# North II

North II (Arabic: دائرة الشمال الثانية) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 11 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 8 Sunni, 1 Alawite, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Maronite. The constituency contains three 'minor districts', Tripoli (corresponding to Tripoli District), Miniyeh and Danniyeh (the latter two corresponding to the Miniyeh-Danniyeh District). The Tripoli 'minor district' elects 5 Sunnis, 1 Alawite, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Maronite parliamentarian, the Miniyeh 'minor district' elects 1 Sunni and the Danniyeh 'minor district' elects 2 Sunni parliamentarians.
Under the previous electoral law, Tripoli and Miniyeh-Danniyeh constituted two different constituencies.

## Electorate

The electorate is predominately Sunni (82.91%), with significant minorities of Greek Orthodox (6.24%), Alawites (6.04%) and Maronites (3.5%). 0.51% of the electorate are Armenian Orthodox, 0.32% Armenian Catholics and 0.59% belong to other Christian communities.
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. |
| Miniyeh-Danniyeh | 101,971 | 85.93 | 312 | 0.26 | 3 | 0.00 | 74 | 0.06 | 7,449 | 6.28 | 8,171 | 6.89 | 176 | 0.15 | 16 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.01 | 17 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.01 | 37 | 0.03 | 42 | 0.04 | | | 390 | 0.33 | 118,671 |
| Tripoli | 182,552 | 81.27 | 2,718 | 1.21 | 33 | 0.01 | 15,806 | 7.04 | 5,247 | 2.34 | 12,075 | 5.38 | 1,477 | 0.66 | 1,751 | 0.78 | 265 | 0.12 | 300 | 0.13 | 215 | 0.10 | 540 | 0.24 | 583 | 0.26 | 38 | 0.02 | 1,019 | 0.45 | 224,619 |
| ↑ 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. ↑ The Miniyeh-Danniyeh qada was split into two separate minor districts within the North II electoral district under the 2017 vote law. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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## 2018 election

With the new election law in place, the heavyweights of Tripoli politics went in different directions. Justifying the decision to head to the polls alone, the Future Movement general secretary Ahmed Hariri stated that "[w]e will form our own list because we came to understand that a lot of people had taken advantage of us...". In Dennieh, the 28-year old Sami Fatfat overtook his father Ahmad Fatfat's mantle as the Future Movement candidate. Mohammad Safadi opted to stay out of the electoral race, calling for support to the Future list. Safadi announced his decision at a press conference at the Safadi Cultural Center.
All in all, 8 lists were registered in the second northern electoral district; the "Determination" list of former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the Future Movement list, a list led by Ashraf Rifi, the "National Dignity" list (alliance between Faisal Karami and Jihad Samad, with participation of Al-Ahbash and Marada Movement), the "People's Decision" list (alliance between Free Patriotic Movement and Kamal Kheir, joined by independents), the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list (Sabaa Party, Movement of Citizens in the State, Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party, Resistance Movement and independents), the "Independent Decision" list (alliance between al-Jamaa al-Islamiah, ex-parliamentarian Mesbah Ahdab and independents) and the "Independent Civil Society" list (independents).
Mikati launched his "Determination" list at an electoral meeting at the Quality Inn Hotel in Tripoli on March 18, 2018. Amongst his candidates were former minister Jean Obeid and Nicolas Nahas and incumbent Future parliamentarian Kazim Kheir. Kheir was denied the Minnieh spot on the Future Movement list, a move that pushed him to join the Mikati list instead.

### Result by lists

| List | Votes | % of electoral district | Seats | Members elected | Parties |
| "Future for the North" | 51,937 | 35.47 | 5 | Alameddine, Kabbara, Jisr, Fatfat, Jamali | Future |
| "Determination" | 42,019 | 28.70 | 4 | Mikati, Darwish, Obeid, Nahas | Azm Movement |
| "National Dignity" | 29,101 | 19.88 | 2 | Samad, Karami | Karami-Ahbash-Marada |
| "Sovereign Lebanon" | 9,656 | 6.59 | 0 | | Rifi |
| "Independent Decision" | 4,184 | 2.86 | 0 | | Ahdab-JI |
| "People's Decision" | 4,122 | 2.82 | 0 | | FPM-Kheir |
| "Kulluna Watani" | 2,680 | 1.83 | 0 | | Civil society-Lebanon Vanguard |
| "Independent Civil Society" | 448 | 0.31 | 0 | | |
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### Result by candidate

