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Lebanese minister announces results of Mount Lebanon, Al-Biqa elections
Tele-Liban TV, Beirut
13 Jun 05
The Lebanese Interior Minister, Hasan al-Sab, announced the official
results of the third round of the Lebanese parliamentary elections
at news conference on 13 June. The Beirut-based Tele-Liban channel
carried the news conference live.
The minister began the news conference by saying that the number
of contested seats in this round had totalled 58. He said that the
third round had been different from the two previous ones in that
there were numerous lists for currents, parties and active figures
in political life. There had been an atmosphere of "enthusiasm and
strong competition between candidates, leading to a significant rise
in the voter turnout, compared to previous rounds," he said.
The election proceeded "as planned" and in a "normal and democratic
atmosphere", and although "some limited problems occurred, they were
immediately tackled by the security forces, which put an end to them
and apprehended the culprits. But, these problems did not affect
the election process or hamper its progress," Minister Al-Sab said,
adding "The Complaints Committee in the Interior Ministry received
several complaints from civilians about some persons bribing voters in
different areas. The Interior Ministry ordered the competent security
forces to investigate these cases immediately and take legal action
against the perpetrators".
"As for the administrative complaints," the minister said, "they were
generally of an ordinary nature and were tackled immediately. Despite
the strong competition and the massive turnout, we noticed that the
charges made by some parties and candidates against the Interior
Ministry before the voting had vanished completely."
The minister then read out the "final official results" of the
elections held in Mount Lebanon and Al-Biqa Governorates, as follows:
"First Mount Lebanon constituency, which includes Jubayl and
Kasrawan: Total number of seats eight. Jubayl: One Shi'i and two
Maronites. Kasrawan: Five Maronites. Number of candidates in the
constituency 59, number of [eligible] voters 157,100, number of
[actual] voters 98,665, invalid ballots 405 and valid votes 98,260.
"Jubayl: Shi'i, one seat
"Winner: Abbas Husayn Hashim 62,294 votes".
The minister said: "We will not mention all the losers but the main
ones, as there were many names and unofficial withdrawals".
The minister then continued:
"Jubayl: Maronite, two seats
"Winners: Walid Najib al-Khuri 56,840 votes and Shamil Yusuf Muzaya
51,678 votes".
"Kasrawan: Maronite, five seats
"Winners: Michel Na'im Awn 67,432 votes, Joseph Hanna Khalil 61,840
votes, Ni'matallah Faris Abi-Nasir 59,738 votes, Farid Ilyas al-Khazin
56,719 votes and Gilbert Maurice Zuwayn 52,376 votes".
"Second Mount Lebanon constituency, Al-Matn. Total number of seats
eight: Four Maronites, one Greek Catholic, two Greek Orthodox and
one Armenian Orthodox. Number of candidates in the constituency 31,
number of [eligible] voters 163,069, number of [actual] voters 83,502,
invalid ballots 500 and valid votes 83,002.
"Al-Matn: Maronite, four seats.
"Winners: Ibrahim Yusuf Kan'an 56,840 votes, Salim Emile Salhab 54,776
votes, Nabil Sab Nicola 42,872 votes and Pierre Amin al-Jumayyil
29,421 votes".
According to the minister, the losers in this group included opposition
leader Nasib Salim Lahhud 27,565 votes.
The minister went on:
"Al-Matn: Greek Catholic, one seat
"Winner: Edgar Fu'ad Ma'luf 55,017 votes".
"Al-Matn: Greek Orthodox, two seats
"Winners: Ghassan Emile Mukhaybar 56,906 votes and Michel Ilyas
Al-Murr 48,662 votes".
"Al-Matn: Armenian Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Hagop Ohannes Hagop Bakoradonian 53,272 votes".
"Third Mount Lebanon constituency, including Ba'abdah and Alayh:
Total number of seats 11. Ba'abdah: Two Shi'is, one Druze and three
Maronites. Alayh: Two Druze, two Maronites and one Greek Orthodox.
Number of candidates in the constituency 38, number of [eligible]
voters 251,764, number of [actual] voters 137,915, invalid ballots
883 and valid ballots 137,032.
