# North III

North III (Arabic: دائرة الشمال الثالثة) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 10 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 7 Maronites and 3 Greek Orthodox. The constituency contains four 'minor districts', Batroun (corresponding to Batroun District, electing 2 Maronites), Bcharre (corresponding to Bcharre District, electing 2 Maronites), Koura (corresponding to Koura District, electing 3 Greek Orthodox) and Zghorta (corresponding to Zgharta, electing 3 Maronites).

## Electorate

The electorate is predominantly Christian; 68.1% are Maronite, 20.7% Greek Orthodox, 8.94% Sunni, 0.93% Shia, 0.73% Greek Catholic, 0.38% from other Christian communities and 0.24% Alawite. Below data from 2017;
| District | Sunni | Sunni | Shia | Shia | Druze | Druze | Alawite | Alawite | Maronite | Maronite | Greek Orthodox | Greek Orthodox | Greek Catholic | Greek Catholic | Armenian Orthodox | Armenian Orthodox | Armenian Catholic | Armenian Catholic | Syriac Orthodox | Syriac Orthodox | Syriac Catholic | Syriac Catholic | Other Minorities | Other Minorities | Evangelical | Evangelical | Jews | Jews | "Others" | "Others" | Total |
| District | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. |
| Batroun | 3,764 | 6.26 | 1,034 | 1.72 | 11 | 0.02 | 42 | 0.07 | 41,964 | 69.79 | 10,070 | 16.75 | 1,994 | 3.32 | 260 | 0.43 | 101 | 0.17 | 182 | 0.30 | 80 | 0.13 | 254 | 0.42 | 80 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.00 | 291 | 0.48 | 60,128 |
| Bcharre | 109 | 0.22 | 27 | 0.05 | | 0.00 | 6 | 0.01 | 46,512 | 94.64 | 1,380 | 2.81 | 554 | 1.13 | 81 | 0.16 | 26 | 0.05 | 87 | 0.18 | 34 | 0.07 | 107 | 0.22 | 55 | 0.11 | | | 170 | 0.35 | 49,148 |
| Koura | 8,626 | 14.32 | 1,202 | 1.99 | 11 | 0.02 | 478 | 0.79 | 12,991 | 21.56 | 35,335 | 58.64 | 713 | 1.18 | 99 | 0.16 | 30 | 0.05 | 67 | 0.11 | 32 | 0.05 | 187 | 0.31 | 233 | 0.39 | | | 254 | 0.42 | 60,258 |
| Zgharta | 9,976 | 12.88 | 151 | 0.19 | 11 | 0.01 | 76 | 0.10 | 61,121 | 78.92 | 4,378 | 5.65 | 868 | 1.12 | 135 | 0.17 | 167 | 0.22 | 82 | 0.11 | 45 | 0.06 | 172 | 0.22 | 97 | 0.13 | | | 164 | 0.21 | 77,443 |
| ↑ The Minorities quota includes six different Christian sects Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholic, Latin Catholics, Assyrians, Chaldean Catholics and Copts. ↑ Presumably consisting mainly of individuals whose sectarian affiliation has not been identified and/or individuals not belonging to any of the 18 recognized sects. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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## 2018 election

Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election 4 lists were registered. The "Strong North" list, headed by Gebran Bassil, gathered the Free Patriotic Movement, the Independence Movement, the Future Movement, whilst the "Strong Republic Pulse" gathered the Lebanese Forces, the Kataeb Party and the Democratic Left Movement. The "With Us for the North and Lebanon" gathered the Marada Movement, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and Boutros Harb whilst the civil society list "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) gathered the Movement of Citizens in the State, Sabaa Party and Sah.

### Result by lists

| List | Votes | % of electoral district | Seats | Parties |
| "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | 40,788 | 35.22 | 4 | Harb-Marada-SSNP |
| "Strong Republic Pulse" | 37,376 | 32.28 | 3 | LF-Kataeb-DLM |
| "Strong North" | 33,342 | 28.79 | 3 | FPM-IM |
| "Kulluna Watani" | 3,160 | 2.73 | 0 | Saaba-Citizens in the State |
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### Result by candidate

| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of electoral district | % of preferential votes for sect seat | % of list |
| Gebran Bassil | Maronite (Batroun) | "Strong North" | FPM | 12,269 | 10.60 | 38.36 | 36.80 |
| Tony Franjieh | Maronite (Zgharta) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | Marada | 11,407 | 9.85 | 33.02 | 27.97 |
| Fadi Saad | Maronite (Batroun) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Lebanese Forces | 9,842 | 8.50 | 30.77 | 26.33 |
| Michel Moawad | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Strong North" | Independence Movement | 8,571 | 7.40 | 24.81 | 25.71 |
| Fadi Karam | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Lebanese Forces | 7,822 | 6.75 | 29.72 | 20.93 |
| Strida Geagea | Maronite (Bcharre) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Lebanese Forces | 6,677 | 5.77 | 35.66 | 17.86 |
| Boutros Harb | Maronite (Batroun) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | | 6,155 | 5.32 | 19.24 | 15.09 |
| Joseph Isaac | Maronite (Bcharre) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Lebanese Forces | 5,990 | 5.17 | 31.99 | 16.03 |
| Estephan Douaihy | Maronite (Zgharta) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | Marada | 5,435 | 4.69 | 15.73 | 13.32 |
| Selim Saadeh | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | SSNP | 5,263 | 4.55 | 20.00 | 12.90 |
| Melhem Gibran Touk | Maronite (Bcharre) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | | 4,649 | 4.01 | 24.83 | 11.40 |
| Fayez Ghosn | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | Marada | 4,224 | 3.65 | 16.05 | 10.36 |
| Pierre Raffoul | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Strong North" | FPM | 3,749 | 3.24 | 10.85 | 11.24 |
| George Atallah | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Strong North" | FPM | 3,383 | 2.92 | 12.85 | 10.15 |
| Nicolas Ghosn | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Strong North" | Future | 3,190 | 2.75 | 12.12 | 9.57 |
| Marius Baini | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Lebanese Forces | 2,776 | 2.40 | 8.04 | 7.43 |
| Samer Saada | Maronite (Batroun) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Kataeb | 2,470 | 2.13 | 7.72 | 6.61 |
| Salim Bey Karam | Maronite (Zgharta) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | Marada | 1,590 | 1.37 | 4.60 | 3.90 |
| Said Touq | Maronite (Bcharre) | "Strong North" | FPM | 1,112 | 0.96 | 5.94 | 3.34 |
| Layal Bou Moussa | Maronite (Batroun) | "Kulluna Watani" | Citizens in the State | 952 | 0.82 | 2.98 | 30.13 |
| Abdallah Zakhem | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | | 779 | 0.67 | 2.96 | 1.91 |
| Fadwa Nassif | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Kulluna Watani" | Sabaa | 463 | 0.40 | 1.76 | 14.65 |
| Albert Androus | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Kataeb | 442 | 0.38 | 1.68 | 1.18 |
| Bassam Ghantous | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Kulluna Watani" | Sabaa | 352 | 0.30 | 1.34 | 11.14 |
| George Mansour | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Democratic Left | 305 | 0.26 | 1.16 | 0.82 |
| Riad Ghazala | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 293 | 0.25 | 0.85 | 9.27 |
| Antoine Yamin | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Kulluna Watani" | Sabaa | 243 | 0.21 | 0.70 | 7.69 |
| Michel Douaihy | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | Kataeb | 194 | 0.17 | 0.56 | 0.52 |
| Antonia Ghamra | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 149 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 4.72 |
| Edmond Touk | Maronite (Bcharre) | "Kulluna Watani" | Sabaa | 122 | 0.11 | 0.65 | 3.86 |
| Nemeh Ibrahim | Maronite (Batroun) | "Strong North" | FPM | 118 | 0.10 | 0.37 | 0.35 |
| Jawad Boulos | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Strong North" | Independence Movement | 109 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.33 |
| Greta Saab | Greek Orthodox (Koura) | "Strong North" | FPM | 97 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.29 |
| Antoine Khoury Harb | Maronite (Batroun) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 88 | 0.08 | 0.28 | 2.78 |
| George Boutros | Maronite (Bcharre) | "Strong North" | FPM | 76 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 0.23 |
| Maurice Koura | Maronite (Bcharre) | "Kulluna Watani" | Sabaa | 73 | 0.06 | 0.39 | 2.31 |
| Kayssar Moawad | Maronite (Zgharta) | "Strong Republic Pulse" | | 31 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Rui Issa Khoury | Maronite (Bcharre) | "With Us for the North and Lebanon" | | 25 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
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