Lebanese candidate lists for 12 June parliamentary elections
Lebanese National News Agency website, Beirut
10 Jun 05
The Lebanese National News Agency on 10 June carried the following
report highlighting details of the third round of the 2005 Lebanese
parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 12 June in the Jabal
Lubnan (Mount Lebanon) and Al-Biqa electoral districts:
“The third phase of Lebanon’s 2005 parliamentary elections will be
held in the governorates of Jabal Lubnan and Al-Biqa on Sunday 12
June, with polling stations scheduled to open at 0700 [0400 gmt] and
to close at 1800 [1500 gmt].
Jabal Lubnan Governorate
Total number of polling stations: 1,551
Number of voters: 738,341
Number of parliamentary seats: 35
Number of electoral districts: 4 (Kasrawan and Jubayl), (Matn),
(Ba’abdah and Alayh), (Al-Shuf)
Jabal Lubnan first electoral district comprised of the constituencies
of Kasrawan and Jubayl [Byblos]:
Number of voters: 157,145
Number of parliamentary seats: 8 (1 Shi’i), (7 Maronites)
Number of polling stations: 336
Kasrawan constituency
Number of voters: 86,480
Number of parliamentary seats: 5 (5 Maronites)
Number of polling stations: 179
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Kasrawan
constituency:
(5 Maronite seats): Joseph Hanna Khalil, Faris Nihad Buwayiz,
Ni’matallah Faris Abi-Nasr, Alexander Jean Rizq, Gabi Astafan Kamil,
Kluvis Kluvis al-Khazin, Rudolph Salim al-Franji, Mansur Fu’ad Ghanim
al-Bon, Shakir Ilyas Salamah, Farid Ilyas al-Khazin, Marun Louis
Abu-Sharaf, Farid Haykal al-Khazin, Kamil Antoine Zayadah, George
Antoine Abi-Zayd, Ilyas Shakrallah al-Khazin, Antoine Bicharah al-Mir,
Nu’man Joseph Mrad, Michel Na’im Awn, Rober Jean Abi-Fahd Adaymi,
Antoine Yusif al-Hkayim, Fadi Abdallah Barakat, Simon Habib Sfayr,
Jean Najib Sarkis, Gilbert Morris Zwayn, Al-Shaykh Badi Adib Hbaysh,
Joseph Tanyus al-Zayik, Hanna As’ad Ghusn, Tony Wahbah al-Kraydi,
Ilyas Nabih al-Qazi, Joseph Louis Abu-Sharaf, Shawqi Jirgi al-Dakkash,
Khalil Ilyas Karam, Saj’an Milad al-Qazi.
Jubayl constituency
Number of voters: 70,665
Number of parliamentary seats: 3 (1 Shi’i), (2 Maronites)
Number of polling stations: 157
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Jubayl constituency:
(1 Shi’i seats): Diyab Kamil Kan’an, Abbas Husayn Hashim, Mustafa Ali
al-Husayni, Afif Najib Awwad, Muhammad Ali Haydar, Mahmud Ibrahim
Awwad, Mashhur Hasan Haydar Ahmad Hikmat Haydar al-Haj, Sa’dun Tanal
Hamadah, Samir Nayif Haydar Ahmad, Muhammad Dib Rmayhi Haydar Ahmad.
(2 Maronite seats): Faris Antoine Sa’yid, Emile Butrus Nawfal, Michel
George Karam, Jean Nassib al-Hawatt, Carlos Pierre Edde, Fadi Najib
Rawhana Saqr, Rafiq Ilyas Abi-Yunis, Nazim Sa’id al-Khuri, Shamil
Yusif Muzaya, Roge Jean Edde, Walid Najib al-Khuri, Jean-Lui Louis
Qirdahi, Kamal Alber Qirdahi, Pierre Wakim Ja’arah, Simon Farid
Abi-Rumya, Marun Asad Karam.
Jabal Lubnan second electoral district comprised of the Matn
constituency
Number of voters: 162,760
Number of parliamentary seats: 8 (4 Maronites), (2 Greek Orthodox), (1
Greek Catholic), (1 Armenian Orthodox)
Number of polling stations: 348
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Matn constituency:
(4 Maronites): Sarkis Ilyas Sarkis, Nassib Salim Lahhud, Qaysar August
Bakhus, Pierre Amin al-Gimayil, Wadi Fayiz al-Hajj, Majid Eddy Fa’iq
Abi-al-Lamaa, Ghassan Asad al-Ashqar, Charbil Michel Salamah, Salim
Emile Salhab, Jihad Ilyas Salamah, Emile Jirgi Kan’an, Ibrahim Yusif
Kan’an, Raymond Aziz Azzar, Nabil Saba Nicola, Jean Yusif Abu-Jawdah,
Ilyas Butrus al-Zughbi.
(2 Greek Orthodox): Gabriel Ilyas al-Murr, Ilyas Samir Mkhaybar, Riyad
Tawfiq Abi-Fadil, Michel Ilyas al-Murr, Ghassan Emile Mkhaybar, Michel
Mrad Aqil.