"Ba'abdah: Shi'i, two seats
"Winners: Ali Fadl Ammar 74,892 votes and Basim Ahmad al-Sab 71,531
votes".
"Ba'abdah: Druze, one seat
"Winner: Ayman Shawkat Shuqayr 68,968 votes".
"Ba'abdah: Maronite, three seats
"Winners: Edmond Wadi Na'im 71,453 votes, Antoine Tawfiq Ghanim 70,946
votes and Abdallah Victor Farhat 69,440 votes".
"Alayh: Druze, two seats
"Winners: Akram Husayn Shuhayyib 70,085 votes and Faysal Afif al-Sayigh
69,103 votes".
According to the minister, the main losers include Talal Majid Arsalan
65,392 votes.
"Alayh: Maronite, two seats
"Winners: Henry Pierre al-Hilu 69,637 votes and Fu'ad Raji al-Sa'd
69,567 votes".
"Alayh: Greek Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Antoine Maurice Andraus 69,748 votes".
"Fourth Mount Lebanon constituency, including Al-Shuf: Total number
of seats eight: Two Sunnis, two Druze, three Maronites and one Greek
Catholic. Number of candidates in the constituency 16, number of
[eligible] voters 165, 803, number of [actual] voters 82,164, invalid
ballots 1,899 and valid votes 80,265".
"Al-Shuf: Sunni, two seats
"Winners: Muhammad Qasim Rashid al-Hajjar 57,104 votes and Ala-al-Din
Khudur Turru 54,861 votes".
"Al-Shuf: Druze, two seats
"Winners: Walid Kamal Bey Junblatt, unopposed and Marwan Muhammad
Hamadah, unopposed".
"Al-Shuf: Maronite, three seats
"Winners: Nabil Majid al-Bustani 53,543 votes, Elie Michel Awn 52,075
votes and George Jamil Adwan 51,701 votes".
"Al-Shuf: Greek Catholic, one seat
"Winner: Ni'mah Yusuf Tu'mah 57,358 votes".
"First Al-Biqa constituency, including Ba'labakk and Al-Hirmil,
total number of seats 10: Two Sunnis, Six Shi'is, one Maronite and
one Greek Catholic. Number of candidates in constituency 38, number of
[eligible] votes 233,919, number of [actual] voters 122,843, invalid
ballots 556 and valid votes 122,287
"Ba'labakk-Al-Hirmil: Sunni, two seats
"Winners: Isma'il Muhammad Sukkariyah 87,612 votes and Kamil Muhammad
al-Rifa'i with 86,016 votes"
"Ba'labakk-Al-Hirmil: Shi'i, six seats
"Winners: Ali Muhammad Salman Bashir al-Miqdad 86,815 votes, Husayn
Ali al-Hajj Hassan 86,262 votes, Jamal Ali al-Taqish 84,727 votes,
Ghazi Muhammad Zu'aytir 81,733 votes, Nawwar Muhammad al-Sahili 81,502
votes and Husayn Ali al-Husayni 78,945 votes".
"Ba'labakk-Al-Hirmil: Maronites, one seat
"Winner: Nadir Najib Sukkar 82,574 votes".
"Ba'albakk-Al-Hirmil: Greek Catholic: one Seat
"Winner: Marwan Faris Faris 80,538 votes".
"Second Al-Biqa constituency, Zahlah. "Total number of seats seven: One
Sunni, one Shi'i, one Maronite, two Greek Catholic, one Greek Orthodox
and one Armenian Orthodox. Number of candidates in the constituency 52,
number of [eligible] votes 141,226, number of [actual] voters 69,488,
invalid ballots 489 and valid votes 68,999".
"Zahlah: Sunni, one seat
"Winner: Asim Fayiz Araji 31,418 votes".
"Zahlah: Shi'i, one seat
"Winner: Hasan Muhammad Ya'qub 31,920 votes".
"Zahlah: Maronites, one seat
"Winner: Salim George Awn 36,408 votes".
