Beirut statistics for candidates, districts in Lebanese parliamentary
elections
Quotes package from BBC Monitoring
27 May 05
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) carried the following
statistical report on 27 May highlighting details of the first leg of
the 2005 Lebanese parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 29
May in Beirut ‘s three electoral districts:
The first phase of Lebanon’s 2005 parliamentary elections will begin
in the governorate of Beirut on Sunday 29 May, with the polling
process scheduled to start at 0700 [0400 gmt] and to end at 1800 [1500
gmt].
Beirut city governorate
· ·Total number of polling stations: 780
· ·Number of voters: 420,630
· Number of parliamentary seats: 19
Number of voters on the basis of sects distributed over three electoral
districts in Beirut
Sunni Muslim: 181,687
Shi’i Muslim: 57,029
Armenian Orthodox: 47,169
Roman Orthodox: 42,287
Maronites: 24,711
Roman Catholic: 18,723
Armenian Catholic: 9,682
Syriac Catholic: 8,232
Latin: 5,822
Israeli: 5,534
Syriac Orthodox: 5,246
Druze: 5,073
Armenian Protestant: 3,720
Protestant: 3,190
Chaldean Catholic: 1,364
Assyrian: 387
Chaldean: 229
Alawite: 215
Sabbath Adventist: 177
Chaldean Orthodox: 111
Baha’i: 33
Evangelical: 8
Miscellaneous: 1
Beirut first electoral district
· ·Number of voters: 135,899
· ·Number of parliamentary seats: 6 (2 Sunni), (1 Maronite), (1 Roman
Catholic), (1 Roman Orthodox), (1 Evangelical)
· ·Number of polling stations: 257
Number of voters distributed per district
Al-Ashrafiyah: 51,933
Al-Mazra’a: 74,340
Al-Sayfi: 9,566
Uncontested winners of parliamentary seats in Beirut ‘s first district
Solanje Louis Tutanji (Maronite seat)
Michel Pierre Far’un (Roman Orthodox seat)
Basim Ramzi al-Shab (Evangelical seat)
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in Beirut ‘s first district
(2 Sunni seats): Sa’d al-Din Rafiq al-Hariri, Ammar Umar al-Huri, Jihad Munir
al-Danna, Ahmad Muhammad Dabbagh.
(1 Roman Orthodox seat): Jacques Jean Elie Tamir Tamir, Jubran Ghassan
Tuwayni, Khalil Emile Birmanah.
Beirut second electoral district
· ·Number of voters: 137,466
· ·Number of parliamentary seats: 6 (2 Sunni), (1 Shi’i), (1 Roman
Orthodox), (1 Minorities), (1 Armenian Orthodox)
· ·Number of polling stations: 250
Number of voters distributed per district
Al-Msaytbih: 63,132
Al-Bashurah: 45,262
Al-Rmayl: 29,072
Uncontested winners of parliamentary seats in Beirut ‘s second district
Yeghia Jerijian (Armenian Orthodox seat)
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in Beirut ‘s second district
(2 Sunni seats): Walid Ahmad Ido, Bahij Bahij Tabbarah, Adnan Ahmad Arqaji,
Ahmad Yusif Yasin, Nabilah Muhammad Sa’b, Ibrahim Muhammad Dallal al-Halabi,
Zuhayr Ibrahim al-Khatib, Badr Rachid al-Hajj Badr al-Tabish.
(1 Shi’i seat): Amin Muhammad Shari, Ibrahim Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, Ali
Rachid Shahrur, Salah-al-Din Nizam Asayran.
(1 Roman Orthodox seat): Atif Saliba Majdalani, Najah Anis Wakim.
(1 Minorities seat): Nabil Musa De Frayj, Raymond George Asmar.
Beirut third electoral district
· ·Number of voters: 147,265
· ·Number of parliamentary seats: 7 (2 Sunni), (1 Shi’i), (1 Armenian
Catholic), (1 Druze), (2 Armenian Orthodox)
· ·Number of polling stations: 273
Number of voters distributed per district
Dar al-Mraysih: 10,621
Ra’s Beirut: 30,062
Zuqaq al-Blatt: 42,663
Al-Midawar: 41,789
Al-Marfa (Port): 8,664
Mina al-Husun: 13,466
Uncontested winners of parliamentary seats in Beirut ‘s third district
Serge Tursarkisian (Armenian Catholic seat)
Jean Latfik Ogassabian (Armenian Orthodox seat)
Agup Strak Kasarjian (Armenian Orthodox seat)
Ghazi Ali Yusif (Shi’i seat)
Ghazi Hani al-Aridi (Druze seat)
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in Beirut ‘s third district
(2 Sunni seats): Muhammad Jamil Qabbani, Ghinwah Adnan Jallul, Adnan Khadir
Trabulsi, Yihya Khadir Fattah Ahmad.