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Lebanese polling stations closed Sunday 19:00 (1600 GMT) after a long day of general elections across the country with a general turnout that reached about 46%. In 2005, the turnout was close to 45%.
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Lebanese voters cast their ballots in the most ‘enthusiastic’ general election in Lebanon’s history. It was the first time that the Lebanese take part in a general election process in just one day. Usually elections were held on four Sundays.
The long process witnessed a massive turnout in the morning hours and then slipped in the afternoon. There were reports that March 14 candidates have instructed their supporters to scratch out some allies on lists in Tripoli, Batroun, Kesserwan, Zghorta and other districts. There were also confirmed reports that some tickets, mainly in Kesserwan, had names of candidates written with a secret ink which causes the name to fade away after a few hours.
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Preliminary results will be available successively until the early hours of Monday after votes in polling stations are counted. Interior Minister Ziad Baroud is expected to announce the official results Monday afternoon.
The 7:00 am to 7:00 pm (0400 GMT to 1600 GMT) vote took place amid heavy security measures. About 50,000 police and soldiers were out in force nationwide to prevent any outbreak of violence between rival camps during the closely-fought election.
Thousands of people, many sporting their party colors, lined up outside polling stations even before the vote opened. There are 3.257 million eligible voters in Lebanon. 2200 local observers more than 200 international observers took part in monitoring elections.
image: Al jazeera
Under Lebanon's power-sharing system, the 128 seats are divided equally between majority Muslims and minority Christians, who make up about a third of the four million population.
Top political posts are also allocated along confessional lines. The president must be a Maronite Christian, the speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim.
source:Al-Manar
Links to Political Parties in Lebanon
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Links for the Lebanese Elections 2009
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Links to Candidates Websites
- Abou Jamra (Greek Orthadox, FPM, March 8 Affiliated List, Beirut 1)
- Fares Souhaid (Maronite, M14 Affiliated List , Jbeil)
- Farid Elias el-Khazen (Maronite, C&R, M8 Affiliated List, Keserwan)
- Farid Haykal el-Khazen (Maronite, M14 Affiliated List, Keserwan)
- Gebran Bassil (Maronite, FPM, M8 Affiliated List, Batroun)
- Ghassan Moukheiber (Roman Orthadox, C&R, M8 Affiliated List, Metn)
- Ibrahim Kanaan (Maronite, FPM, M8 Affiliated List, Metn)
- Imad Hout (Sunni, Affiliated with the Islamic Group, M14 Affiliated List, Beirut III)
- Joesph Maalouf (Greek Orthodox, M14 Affiliated List, Zahle)
- Massoud Ashkar (Maronite, M8 Affiliated List, Beirut 1)
- Michel Moawad (Maronite, M14 Affiliated List, Zgharta)
- Michel Pharaon (Greek Catholic, Future Movement, M14 Affiliated List, Beirut 1)
- Najib Mikati ( Sunni, March 14 Affiliated List, Tripoli)
- Nasrallah Boufadel (Greek Orthodox, Beirut 1)
- Nayla Tueni (Greek Orthodox, M14 Affiliated, Beirut 1)
- Nicolas Sehnaoui (Greek Orthodox, FPM, M8 Affiliated List, Beirut 1)
- Robert Ghanem (Maronite, M14 Affiliated, West Bekka)
- Salah Honein (Maronite, M14 Affiliated, Baabda)
- Walid Maalouf (Greek Catholic, Chouf)
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