(1 Greek Catholic): Charles Yusif al-Murr, Antoine Habib Haddad,
Salman Munir Samahah, Edgar Fu’ad Ma’luf, Ziyad Saba Saliba, Roge
Joseph Sham’ah, Philip Yusif Ma’luf, Kamil Bachir Kfuri.
(1 Armenian Orthodox): Rafi Artin Madyan, Agub Uhanis Agub
Pakradunian.
Jabal Lubnan third electoral district comprised of the Ba’abdah and
Alayh constituencies:
Number of voters: 251,989
Number of parliamentary seats: 11 (2 Shi’is), (5 Maronites), (3
Druze), (1 Greek Orthodox)
Number of polling stations: 526
Ba’abdah constituency
Number of voters: 142,350
Number of parliamentary seats: 6 (2 Shi’is), (3 Maronites), (1 Druze)
Number of polling stations: 300
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Ba’abdah
constituency:
(2 Shi’is): Basim Ahmad al-Saba, Sa’d Mustafa Salim, Ali Fadil Ammar,
Riyad Hasan Ra’d, Ramzi Rustum Kinj, Salah Mahmud al-Harakah, Sa’id
Muhammad Alamah, Fayiz Amin Rahhal.
(3 Maronites): Salah Edwar Hnayin, Antoine Tawfiq Ghanim, Pierre Abdu
al-Dakkash, Edmun Wadi Na’im, Abdallah Victor Farhat, Shakib Wadi
Qartabawi, Charles Kamil al-Shidyaq, Naji Kamil Gharyus, Yusif Abdu
Muwanas, Milad Yusif al-Qarih, Antoine Yusif Harb, Ilyas Jirgis
Abu-Assi.
(1 Druze): Suhayl Sa’id al-A’war, Ayman Shawkat Shqayr, Ghalib Samir
al-A’war.
Alayh consituency
Number of voters: 109,639
Number of parliamentary seats: 5 (2 Maronites), (2 Druze), (1 Greek
Orthodox)
Number of polling stations: 226
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Alayh constituency:
(2 Maronites): Fu’ad Raji al-Sa’d, Henry Pierre al-Hilu, As’ad Yusif
Abi-Ra’d, Kamil Emile Mkarzal, Rafiq Sa’d Khalil al-Fghali, Hikmat
Faraj Dib, Antoine Iliya al-Hitti.
(2 Druze): Faysal Afif al-Sayigh, Akram Husayn Shahayib, Al-Amir Talal
al-Amir Majid Arslan, Hayat Shafiq Wahab, Isam Sa’id Sharaf al-Din.
(1 Greek Orthodox): Antoine Morris Andrawis, Marwan Munir Abu-Fadil,
Id Najib Abd-al-Nur.
Jabal Lubnan fourth electoral district comprised of Al-Shuf
constituency:
Number of voters: 166,447
Number of parliamentary seats: 8 (3 Maronites), (2 Sunni), (2 Druze),
(1 Greek Catholic)
Number of polling stations: 341
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in Al-Shuf constituency:
(3 Maronites): George Jamil Idwan, Elli Michel Awn, Nabil Majid
al-Bustani, Kamil Butrus Lahhud, Kamil Michel Duri Cham’un, Raymon
Abdu Rajhah, Ghayath Fu’ad Bustnai, Simon Wadi al-Qazzi, Mario Aziz
Awn.
(2 Sunni): Muhammad Qasim Rachid al-Hajjar, Al’a-al-Din Khadir Tru,
Ramzi Shakir Awwad.
(2 Druze): Uncontested winners -Walid Kamal Bayk Junblatt, Marwan
Muhammad Hamadah.
(1 Greek Catholic): Ni’mah Yusif Tu’mah, Sulayman Mahfuz Abu-Rjayli.
Al-Biqa Governorate
Total number of polling stations: 947
Number of voters: 489,246
Number of parliamentary seats: 23
Number of electoral districts: 3 (Ba’lbakk and Hirmil), (Zahlah),
(Rashaya and Western Al-Biqa)
Al-Biqa first electoral district comprised of Ba’lbakk and Hirmil
constituencies:
Number of voters: 236,492
Number of parliamentary seats: 10 (6 Shi’is), (1 Maronite), (2 Sunni),
(1 Greek Catholic)
Number of polling stations: 472
Number of voters in Ba’lbakk: 198,752
Number of polling stations in Ba’lbakk: 396
Number of voters in Hirmil: 37,740
Number of polling stations in Hirmil: 76
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Ba’lbakk and Hirmil
constituencies: (6 Shi’is): Assim Muhammad Qansuh, Hasan Muhammad
Nabha, Durayd Muhammad Yaghi, Fadi Ali Yunis, Ali Badri Dandash,
Muhammad Qasim Za’ytar, Ali Muhammad Salman Bachir al-Miqdad, Husayn
Ali al-Hajj Hasan, Jamal Ali al-Taqsh, Hani Ali Shamas, Husayn Ali
al-Husayni, Ghazi Muhammad Za’ytar, Yihya Muhammad Shamas, Rif’at
Nayif al-Masri, Ali Sabri Bayk Hamadah, Fayiz Shihab Shakr, Hafiz Fahd
Qamhaz, Ali Salih al-Musawi, Muhib Subhi Hamadah, Nawwar Muhammad
al-Sahili, Aqil Salman Hamiyah.