| Name | Sect | List | Party | Votes | % of electoral district | % of preferential votes for sect seat | % of list |
| Najib Mikati | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 21,300 | 14.55 | 29.78 | 50.69 |
| Jihad Samad | Sunni (Dennieh) | "National Dignity" | | 11,897 | 8.13 | 36.45 | 40.88 |
| Osman Alameddine | Sunni (Minnieh) | "Future for the North" | Future | 10,221 | 6.98 | 50.59 | 19.68 |
| Mohammad Kabbara | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 9,600 | 6.56 | 13.42 | 18.48 |
| Samir Jisr | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 9,527 | 6.51 | 13.32 | 18.34 |
| Sami Fatfat | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Future for the North" | Future | 7,943 | 5.42 | 24.33 | 15.29 |
| Faisal Karami | Sunni (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | Dignity Movement | 7,126 | 4.87 | 9.96 | 24.49 |
| Kazim Kheir | Sunni (Minnieh) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 6,754 | 4.61 | 33.43 | 16.07 |
| Qassem Abdel Aziz | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Future for the North" | Future | 6,382 | 4.36 | 19.55 | 12.29 |
| Ashraf Rifi | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 5,931 | 4.05 | 8.29 | 61.42 |
| Taha Naji | Sunni (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | Al-Ahbash | 4,152 | 2.84 | 5.80 | 14.27 |
| Mohammed Fadhil | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 4,006 | 2.74 | 12.27 | 9.53 |
| Ahmed Mahmoud Omran | Alawite (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | | 2,794 | 1.91 | 45.12 | 9.60 |
| Alawi Darwish | Alawite (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 2,246 | 1.53 | 36.27 | 5.35 |
| Kamal Kheir | Sunni (Minnieh) | "People's Decision" | | 2,128 | 1.45 | 10.53 | 51.63 |
| Dima Jamali | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 2,066 | 1.41 | 2.89 | 3.98 |
| Wasim Alwan | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Independent Decision" | al-Jama'a al-Islamiah | 2,000 | 1.37 | 2.80 | 47.80 |
| Mohamed Nadim Jisr | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 1,477 | 1.01 | 2.06 | 3.52 |
| Rafli Anton Diab | Maronite (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | Marada | 1,286 | 0.88 | 30.06 | 4.42 |
| Jean Obeid | Maronite (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 1,136 | 0.78 | 26.55 | 2.70 |
| Chadi Nachabe | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 1,135 | 0.78 | 1.59 | 2.19 |
| Nicolas Nahas | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 1,057 | 0.72 | 41.91 | 2.52 |
| Walid Sawalhi | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 994 | 0.68 | 1.39 | 1.91 |
| Yehia Mawloud | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 909 | 0.62 | 1.27 | 33.92 |
| Mesbah Ahdab | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Independent Decision" | | 908 | 0.62 | 1.27 | 21.70 |
| George Bkassini | Maronite (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 903 | 0.62 | 21.11 | 1.74 |
| Nima Mahfoud | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 800 | 0.55 | 31.72 | 1.54 |
| Rashid Mokhtam | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 746 | 0.51 | 1.04 | 1.78 |
| Tony Maroni | Maronite (Tripoli) | "People's Decision" | FPM | 675 | 0.46 | 15.78 | 16.38 |
| Oussama Amoun | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 644 | 0.44 | 1.97 | 6.67 |
| Ali Ayoubi | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 609 | 0.42 | 0.85 | 6.31 |
| Ragheb Raad | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 537 | 0.37 | 1.65 | 5.56 |
| Adel Zreika | Sunni (Minnieh) | "National Dignity" | Dignity Movement) | 494 | 0.34 | 2.45 | 1.70 |
| Farah Issa | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 452 | 0.31 | 17.92 | 16.87 |
| Mirfat Hawz | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 452 | 0.31 | 0.63 | 1.08 |
| Leila Chahoud | Alawite (Tripoli) | "Future for the North" | Future | 443 | 0.30 | 7.15 | 0.85 |
| Walid Masri | Sunni (Minnieh) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 344 | 0.23 | 1.70 | 3.56 |
| Abdel Salam Trad | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Independent Decision" | | 322 | 0.22 | 0.99 | 7.70 |
| Malek Moulawi | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 299 | 0.20 | 0.42 | 11.16 |
| Dany Othman | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 297 | 0.20 | 0.91 | 11.08 |
| Mahmoud Shehadeh | Alawite (Tripoli) | "People's Decision" | | 282 | 0.19 | 4.55 | 6.84 |
| Tawfiq Sultan | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 281 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.67 |
| Badr Eid | Alawite (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 277 | 0.19 | 4.47 | 2.87 |
| Mohamed Salhab | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 269 | 0.18 | 0.38 | 2.79 |
| Jamal Badawi | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 258 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 57.59 |
| Mohammed Walid Qamaruddin | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 249 | 0.17 | 0.35 | 2.58 |
| Ali Hermoush | Sunni (Dennieh) | "People's Decision" | | 229 | 0.16 | 0.70 | 5.56 |
| Abdel Nasser Masri | Sunni (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | Lebanese People's Congress | 215 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.74 |
| Mohamed Ahmed | Sunni (Minnieh) | "Independent Decision" | | 199 | 0.14 | 0.98 | 4.76 |
| Khaled Tadmori | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 199 | 0.14 | 0.28 | 2.06 |
| Khalid Roumieh | Sunni (Tripoli) | "People's Decision" | | 192 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 4.66 |
| Ahmed Shandab | Sunni (Dennieh) | "People's Decision" | | 146 | 0.10 | 0.45 | 3.54 |
| Jihad Yusuf | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Determination" | Azm Movement | 131 | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.31 |
| Mohammad Monzer Maaliki | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | Lebanon Vanguard | 131 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 4.89 |
| Tony Khalifa | Maronite (Tripoli) | "Independent Decision" | | 129 | 0.09 | 3.02 | 3.08 |
| Mohammed Safouh Yakan | Sunni (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | National Gathering | 127 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.44 |
| Nariman Chamaa | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 111 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 4.14 |
| Moussa Khoury | Maronite (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 106 | 0.07 | 2.48 | 3.96 |
| Ayman Nouruddin Omar | Sunni (Tripoli) | "National Dignity" | | 99 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.34 |
| Wathek Moukaddam | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 97 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 3.62 |
| George Jalad | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 86 | 0.06 | 3.41 | 0.89 |
| Ali Farouk Samad | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Independent Decision" | | 84 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 2.01 |
| Hisham Ibrahim (Al Moaie) | Alawite (Tripoli) | "Independent Decision" | | 68 | 0.05 | 1.10 | 1.63 |
| Nastas Koshary | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "People's Decision" | | 52 | 0.04 | 2.06 | 1.26 |
| Ahmed Douhaiby | Sunni (Minnieh) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 51 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 1.90 |
| Hassan Hassan Khalil | Alawite (Tripoli) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 47 | 0.03 | 0.76 | 10.49 |
| Menzeh Sawan | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "Independent Decision" | | 43 | 0.03 | 1.70 | 1.03 |
| Halim Zani | Maronite (Tripoli) | "Sovereign Lebanon" | Rifi Bloc | 43 | 0.03 | 1.01 | 0.45 |
| Nariman Jamal | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Independent Decision" | | 41 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.98 |
| Zeinelddine Dib | Alawite (Tripoli) | "Kulluna Watani" | | 36 | 0.02 | 0.58 | 1.34 |
| Fadi Jamal | Greek Orthodox (Tripoli) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 32 | 0.02 | 1.27 | 7.14 |
| Heba Naja | Sunni (Tripoli) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 27 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 6.03 |
| Ayman Jamal | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 18 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 4.02 |
| Abdallah Rifai | Sunni (Minnieh) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 13 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 2.90 |
| Samah Arja | Sunni (Dennieh) | "Independent Civil Society" | | 5 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 1.12 |
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