | 33 | 0.07 | 31 | 0.06 | 109 | 0.23 | 38 | 0.08 | 77 | 0.16 | 46 | 0.10 | 48,038 | ||||||||||||||||
West Bekaa | 50,547 | 54.40 | 20,505 | 22.07 | 466 | 0.50 | 8,635 | 9.29 | 2,709 | 2.92 | 9,024 | 9.71 | 73 | 0.08 | 27 | 0.03 | 79 | 0.09 | 41 | 0.04 | 146 | 0.16 | 347 | 0.37 | 1 | 0.00 | 312 | 0.34 | 92,912 | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Lebanon Files[5] |
2009 election
editOut of 122,989 eligible voters, 65,545 voted (53% participation).[6]
Seat | March 14 candidates (all elected) |
March 8 candidates | Others | |||
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Sunni | Ziad Qadri | 35,135 | Abdel Rahim Murad (Union Party)[7] |
29,153 | Farouq Dahrouj (Communist Party)[8] |
1,803 |
Jamal Jarrah | 33,626 | Mohammed Qar'awi | 27,584 | 5 minor candidates | 15 | |
Druze | Wael Abou Faour (PSP)[9] |
35,434 | Faisal Daoud (Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement)[10] |
27,941 | ||
Greek Orthodox | Antoine Saad | 33,979 | Elie Ferzli | 29,389 | Ibrahim Khouri | 166 |
Maronite | Robert Ghanem | 35,679 | Henri Chadid | 27,465 | ||
Shia | Amin Wahbi (Democratic Left Movement)[11] |
34,666 | Nasser Nasrallah | 25,507 | Mahmoud Abou Hamdan | 3,138 |
Greek Orthodox candidate Norma Ferzli obtained 3 votes.[12] There were 398 rejected ballots and 264 blank votes.[6]
2018 election
editCandidates
editAhead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, the first to use a proportional representation electoral system, three lists were registered.[13] The Future Movement and the Progressive Socialist Party formed a joint list. Notably this list included Mohammed Qar'awi, owner of the Bekaa Hospital, a personality previously linked to the March 8 Alliance.[14] Amin Wahbi, founder and leader of the Democratic Left Movement was included on the Future list.[11]
The "Best Tomorrow" list was mainly backed by the Amal Movement.[14] In the end the Free Patriotic Movement did not join the Amal-sponsored list, leaving Greek Orthodox candidate Elie Ferzli to join it as an individual.[14]
TV presenter Maguy Aoun was heading a third list, organized by civil society elements.[15]
The Lebanese Forces had tried to form a list with Ashraf Rifi to contest the election, but such a list did not materialize.[14] Likewise, the Lebanese Democratic Party opted to withdrawal its candidate Dr. Nizar Zaki.[16]
List | Sunni, 2 seats | Shia, 1 seat | Druze, 1 seat | Maronite, 1 seat | Greek Orthodox, 1 seat | ||
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"Future for West Bekaa" | Blue | Ziad Qadri (Future)[17] |
Mohammed Qar'awi (Future)[17] |
Amin Wahbi (Future)[17] |
Wael Abou Faour (PSP)[9] |
Henri Chadid | Ghassan Skaff |
"Best Tomorrow" | Navy Blue | Abdel Rahim Murad (Union Party)[7] |
Mohammad Nasrallah (Amal)[18] |
Faisal Daoud (Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement)[10] |
Naji Ghanem | Elie Ferzli | |
"Civil Society" | Green | Faisal Rahal | Ala Shamali | Ali Sobh | Maguy Aoun | Joseph Ayoub | |
ACE Project,[19] Ministry of Interior and Municipalities[20] |
Result by lists
editList | Votes | % of electoral district | Seats | Members elected | Parties |
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"Best Tomorrow" | 32,578 | 49.00 | 3 | Murad, Nasrallah, Ferzli | Amal-Lebanese Arab Struggle |
"Future for West Bekaa" | 31,817 | 47.86 | 3 | Abou Faour, Qar'awi, Chadid | Future-PSP |
"Civil Society" | 1,546 | 2.33 | 0 | ||
Source:[21] |
Result by candidate
editName | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of electoral district |
% of preferential votes for sect seat |
% of list | Elected? |
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Abdel Rahim Murad | Sunni (West Bekaa) | "Best Tomorrow" | Union Party[7] | 15,111 | 22.73 | 46.43 | 46.38 | |
Wael Abou Faour | Druze (Rashaya) | "Future for West Bekaa" | PSP[9] | 10,677 | 16.06 | 83.95 | 33.56 | |
Mohammad Nasrallah | Shia (West Bekaa) | "Best Tomorrow" | Amal[18] | 8,897 | 13.38 | 90.79 | 27.31 | |
Mohammed Qar'awi | Sunni (West Bekaa) | "Future for West Bekaa" | Future[17] | 8,768 | 13.19 | 26.94 | 27.56 | |
Ziad Qadri | Sunni (Rashaya) | "Future for West Bekaa" | Future[17] | 8,392 | 12.62 | 25.79 | 26.38 | |
Elie Ferzli | Greek Orthodox (Rashaya) | "Best Tomorrow" | 4,899 | 7.37 | 81.06 | 15.04 | ||
Faisal Daoud | Druze (Rashaya) | "Best Tomorrow" | Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement[10] | 2,041 | 3.07 | 16.05 | 6.26 | |
Henri Chadid | Maronite (West Bekaa) | "Future for West Bekaa" | 1,584 | 2.38 | 48.46 | 4.98 | ||
Ghassan Skaf | Greek Orthodox (Rashaya) | "Future for West Bekaa" | 995 | 1.50 | 16.46 | 3.13 | ||
Maguy Aoun | Maronite (West Bekaa) | "Civil Society" | 847 | 1.27 | 25.91 | 54.79 | ||
Naji Ghanem | Maronite (West Bekaa) | "Best Tomorrow" | 838 | 1.26 | 25.63 | 2.57 | ||
Amin Wahbi | Shia (West Bekaa) | "Future for West Bekaa" | Future[17] | 741 | 1.11 | 7.56 | 2.33 | |
Alaa Chamali | Sunni (West Bekaa) | "Civil Society" | 168 | 0.25 | 0.52 | 10.87 | ||
Ali Sobh | Shia (West Bekaa) | "Civil Society" | 162 | 0.24 | 1.65 | 10.48 | ||
Joseph Ayoub | Greek Orthodox (Rashaya) | "Civil Society" | 150 | 0.23 | 2.48 | 9.70 | ||
Faisal Rahal | Sunni (Rashaya) | "Civil Society" | 106 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 6.86 | ||
Source:[21] |
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