"Zahlah: Greek Catholic, two seats
"Winners: Elias Joseph Skaf 38,035 votes and Nicola Michel Fattush
31,111 votes".
"Zahlah: Greek Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Camile Khalil al-Ma'luf 31,108 votes".
"Zahlah: Armenian Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: George Abdin Kasarji 35,065 votes".
"Third Al-Biqa constituency, including western Al-Biqa and Rashayya.
Total number of seats six: Two Sunnis, one Shi'i, one Druze, one
Maronite and one Greek Orthodox.
Total number of candidates 29, number of [eligible] voters 112,334,
number of [actual] voters 50,043, invalid ballots 406 and valid
votes 49,637.
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Two Sunnis
"Winners: Ahmad Muhammad Fattuh 25,767 votes and Jamal Salim Jarrah
25,682 votes".
"Western al-Biqa and Sharayya: Shi'i, one seat
"Winner: Nasir Muslim Nasrallah 26,120 votes".
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Druze, one seat
"Winner: Wa'il Wahbi Abu-Fa'ur 27,651 votes"
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Maronite, one seat
"Winner: Robert Iskandar Ghanim 29,923 votes".
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Greek Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Antoine Nicola Sa'd 25,984 votes".
According to the minister, the main losers include former deputy
parliamentary Speaker Elie Najib Firzli 17,595 votes.
Replying to a question by a reporter, Minister Al-Sab said that
the former deputy, Khalil al-Harawi, had lodged a complaint with
the ministry about "bribes" in Al-Biqa and it was referred to the
Complaints Committee. The committee asked him for names, but he could
not produce any, the minister said.
Bribes were reported in the Ba'abdah-Alayh constituency, but the
Complaints Committee did not receive any official complaint, Minister
Al-Sab added.
Responing to a question, Minister Al-Sab said that the Ministry would
give the full statistics to any candidate after 20 June.
Replying to anaother question, Minister Al-Sab said that none of the
European committee of the election observers had contacted him on
any issue so far. he added that "we had signed a code of conduct"
with the Europeans on their rights and duties.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Tele-Liban TV, Beirut
13 Jun 05
The Lebanese Interior Minister, Hasan al-Sab, announced the official
results of the third round of the Lebanese parliamentary elections
at news conference on 13 June. The Beirut-based Tele-Liban channel
carried the news conference live.
The minister began the news conference by saying that the number
of contested seats in this round had totalled 58. He said that the
third round had been different from the two previous ones in that
there were numerous lists for currents, parties and active figures
in political life. There had been an atmosphere of "enthusiasm and
strong competition between candidates, leading to a significant rise
in the voter turnout, compared to previous rounds," he said.
The election proceeded "as planned" and in a "normal and democratic
atmosphere", and although "some limited problems occurred, they were
immediately tackled by the security forces, which put an end to them
and apprehended the culprits. But, these problems did not affect
the election process or hamper its progress," Minister Al-Sab said,
adding "The Complaints Committee in the Interior Ministry received
several complaints from civilians about some persons bribing voters in
different areas. The Interior Ministry ordered the competent security
forces to investigate these cases immediately and take legal action
against the perpetrators".
"As for the administrative complaints," the minister said, "they were
generally of an ordinary nature and were tackled immediately. Despite
the strong competition and the massive turnout, we noticed that the
charges made by some parties and candidates against the Interior
Ministry before the voting had vanished completely."
The minister then read out the "final official results" of the
elections held in Mount Lebanon and Al-Biqa Governorates, as follows:
"First Mount Lebanon constituency, which includes Jubayl and
Kasrawan: Total number of seats eight. Jubayl: One Shi'i and two
Maronites. Kasrawan: Five Maronites. Number of candidates in the
constituency 59, number of [eligible] voters 157,100, number of
[actual] voters 98,665, invalid ballots 405 and valid votes 98,260.
"Jubayl: Shi'i, one seat
"Winner: Abbas Husayn Hashim 62,294 votes".
The minister said: "We will not mention all the losers but the main
ones, as there were many names and unofficial withdrawals".
