FACTBOX-Electoral facts about central and eastern Lebanon

BEIRUT, June 10 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliamentary election, phased over
four weekends by region, moves on Sunday to the centre and the east for its
third and penultimate stage.

Two of the 35 seats up for grabs in central Lebanon have already gone
uncontested to Druze opposition leader Walid Jumblatt and a top aide.

In the first voting round on May 29, all Beirut’s 19 seats went to a slate
led by anti-Syrian Sunni Muslim Saad al-Hariri, son of slain former premier
Rafik al-Hariri.

All the south’s 23 seats went in a June 5 round to a list headed by the
pro-Syrian Shi’ite Muslim groups Hizbollah and Amal.

Following are electoral facts about central Mount Lebanon:

– Constituencies: Four

– Seats: 35, 25 for Christians and 10 for Muslims.

– Sectarian breakdown of seats:

– Christians: 19 Maronites, two Catholics, three Orthodox and one Armenian
Orthodox

– Muslims: Five Druze, three Shi’ites and two Sunnis.

– Candidates: 142

– Eligible voters: 745,000 — 66 percent Christian, 34 percent Muslim

– Sectarian breakdown of voters:

– Christians: Maronites 46 percent, Orthodox 7 percent, Catholics 6 percent,
Armenian Orthodox 4 percent, others 3 percent

– Muslims: Druze 18 percent, Shi’ites 8 percent, Sunnis 8 percent

Following are electoral facts about eastern Bekaa Valley:

– Constituencies: three

– Seats: 23, 14 for Muslims and nine for Christians

– Sectarian breakdown of seats:

– Muslims: eight Shi’ites, five Sunnis and one Druze

– Christians: three Maronites, three Roman Catholics, two Orthodox, one
Armenian Orthodox

– Candidates: 119

– Eligible voters: 490,000 — 69 percent Muslim, 31 percent Christian

– Sectarian breakdown of voters:

– Muslims: Shi’ites 41 percent, Sunnis 24 percent, Druze 4 percent

– Christians: Maronites 11 percent, Catholics 11 percent, Orthodox 5
percent, others 4 percent.

06/10/05 08:43 ET