# Bekaa II

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 | Sunni | Shia | Shia | Druze | Druze | 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. |
| 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 |
| ↑ 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. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Lebanon Files ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

## 2009 election

Out of 122,989 eligible voters, 65,545 voted (53% participation).
| Seat | March 14 candidates (all elected) | March 14 candidates (all elected) | March 8 candidates | March 8 candidates | Others | Others |
| Sunni | Ziad Qadri | 35,135 | Abdel Rahim Murad (Union Party) | 29,153 | Farouq Dahrouj (Communist Party) | 1,803 |
| Sunni | 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
### 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 | 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 | | |
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### Result by candidate

| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of electoral district | % of preferential votes for sect seat | % of list |
| 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 |
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