The minister then continued:
"Jubayl: Maronite, two seats
"Winners: Walid Najib al-Khuri 56,840 votes and Shamil Yusuf Muzaya
51,678 votes".
"Kasrawan: Maronite, five seats
"Winners: Michel Na'im Awn 67,432 votes, Joseph Hanna Khalil 61,840
votes, Ni'matallah Faris Abi-Nasir 59,738 votes, Farid Ilyas al-Khazin
56,719 votes and Gilbert Maurice Zuwayn 52,376 votes".
"Second Mount Lebanon constituency, Al-Matn. Total number of seats
eight: Four Maronites, one Greek Catholic, two Greek Orthodox and
one Armenian Orthodox. Number of candidates in the constituency 31,
number of [eligible] voters 163,069, number of [actual] voters 83,502,
invalid ballots 500 and valid votes 83,002.
"Al-Matn: Maronite, four seats.
"Winners: Ibrahim Yusuf Kan'an 56,840 votes, Salim Emile Salhab 54,776
votes, Nabil Sab Nicola 42,872 votes and Pierre Amin al-Jumayyil
29,421 votes".
According to the minister, the losers in this group included opposition
leader Nasib Salim Lahhud 27,565 votes.
The minister went on:
"Al-Matn: Greek Catholic, one seat
"Winner: Edgar Fu'ad Ma'luf 55,017 votes".
"Al-Matn: Greek Orthodox, two seats
"Winners: Ghassan Emile Mukhaybar 56,906 votes and Michel Ilyas
Al-Murr 48,662 votes".
"Al-Matn: Armenian Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Hagop Ohannes Hagop Bakoradonian 53,272 votes".
"Third Mount Lebanon constituency, including Ba'abdah and Alayh:
Total number of seats 11. Ba'abdah: Two Shi'is, one Druze and three
Maronites. Alayh: Two Druze, two Maronites and one Greek Orthodox.
Number of candidates in the constituency 38, number of [eligible]
voters 251,764, number of [actual] voters 137,915, invalid ballots
883 and valid ballots 137,032.
"Ba'abdah: Shi'i, two seats
"Winners: Ali Fadl Ammar 74,892 votes and Basim Ahmad al-Sab 71,531
votes".
"Ba'abdah: Druze, one seat
"Winner: Ayman Shawkat Shuqayr 68,968 votes".
"Ba'abdah: Maronite, three seats
"Winners: Edmond Wadi Na'im 71,453 votes, Antoine Tawfiq Ghanim 70,946
votes and Abdallah Victor Farhat 69,440 votes".
"Alayh: Druze, two seats
"Winners: Akram Husayn Shuhayyib 70,085 votes and Faysal Afif al-Sayigh
69,103 votes".
According to the minister, the main losers include Talal Majid Arsalan
65,392 votes.
"Alayh: Maronite, two seats
"Winners: Henry Pierre al-Hilu 69,637 votes and Fu'ad Raji al-Sa'd
69,567 votes".
"Alayh: Greek Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Antoine Maurice Andraus 69,748 votes".
"Fourth Mount Lebanon constituency, including Al-Shuf: Total number
of seats eight: Two Sunnis, two Druze, three Maronites and one Greek
Catholic. Number of candidates in the constituency 16, number of
[eligible] voters 165, 803, number of [actual] voters 82,164, invalid
ballots 1,899 and valid votes 80,265".
"Al-Shuf: Sunni, two seats
"Winners: Muhammad Qasim Rashid al-Hajjar 57,104 votes and Ala-al-Din
Khudur Turru 54,861 votes".
"Al-Shuf: Druze, two seats
"Winners: Walid Kamal Bey Junblatt, unopposed and Marwan Muhammad
Hamadah, unopposed".
"Al-Shuf: Maronite, three seats
"Winners: Nabil Majid al-Bustani 53,543 votes, Elie Michel Awn 52,075
votes and George Jamil Adwan 51,701 votes".
"Al-Shuf: Greek Catholic, one seat
"Winner: Ni'mah Yusuf Tu'mah 57,358 votes".
