page_title: Candidates of the 2018 Lebanese general election
section_title: Bekaa III (Baalbek–Hermel)
hierarchical_section_title: Candidates of the 2018 Lebanese general election / Candidates by electoral district / Bekaa III (Baalbek–Hermel)
caption_attribution_description: English: electoral district (2017 Election Law)
context_page_description: A total of 583 candidates contested the 2018 Lebanese general election, running on 77 lists.
context_section_description: The electorate in the electoral district is predominately Shia (73.3%). 13.3% are Sunni, 7.35% Maronite, 5.36% Greek Catholic and 0.72% Greek Orthodox. In Baalbek–Hermel electoral district 5 lists were registered. The "Hope and Loyalty" list gathers Hezbollah, Amal and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Its main challenger is expected to be the "Dignity and Development" list of the Lebanese Forces and the Future Movement. The Free Patriotic Movement had tried to form a list together with former speaker Hussein el-Husseini, but after el-Husseini pulled out from the electoral fray the alliance broke down and resulted in two separate lists: the "Development and Change" list and the "Independent" list. The Free Patriotic Movement candidates joined the list led by the former regional secretary of the Baath Party, Faiz Shukr.
caption: The Bekaa III electoral district, covering the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate
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