2022 Lebanese general election in Mount Lebanon I

2022 Lebanese general election in Mount Lebanon I

15 May 2022
8 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon 4 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.83% (0.28pp )
First party Second party Third party   Leader Samir Geagea Gebran Bassil Hassan Nasrallah Party Lebanese Forces FPM Hezbollah Leader's seat Did not stand Batroun Did not stand Last election 2 4 0 Seats before 2 4 0 Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 0 2 1 Popular vote 22,756 17,577 9,508 Percentage 20.70% 15.50% 8.39% Swing 1.59pp 21.98pp 0.09pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader various Samy Gemayel Party Oct 17 Movement Kataeb Leader's seat Did not stand Metn Last election 0 0 Seats before 0 0 Seats won 0 1 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 4,242 3,477 Percentage 3.74% 3.07% Swing 1.68pp 1.08pp
List voting by region

Voting to elect eight members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Mount Lebanon I district on 15 May 2022, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 182,103 registered voters out of whom 121 693 voted.

Background

The district elects eight members of parliament: seven Maronite Christians and one Shiite Muslim. In 2018, the Free Patriotic Movement and its allies secured four seats, while the Lebanese Forces took two. The remaining two seats went to Farid Haykal Khazen and his allies (aligned with Sleiman Frangieh's Marada Movement), who claimed the Jbeil Shiite seat. Neither the FPM nor Hezbollah won that Shiite seat in 2018, as Hezbollah's list failed to reach the electoral threshold required to enter the district's allocation.

Demographics

The electorate is predominantly Christian; Maronites make up 81.5% (148,462) of the electorate, 11.2% (20,435) Shia, 1.9% (3,423) Greek Orthodox, 1.4% (2,499) Greek Catholic, 1.4% (2,561) Sunni and 2.6% other Christian communities.

Lists and Parties

Ahead of the elections, seven candidate lists were registered in the Keserwan-Jbeil electoral district. Following a national decline in support for the Free Patriotic Movement, the Christian-majority district saw significant realignments, creating a highly competitive battleground between traditional establishment parties, powerful political dynasties, and reform-oriented opposition groups linked to the October 17 Revolution.

head of the elections, seven candidate lists were registered in the Keserwan-Jbeil electoral district. Following a national decline in support for the Free Patriotic Movement, the Christian-majority district saw significant realignments, creating a highly competitive battleground between traditional establishment parties, powerful political dynasties, and reform-oriented opposition groups linked to the October 17 Revolution.

The Free Patriotic Movement entered into a reciprocal agreement with Hezbollah to back its candidate for the district's sole Shiite seat in Jbeil, trading support for an FPM candidate in Baalbek-Hermel. However, the FPM suffered major defections from its 2018 coalition, losing former allies such as prominent businessman Neemat Frem and former general Chamel Roukoz, a son-in-law of President Michel Aoun who split to oppose party leader Gebran Bassil. Meanwhile, the Lebanese Forces fielded a candidate list under the "With You We Can Go All the Way" banner, seeking to capitalize on FPM's losses.

The regional landscape was further shaped by traditional local notables and family blocs. Incumbent MP Farid Haykal Khazen (aligned with Sleiman Frangieh's Marada Movement) formed "The Heart of Independent Lebanon" list alongside Chamel Roukoz and independent local candidates, leveraging historic family influence in Keserwan. Former MP Fares Souaid allied with former MP Mansour el-Bon to field the "Freedom is a Choice" list to challenge establishment party hegemony.

Anti-establishment and reformist groups ran across multiple competing lists rather than a single platform. Neemat Frem spearheaded the "Sarkhet Watan" (A Nation's Cry) list in alliance with the Kataeb Party represented by Salim Sayegh and the National Bloc. Civil society activists aligned with the Forces of Change movement formed the "We Are the Change" list, while Citizens in a State, led by Charbel Nahas, separately fielded its "Capable" list.

Candidates

Name		Maronite							Shiite
	With You We Can Go All the Way (LF)	Ziad Hawat (LF)	Chawki Daccache (LF)	Antoine Sfeir	Habib Barakat	Karen Boustany			Mahmoud Awad
	We Were and Will Remain (FPM and Hezbollah)	Nada Boustani (FPM)	Simon Abi Ramia (FPM)	Antoine Attallah	Imad El Hage	Wassef El Hage			Raed Berro (Hezbollah)
	Sarkhet Watan (Neemat Frem, Kataeb, National Bloc)	Neemat Frem	Salim Sayegh (Kataeb)	Michel Douaihy (National Bloc)	Julie Daccache	Josephine Zgheib			Amir El Mokdad
	The Heart of Independent Lebanon (Farid Haykal Khazen, Chamel Roukoz, Marada)	Farid Haykal Khazen	Chamel Roukoz	Chaker Salameh	Toufic Salloum	Youssef Salameh			Ahmad Mikdadd
	Freedom is a Choice (Fares Souaid, Mansour el-Bon)	Fares Souaid	Mansour el-Bon	Assaad Rachdan	Moussa Zgheib				Talal Mikdad
	We Are the Change (Forces of Change / Oct 17)	Gada Marouni	Rania Bassil	Simon Sfeir	Ziad Khalifa				Mahmoud Awad
	Capable (MMFD)	Charbel Al Hage	Dominique Hage	Hiba Nader					Hasan El Mokdad
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Results

Result of the diaspora vote in Mount Lebanon I

Party / Group	2018		2022
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Lebanese Forces	813	31.52%	2,246	27.79%
Free Patriotic Movement	990	38.39%	949	11.74%
Hezbollah	114	4.42%	232	2.87%
Kataeb	49	1.9%	354	4.38%
Anti-establishment	134	5.2%	1,071	13.25%
Other	479	18.57%	3,231	39.97%
Total Lebanese diaspora population voting in Mount Lebanon I	2,579	100%	8,083	100%

List	Votes	%	Seats	Members elected	Parties
"With You We Can Go All the Way"	27,939	23.73%	2	Ziad Hawat, Chawki Daccache	Lebanese Forces
"Sarkhet Watan"	25,713	21.84%	2	Neemat Frem, Salim Sayegh	Independents-Kataeb-National Bloc
"We Were and Will Remain"	34,192	29.04%	3	Nada Boustani, Simon Abi Ramia, Raed Berro	FPM-Hezbollah
"The Heart of Independent Lebanon"	14,979	12.68%	1	Farid Haykal Khazen	Marada-Independents
"Freedom is a Choice"	11,292	9.59%	0	none	Independents
"We Are the Change"	1,681	1.43%	0	none	Forces of Change
"Capable"	1,926	1.64%	0	none	MMFD
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