"First Al-Biqa constituency, including Ba'labakk and Al-Hirmil,
total number of seats 10: Two Sunnis, Six Shi'is, one Maronite and
one Greek Catholic. Number of candidates in constituency 38, number of
[eligible] votes 233,919, number of [actual] voters 122,843, invalid
ballots 556 and valid votes 122,287
"Ba'labakk-Al-Hirmil: Sunni, two seats
"Winners: Isma'il Muhammad Sukkariyah 87,612 votes and Kamil Muhammad
al-Rifa'i with 86,016 votes"
"Ba'labakk-Al-Hirmil: Shi'i, six seats
"Winners: Ali Muhammad Salman Bashir al-Miqdad 86,815 votes, Husayn
Ali al-Hajj Hassan 86,262 votes, Jamal Ali al-Taqish 84,727 votes,
Ghazi Muhammad Zu'aytir 81,733 votes, Nawwar Muhammad al-Sahili 81,502
votes and Husayn Ali al-Husayni 78,945 votes".
"Ba'labakk-Al-Hirmil: Maronites, one seat
"Winner: Nadir Najib Sukkar 82,574 votes".
"Ba'albakk-Al-Hirmil: Greek Catholic: one Seat
"Winner: Marwan Faris Faris 80,538 votes".
"Second Al-Biqa constituency, Zahlah. "Total number of seats seven: One
Sunni, one Shi'i, one Maronite, two Greek Catholic, one Greek Orthodox
and one Armenian Orthodox. Number of candidates in the constituency 52,
number of [eligible] votes 141,226, number of [actual] voters 69,488,
invalid ballots 489 and valid votes 68,999".
"Zahlah: Sunni, one seat
"Winner: Asim Fayiz Araji 31,418 votes".
"Zahlah: Shi'i, one seat
"Winner: Hasan Muhammad Ya'qub 31,920 votes".
"Zahlah: Maronites, one seat
"Winner: Salim George Awn 36,408 votes".
"Zahlah: Greek Catholic, two seats
"Winners: Elias Joseph Skaf 38,035 votes and Nicola Michel Fattush
31,111 votes".
"Zahlah: Greek Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Camile Khalil al-Ma'luf 31,108 votes".
"Zahlah: Armenian Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: George Abdin Kasarji 35,065 votes".
"Third Al-Biqa constituency, including western Al-Biqa and Rashayya.
Total number of seats six: Two Sunnis, one Shi'i, one Druze, one
Maronite and one Greek Orthodox.
Total number of candidates 29, number of [eligible] voters 112,334,
number of [actual] voters 50,043, invalid ballots 406 and valid
votes 49,637.
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Two Sunnis
"Winners: Ahmad Muhammad Fattuh 25,767 votes and Jamal Salim Jarrah
25,682 votes".
"Western al-Biqa and Sharayya: Shi'i, one seat
"Winner: Nasir Muslim Nasrallah 26,120 votes".
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Druze, one seat
"Winner: Wa'il Wahbi Abu-Fa'ur 27,651 votes"
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Maronite, one seat
"Winner: Robert Iskandar Ghanim 29,923 votes".
"Western Al-Biqa and Rashayya: Greek Orthodox, one seat
"Winner: Antoine Nicola Sa'd 25,984 votes".
According to the minister, the main losers include former deputy
parliamentary Speaker Elie Najib Firzli 17,595 votes.
Replying to a question by a reporter, Minister Al-Sab said that
the former deputy, Khalil al-Harawi, had lodged a complaint with
the ministry about "bribes" in Al-Biqa and it was referred to the
Complaints Committee. The committee asked him for names, but he could
not produce any, the minister said.
Bribes were reported in the Ba'abdah-Alayh constituency, but the
Complaints Committee did not receive any official complaint, Minister
Al-Sab added.
Responing to a question, Minister Al-Sab said that the Ministry would
give the full statistics to any candidate after 20 June.
Replying to anaother question, Minister Al-Sab said that none of the
European committee of the election observers had contacted him on
any issue so far. he added that "we had signed a code of conduct"
with the Europeans on their rights and duties.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress