# 2018 Lebanese general election in Beirut II

Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Beirut II district (one of two electoral districts in the city) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 353,164, out of whom 143,829 voted. Residents elect 6 Sunnis, 2 Shias, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Evangelical.

## Demographics

The Beirut II electoral district covers 8 quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Port, Bachoura, Dar El Mreisse, Mazraa, Minet El Hosn, Moussaitbeh, Ras Beirut and Zuqaq al-Blat. The electorate is predominantly Sunni (62.1%). 20.6% of the electorate is Shia, 5% Greek Orthodox, 3.41% Minorities, 1.86% Maronite, 1.65% Armenian Orthodox, 1.63% Greek Catholic, 1.55% Druze, 1.31% Jews, 0.81% Evangelical (Protestant) and 0.03% Alawite.

## Voting

In the 2009 election, the Future Movement had won the election in West Beirut. But this time, a number of lists seeks to challenge the Future dominance over the Sunni electorate, "Beirut al-Watan" (alliance of al-Jamaa al-Islamiah and Al Liwaa newspaper editor Salah Salam), "Beiruti Opposition" (fielded by Ashraf Rifi), "Lebnan Herzen", "We are All Beirut" and "Dignity of Beirut" (led by former judge Khaled Hammoud).
The erstwhile March 8 bloc split into two lists. Hezbollah, Amal, Al-Ahbash and the Free Patriotic Movement fielded the "Unity of Beirut" list, whilst the People's Movement and Al-Mourabitoun fielded the "Voice of the People" list. Omar Ghandour, candidate of the Islamic Action Front, prominent businessman and former president of the Nejmeh Sporting Club, was named president of "Unity of Beirut" list. The SSNP faction of Ali Haidar fielded a candidate on the "Voice of the People" list. Naamat Badruddin, also on the "Voice of the People" list was a leader during the 2015 protests, also known as the "You Stink movement".
Under the previous electoral law the Future Movement could easily win landslides in West Beirut. But under the new electoral law analysts argued that the Future Movement could lose a number of seats. Apart from the Hezbollah-Amal-FPM list (expected to win the Shia vote), the main perceived challengers to the Future Movement were the "Beirut al-Watan" list and the "Lebnan Herzen" list of prominent businessman Fouad Makhzoumi. Nevertheless, the Beirut al-Watan list included several figures close to the Hariri family and Salam pledged to support the "Sunni za'im" Hariri to remain Prime Minister of Lebanon.
Prior to the deadline to register lists, the Lebanese Democratic Party announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the Druze seat. Likewise the Lebanese People's Congress, which had initially intended to field Samir Kneo on the Amal-Hezbollah list, withdrew from the race.

### Candidates

Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, nine candidate lists were registered in Beirut II. This was highest number of lists registered in any constituency in this election.
| List | List | Sunni, 6 seats | Sunni, 6 seats | Sunni, 6 seats | Sunni, 6 seats | Sunni, 6 seats | Sunni, 6 seats | Shia, 2 seats | Shia, 2 seats | Druze, 1 seat | Greek Orthodox, 1 seat | Evangelical, 1 seat |
| | "Future for Beirut" | Saad Hariri 20,751 (14.43) (Future) | Tamam Salam 9,599 (6.67%) (Future) | Nohad Machnouk 6,411 (4.46%) (Future) | Roula Tabash Jaroudi 6,637 (4.61%) (Future) | Rabea Hassouna (Future) | Zaher Eido (Future) | Ali Al Shaer (Future) | Ghazi Yusuf (Future) | Faisal Al Sayegh 1,902 (1.32%) (PSP) | Nazih Najem 2,351 (1.63) (Future) | Bassam Chab (Future) |
| | "Beiruti Opposition" | Ziad Itani | Akram Sinno | Amer Iskandarani | Safiyah Zaza | Yassine Kadado | | Lina Hamdan | | Zeina Mansour | Bchara Khairallah | |
| | "Unity of Beirut" | Adnan Trabelsi 13,018 (9.05) (Al-Ahbash) | Omar Ghandour (Islamic Action Front) | Mohammed Baasiri | | | | Amin Shri 22,961 (15.96%) (Hezbollah) | Mohammad Khawaja 7,834 (5.45%) (Amal) | | | Edgar Trabelsi 1,919 (1.33%) (FPM) |
| | "Lebnan Herzen" | Fouad Makhzoumi 11,356 (7.89) (NDP) | Marouf Itani | Rana Chemaitelly | Mahmoud Kareidiya | Saaduddin Hassan Khaled | Issam Barghout | Yousef Beydoun | | Zeina Mounzer | Khalil Broummana | Nadim Costa |
| | "Voice of the People" | Ibrahim Halabi (People's Movement) | Youssef Tabash (Mourabitoun) | Firas Manaimna | Hanan Osman | Roula Houry | Faten Zain | Naamat Badruddin | | Hani Fayyad (SSNP (Intifada)) | Omar Wakim (People's Movement) | Nabil Sebaaly |
| | "Beirut al-Watan" | Salah Salaam | Moustafa Banbouk (Al-Waqie Movement) | Bashar Qowatli | Imad Hout (al-Jama'a al-Islamiah) | Saad Wazzan | Nabil Bader | Salwa Khalil | Ibrahim Chamseddine | Saeed Halabi | George Chaqir | Dalal Rahbani |
| | "Dignity of Beirut" | Khaled Hamoud | Mohammad Qadi | Jihad Matar | Hanan Sha'ar | Khuloud Wattar | Muhammad Shatila | Ali Sbeiti | | Raja Zuhairi | Mikhael Mikhael | |
| | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | Walid Shatila | Abdul Karim Itani | Abdul Rahman Gilani | Khalid Hanqir | Khalid Mumtaz | | Wisam Akush | Jihad Hammoud | Andera Zouheiri | Leon Sioufi | Fadi Zarazir |
| | "We are All Beirut" | Ibrahim Mneimneh | Hassan Faysal Sano | Nadine Itani | Marwan Tibi | Fatima Moshref (Sabaa) | | Naji Kodeih | | | Zeina Majdalani | Nihad Yazbek |
| Source: Al-Modon, ACE Project, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities |||||||||||||

