2009 Lebanese general election

none May 2018 Lebanon parliamentary 2005 Lebanese general election 2005 Members of the 2005–2009 Lebanese Parliament List of members of the 2009–2017 Lebanese Parliament 2018 Lebanese general election 2018 All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon 7 June 2009 130x130px Lebanese election 2009.png 300px 55.2% 8.7% Areas with a March 14 majority in blue, areas with a March 8 majority in orange 3682D8 Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks With Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (Cropped on Hariri).jpg Saad Hariri March 14 Future Movement Beirut III 36 seats 33 3 ED9121 Michel Aoun with Putin 5 (cropped).jpg Michel Aoun March 8 FPM Keserwan 15 seats 19 4 008000 Nabih Berri.jpg Nabih Berri March 8 Amal Movement Zahrani 14 seats 14 0 F7DF19 Hassan Nasrallah meets Khamenei in visit to Iran (3 8405110291 L600).jpg Hassan Nasrallah March 8 Hezbollah None 14 seats 13 1 F0001C Samir Geagea 7 (cropped).jpg Samir Geagea March 14 Lebanese Forces None 6 seats 8 2 CC050F Walid Jumblatt ca 2006.jpg Walid Jumblatt no None PSP Chouf 16 seats 11 5 138808 Amine Gemayel.jpg Amine Gemayel March 14 Kataeb None 3 seats 5 2 ADFF2F Sleiman Frangieh 2.jpg Sleiman Frangieh March 8 Marada Movement Zgharta 0 seats 3 3 Prime Minister Fouad Siniora60px March 14 Saad Hariri60px March 14 aa0000 Tashnag Metn Hagop Pakradounian March 8 2 2 seats 0 Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6308214.html Lebanon's ruling coalition urges lawmakers to ban presidential election – People's Daily Onlinehttp://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6567795.html Lebanese Interior Ministry sets June 7 for Parliamentary elections – People's Daily Online to elect all 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Although general elections are held every four years, this parliament due to various reasons stayed in power until the 2018 general election. Background July 2010 The 2009 election was the first general election in Lebanon to be done in one day. Usually, the election used to be divided into four rounds across four weeks, with each round being held in different regions across Lebanon. Before the election, the voting age was to be lowered from 21 to 18 years, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7953551.stm BBC News Lebanon voting age lowered by MPs 2009-03-19 2010-05-07 Allocation of seats Following a compromise reached in the Doha Agreement in May 2008 between the government and opposition, a new electoral law was put in place, as shown in the table below.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7411835.stm BBC News Lebanon rivals agree crisis deal 2008-05-21 2010-05-07 It was passed on 29 September 2008.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7643743.stm BBC News Lebanon approves new election law 2008-09-30 2010-05-07 Seat allocation according to The Doha Agreementhttps://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?dsh=S386023277%3A1669006573874640&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fblogin.g%3FblogspotURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fblacksmithsoflebanon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2F2009-electoral-districts.html%26type%3Dblog%26zx%3Dk0b01tlnjqaf&hl=en-US&passive=true&service=blogger&flowName=WebLiteSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&ifkv=ARgdvAvOOVgQRcYOr21FE9hQVb_WjPzp4wcJP0f-CnfRf9dZuyek5pknmlWwMfjutJBIMGB1dbQJFw Blogger accounts.google.comSeatsMaroniteShiaSunniGreek OrthodoxDruzeArmenian OrthodoxGreek CatholicAlawiteEvangelicalMinorities14 March8 MarchBeirut19Beirut 151--1-11--150Beirut 24-11--2----22Beirut 310-1511---11100Bekaa 23Baalbek+Hermel10162---1---010Zahleh71111-12---70Rashaya+West Bekaa611211-----60Mount Lebanon 35Jbeil321--------03Kisrawan55---------05North Metn84--2-11---26Baabda632--1-----06Aley52--12-----41Chouf83-2-2-1---80North Lebanon 28Akkar71-32---1--70Dinniyeh+Minieh3--3-------30Bsharreh22---------20Tripoli81-51---1--80Zgharta33---------03Koura3---3------30Batroun22---------20South Lebanon 23Saida2--2-------20Tyre4-4--------04Zahrani3-2----1---03Hasbaya+Marjeyoun5-2111-----05Nabatiyeh3-3--------03Bint Jbeil3-3--------03Jezzine32-----1---03Total 128128342727148582127157 Results thumb|225px|Logo of the Lebanese general election, 2009 Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%. Slackman Michael Pro-Western Bloc Defeats Hezbollah in Lebanon Vote NYT 7 June 2009 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/world/middleeast/08lebanon.html 7 June 2009 The March 14 Alliance garnered 71 seats in the 128-member parliament, while the March 8 Alliance won 57 seats. This result is virtually the same as the result from the election in 2005. However, the March 14 alliance saw this as a moral victory over Hezbollah, who led the March 8 Alliance, and the balance of power was expected to shift in its favor.U.S.-Backed Alliance Wins Election in Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/middleeast/09lebanon.html?hp The New York Times Michael Slackman 2009-06-09 2010-05-07 Many observers expect to see the emergence of a National Unity Government similar to that created following the Doha Agreement in 2008.March 14 bloc wins Lebanon election http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/20096813424442589.html Al Jazeera English Election Results for each alliancehttp://www.elections.gov.lb/Parliamentary/ Elections 09 – Lebanon Elections 2009 2010-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100625143740/http://www.elections.gov.lb/Parliamentary/ 2010-06-25 dead Total% 14M14 March% 8M8 MarchBeirut19Beirut 1552.1%547.9%0Beirut 2450.5%249.5%2Beirut 31069.6%1031.4%0Bekaa 23Baalbek+Hermel1021.6%078.4%10Zahleh752.7%747.3%0Rashaya+West Bekaa653.3%646.7%0Mount Lebanon 35Jbeil328.6%071.4%3Kisrawan530.9%069.1%5North Metn842.4%258.6%6Baabda641.8%058.2%6Aley560.2%439.8%1Chouf869.6%830.4%0North Lebanon 28Akkar761.1%738.9%0Dinniyeh+Minnieh370.9%329.1%0Bsharreh271.4%228.6%0Tripoli863.5%836.5%0Zgharta344.2%055.8%3Koura351.1%348.9%0Batroun250.2%249.8%0South Lebanon 23Saida263.9%236.1%0Tyre406.8%093.2%4Zahrani310.0%090.0%3Hasbaya+Marjeyoun521.4%078.6%5Nabatiyeh311.6%088.4%3Bint Jbeil305.8%094.2%3Jezzine325.5%074.5%3Total 12812855.5%7144.5%57 Formation of government Lebanese government of November 2009 Lebanese government of June 2011 As is typical of Lebanese politics political wrangling after the elections took 5 months. International Foundation for Electoral Systems Lebanon's New Government 9 November 2009 http://www.ifes.org/publication/38e87b372599cdff387c76fd022fb123/Lebanons_new_government.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110616213356/http://www.ifes.org/publication/38e87b372599cdff387c76fd022fb123/Lebanons_new_government.pdf 16 June 2011 Only in November was the composition of the new cabinet agreed upon: 15 seats for the March 14 Alliance, 10 for the March 8 Alliance, and 5 nominated by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, who has cast himself as a neutral party between the two main political blocs.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/world/middleeast/10lebanon.html The New York Times Impasse Over, Lebanon Forms Cabinet Robert F. Worth 2009-11-10 2010-05-07 Aftermath The government fell in January 2011 after the March 8 alliance's 11 ministers withdrew from the government over PM Hariri's refusal to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss possible indictments to be issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/20111148327398443.html Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera The March 8 alliance formed a new government in the ensuing six months, at which point the seats in parliament were divided as follows. Lebanese Parliament as of June 2011File:Parliament of Lebanon composition by party.svg |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Alliances ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Parties ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats |- |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=15 |Government68 |style="background-color:orange;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan=6 |27 |style="background-color:orange;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Change and Reform bloc |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver orange Free Patriotic Movement (Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr) | style="text-align:right;" |19 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver red Lebanese Democratic Party (Hizb al-democraty al-lubnany) | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver greenyellow Marada Movement | style="text-align:right;" |3 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver #c00 Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnag) | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver magenta Solidarity Party (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany) | style="text-align:right;" |1 |- |style="background-color:yellow;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan=5 |30 |style="background-color:yellow;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |March 8 Alliance |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver green Amal Movement (Harakat Amal) | style="text-align:right;" |13 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver #F7DF19 Loyalty to the Resistance (Hezbollah) | style="text-align:right;" |13 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver black Syrian Social Nationalist Party (al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i) | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver grey Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- |style="background-color:lightgrey;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan=4 |11 |style="background-color:lightgrey;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Pro-Government Independents |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver red Progressive Socialist Party | style="text-align:right;" |7 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver darkblue Glory Movement | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver white Safadi Bloc | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=11 |Opposition 60 |style="background-color:#5bb9ee;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;" rowspan=11 |60 |style="background-color:#5bb9ee;text-align:left;" colspan=2 |March 14 Alliance |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver Future Movement Future Movement (Tayyar Al Mustaqbal) | style="text-align:right;" |29 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver red Lebanese Forces (al-Quwāt al-Lubnāniyya) | style="text-align:right;" |8 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver Kataeb Party Kataeb Party (Hizb al-Kataeb) | style="text-align:right;" |5 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver lightblue Murr Bloc | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver darkred Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party) | style="text-align:right;" |2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver forestgreen Islamic Group (Jamaa al-Islamiya) | style="text-align:right;" |1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver Ramgavar Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar Party) | style="text-align:right;" |1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver #E30022 Democratic Left Movement (ĥarakatu-l-yasāri-d-dimuqrātī) | style="text-align:right;" |1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver gold National Liberal Party (Hizbu-l-waTaniyyīni-l-aHrār) | style="text-align:right;" |1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |silver white Independents (including ex-PSP) | style="text-align:right;" |10 |- |  – |  – ! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"|Total ! style="text-align:right;" |128 |- |} Source References External links Official Site Foreign Money Seeks to Buy Lebanese Votes, Robert Worth, April 22, 2009, The New York Times Lebanese Elections 2009 BLOG Interactive Result Map Obama's Path Passes Through Lebanon by Pol Marillas, Opinion, June 2009; European Union Institute for Security Studies Lebanon General Category:Elections in Lebanon Category:Michel Aoun General