Bekaa II

Bekaa II
Constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateBekaa
Electorate143,653 (2018)
Current constituency
Created2008
Number of members6 (2 Sunni, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Shia)

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.

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

Nearly half of the electorate is Sunni (48.8%). 14.8% of the electorate is Druze, 14.7% Shia, 7.42% Greek Catholic, 7.22% Maronite and 7.16% Greek Orthodox.

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 Evangelical Jews "Others" Total
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
  1. ^ The Minorities quota includes six different Christian sects Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Latin Catholics, Assyrians, Chaldean Catholics and Copts.
  2. ^ Presumably consisting mainly of individuals whose sectarian affiliation has not been identified and/or individuals not belonging to any of the 18 recognized sects.
Source: Lebanon Files

2009 election

Out of 122,989 eligible voters, 65,545 voted (53% participation).

Seat March 14 candidates
(all elected) 		March 8 candidates Others
Sunni Ziad Qadri 35,135 Abdel Rahim Murad
(Union Party) 		29,153 Farouq Dahrouj
(Communist Party) 		1,803
Jamal Jarrah 33,626 Mohammed Qar'awi 27,584 5 minor candidates 15
Druze Wael Abou Faour
(PSP) 		35,434 Faisal Daoud
(Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement) 		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) 		34,666 Nasser Nasrallah 25,507 Mahmoud Abou Hamdan 3,138

Greek Orthodox candidate Norma Ferzli obtained 3 votes. There were 398 rejected ballots and 264 blank votes.

2018 election

Main article: 2018 Lebanese general election in Bekaa II

Candidates

Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, the first to use a proportional representation electoral system, three lists were registered. 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. Amin Wahbi, founder and leader of the Democratic Left Movement was included on the Future list.

The "Best Tomorrow" list was mainly backed by the Amal Movement. 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.

TV presenter Maguy Aoun was heading a third list, organized by civil society elements.

The Lebanese Forces had tried to form a list with Ashraf Rifi to contest the election, but such a list did not materialize. Likewise, the Lebanese Democratic Party opted to withdrawal its candidate Dr. Nizar Zaki.

List Sunni, 2 seats Shia, 1 seat Druze, 1 seat Maronite, 1 seat Greek Orthodox, 1 seat
"Future for West Bekaa" Blue Ziad Qadri
(Future)		 Mohammed Qar'awi
(Future)		 Amin Wahbi
(Future)		 Wael Abou Faour
(PSP)		 Henri Chadid Ghassan Skaff
"Best Tomorrow" Navy Blue Abdel Rahim Murad
(Union Party)		 Mohammad Nasrallah
(Amal)		 Faisal Daoud
(Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement)		 Naji Ghanem Elie Ferzli
"Civil Society" Green Faisal Rahal Ala Shamali Ali Sobh Maguy Aoun Joseph Ayoub
ACE Project, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities

Result by lists

List Votes % of electoral district Seats Members elected Parties
"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:

Result by candidate

Name Sect List Party Votes % of
electoral
district 		% of preferential votes
for sect seat 		% of list Elected?
Abdel Rahim Murad Sunni (West Bekaa) "Best Tomorrow" Union Party 15,111 22.73 46.43 46.38
Wael Abou Faour Druze (Rashaya) "Future for West Bekaa" PSP 10,677 16.06 83.95 33.56
Mohammad Nasrallah Shia (West Bekaa) "Best Tomorrow" Amal 8,897 13.38 90.79 27.31
Mohammed Qar'awi Sunni (West Bekaa) "Future for West Bekaa" Future 8,768 13.19 26.94 27.56
Ziad Qadri Sunni (Rashaya) "Future for West Bekaa" Future 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 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 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:

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