### Results by candidate

| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of votes in electoral district | % of preferential votes for sect seat | % of list |
| Amin Sherri | Shia | "Unity of Beirut" | Hezbollah | 22,961 | 15.96 | 64.26 | 48.76 |
| Saad Hariri | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 20,751 | 14.43 | 22.90 | 32.95 |
| Adnan Trabelsi | Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | Al-Ahbash | 13,018 | 9.05 | 14.36 | 27.65 |
| Fouad Makhzoumi | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | National Dialogue Party | 11,346 | 7.89 | 12.52 | 71.93 |
| Tamam Salam | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 9,599 | 6.67 | 10.59 | 15.24 |
| Mohammad Khawaja | Shia | "Unity of Beirut" | Amal | 7,834 | 5.45 | 21.92 | 16.64 |
| Rola Tabash | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 6,637 | 4.61 | 7.32 | 10.54 |
| Nohad Machnouk | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 6,411 | 4.46 | 7.07 | 10.18 |
| Rabea Hassouna | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 5,825 | 4.05 | 6.43 | 9.25 |
| Imad Hout | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | al-Jama'a al-Islamiah | 3,938 | 2.74 | 4.35 | 52.68 |
| Zaher Eido | Sunni | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 2,510 | 1.75 | 2.77 | 3.99 |
| Ali Al Shaer | Shia | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 2,462 | 1.71 | 6.89 | 3.91 |
| Nazih Najem | Greek Orthodox | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 2,351 | 1.63 | 40.65 | 3.73 |
| Edgar Trabelsi | Evangelical | "Unity of Beirut" | FPM | 1,919 | 1.33 | 53.45 | 4.08 |
| Faisal Al Sayegh | Druze | "Future for Beirut" | PSP | 1,902 | 1.32 | 68.15 | 3.02 |
| Ghazi Yusuf | Shia | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 1,759 | 1.22 | 4.92 | 2.79 |
| Ibrahim Mneimneh | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | | 1,676 | 1.17 | 1.85 | 27.15 |
| Khalil Broummana | Greek Orthodox | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 1,369 | 0.95 | 23.67 | 8.68 |
| Zeina Majdalani | Greek Orthodox | "We are All Beirut" | | 1,218 | 0.85 | 21.06 | 19.73 |
| Hassan Faysal Sano | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | | 1,174 | 0.82 | 1.30 | 19.02 |
| Nabil Bader | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 854 | 0.59 | 0.94 | 11.42 |
| Bassam Chab | Evangelical | "Future for Beirut" | Future | 735 | 0.51 | 20.47 | 1.17 |
| Moustafa Banbouk | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | Al-Waqie Movement | 699 | 0.49 | 0.77 | 9.35 |
| Nihad Yazbek | Evangelical | "We are All Beirut" | | 633 | 0.44 | 17.63 | 10.25 |
| Marouf Itani | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 632 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 4.01 |
| Nadine Itani | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | | 612 | 0.43 | 0.68 | 9.91 |
| Saaduddin Hassan Khaled | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 572 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 3.63 |
| Bashar Qowatli | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 570 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 7.63 |
| Omar Wakim | Greek Orthodox | "Voice of the People" | People's Movement | 476 | 0.33 | 8.23 | 35.55 |
| Fatima Moshref | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | | 423 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 6.85 |
| Omar Ghandour | Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | Islamic Action Front | 329 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.70 |
| Saad Wazzan | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 321 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 4.29 |
| Salah Salam | Sunni | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 308 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 4.12 |
| Saeed Halabi | Druze | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 295 | 0.21 | 10.57 | 3.95 |
| Ziad Itani | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 263 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 47.56 |
| Zeina Mounzer | Druze | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 237 | 0.16 | 8.49 | 1.50 |
| Muhammad Shatila | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 227 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 23.38 |
| Raja Zuhairi | Druze | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 223 | 0.16 | 7.99 | 22.97 |
| Yousef Beydoun | Shia | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 221 | 0.15 | 0.62 | 1.40 |
| Mohammed Baasiri | Sunni | "Unity of Beirut" | | 205 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.44 |
| Ibrahim Halabi | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | People's Movement | 195 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 14.56 |
| George Chaqir | Greek Orthodox | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 175 | 0.12 | 3.03 | 2.34 |
| Nadim Costa | Evangelical | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 169 | 0.12 | 4.71 | 1.07 |
| Rana Chemaitelly | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 169 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 1.07 |
| Issam Barghout | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 164 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 1.04 |
| Naamat Badruddin | Shia | "Voice of the People" | | 153 | 0.11 | 0.43 | 11.43 |
| Youssef Tabash | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | Mourabitoun | 127 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 9.48 |
| Mikhael Mikhael | Greek Orthodox | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 123 | 0.09 | 2.13 | 12.67 |
| Marwan Tibi | Sunni | "We are All Beirut" | | 112 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 1.81 |
| Naji Kodeih | Shia | "We are All Beirut" | | 111 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 1.80 |
| Khalid Mumtaz | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 108 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 26.34 |
| Hani Fayyad | Druze | "Voice of the People" | SSNP (Intifada) | 90 | 0.06 | 3.22 | 6.72 |
| Khaled Hamoud | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 90 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 9.27 |
| Abdel Karim Itani | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 87 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 21.22 |
| Mohammad Qadi | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 77 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 7.93 |
| Akram Sinno | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 72 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 13.02 |
| Dalal Rahbani | Evangelical | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 71 | 0.05 | 1.98 | 0.95 |
| Mahmoud Kareidiya | Sunni | "Lebnan Herzen" | | 62 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.39 |
| Ibrahim Chamseddine | Shia | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 61 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.82 |
| Lina Hamdan | Shia | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 58 | 0.04 | 0.16 | 10.49 |
| Hanan Osman | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | | 57 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 4.26 |
| Roula Houry | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | | 54 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 4.03 |
| Ali Sbeiti | Shia | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 53 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 5.46 |
| Hanan Sha'ar | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 52 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 5.36 |
| Jihad Matar | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 52 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 5.36 |
| Nabil Sebaaly | Evangelical | "Voice of the People" | | 51 | 0.04 | 1.42 | 3.81 |
| Yassine Kadado | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 46 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 8.32 |
| Walid Shatila | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 44 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 10.73 |
| Fares Manaimna | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | | 40 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 2.99 |
| Leon Sioufi | Greek Orthodox | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 37 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 9.02 |
| Bchara Khairallah | Greek Orthodox | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 34 | 0.02 | 0.59 | 6.15 |
| Salwa Khalil | Shia | "Beirut al-Watan" | | 31 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.41 |
| Faten Zain | Sunni | "Voice of the People" | | 30 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 2.24 |
| Andera Zouheiri | Druze | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 29 | 0.02 | 1.04 | 7.07 |
| Amer Iskandarani | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 25 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 4.52 |
| Khuloud Wattar | Sunni | "Dignity of Beirut" | | 24 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 2.47 |
| Abdel Rahman Gilani | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 20 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 4.88 |
| Jihad Hammoud | Shia | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 19 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 4.63 |
| Khalid Hanqir | Sunni | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 16 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 3.90 |
| Zeina Mansour | Druze | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 15 | 0.01 | 0.54 | 2.71 |
| Fadi Zarazir | Evangelical | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 12 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 2.93 |
| Wisam Akush | Shia | "Birutah al-Mustaqilin" | | 9 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 2.20 |
| Safiyah Zaza | Sunni | "Beiruti Opposition" | Rifi Bloc | 7 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.27 |