(1 Maronite): Tariq Butrus Habchi, Nadir Najib Sukkar, Shawqi Tannus
al-Fakhri, Ilyas Mikha’il Hadchiti.
(2 Sunni): Kamil Muhammad al-Rifa’i, Isma’il Muhammad Sukariyah,
Husayn Muhammad Salih, Muhammad Ahmad Dirgham, Mustafa Abd-al-Karim
al-Hujayri, Husayn Ahmad al-Hujayri, Muhammad Husayn al-Atrash.
(1 Greek Catholic): Marwan Faris Faris, Talal Ilyas al-Maqdisi, Salim
Michel Kallas, Alber Sami Mansur, Sa’ud Yusif Rufa’il, Hassan Yusif
Makhluf.
Al-Biqa second electoral district comprised of Zahlah constituency:
Number of voters: 140,069
Number of parliamentary seats: 7 (1 Shi’i), (1 Maronite), (1 Sunni),
(2 Greek Catholic), (1 Greek Orthodox), (1 Armenian Orthodox)
Number of polling stations: 264
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Zahlah constituency:
(1 Shi’i): Muhsin Ali Dallul, Shafiq al-Sayyid Hamad al-Musawi,
Muhammad Ali Dib al-Sahili, Amir Muhammad al-Sabburi, Mayad Salih
Sulayman Haydar, Mazin Abd-al-Rahman Badra, Muhammad Ali Abu-Hamdan,
Ali Ahmad Abu-Hamdan, Hasan Muhammad Ya’qub.
(1 Maronite): George Musa Sawwan, Alber Najib Ghanttus, Khalil George
al-Hrawi, Elli Michel Maruni, Paul Jean Charbil, Joseph Wadi Cham’un,
Salim George Awn.
(1 Sunni): Ali Muhammad Mita, Ahmad Jamil Yassin, Asim Fayiz Araji,
Kamal Hasan al-Mis, Khalid Hasan al-Sarrut, Najah Rif’at Qaz’un,
Tawfiq Rachid al-Hindi, Umar Qasim al-Jamal, Izz-al-Din Rida Sa’d,
Hasan Umar al-Ali, Samih Hasan al-Yaman, Ghassan Abdallah al-Mis.
(2 Greek Catholic): Nicola Michel Fattush, Tony Mikha’il Abu-Khattir,
Tony Jirgis Tu’mah, Ilyas Joseph al-Skaff, Naji Michel al-Skaff, Fu’ad
Hanna al-Turk, Walid Michel Shuwayri, Joseph Ilyas al-Qassuf, Suhayl
Milhim al-Qash, Ilyas Fu’ad al-Skaff, Habib Michel al-Asta, Elli Wadi
Fakhuri.
(1 Greek Orthodox): Yusif Qaysar Rizq al-Ma’luf, Shukri Najib
al-Tayni, Nabil Ilyas al-Haddad, Nasif Ilyas al-Tayni, Kamil Khalil
al-Ma’luf, Joseph Anis Ma’luf, Roge Mikhayil al-Dabs.
(1 Armenian Orthodox): Antoine Khachir Nachanaqyan, George Abdin
Qasarji, Chant Mardirus Jinginyan, Vartex Hagub Tchabaryan.
Al-Biqa third electoral district comprised of Rashaya and Western
Al-Biqa constituencies:
Number of voters: 112,685
Number of parliamentary seats: 6 (1 Shi’i), (1 Druze), (2 Sunni), (1
Greek Orthodox), (1 Maronite)
Number of polling stations: 211
Number of voters in Rashaya: 198,752
Number of polling stations in Rashaya: 396
Number of voters in the Western Al-Biqa: 37,740
Number of polling stations in the Western Al-Biqa: 76
Candidates running for parliamentary seats in the Rashaya and Western
Al-Biqa constituencies:
(1 Shi’i): Ali Subhi Sabh, Mahmud Faris Abu-Hamdan, Muhammad Husayn
Qasim, Hani Husayn Sulayman, Nasir Msalam Nasrallah, Muhammad Qasim
As’ad.
(1 Druze): Faysal Salim Dawud, Wa’il Wahbi Abu-Fa’ur.
(2 Sunni): Faruq Ibrahim Dahruj, Umar Muhammad Chibli, Abd-al-Rahim
Yusif Mrad, Jamil Ma’mun Sharanaq, Ahmad al-Shaykh Zayn al-Khatib,
Jamal Salim Jarrah, Ziyad Nazim al-Qadiri, Samir Muhammad Harb, Mumtaz
Akram Fawwaz, Sami Badi al-Khatib, Abdallah Muhammad Wahhab, Ahmad
Muhammad Fattuh, Ali Husayn al-Hajj, Ahmad Muhammad al-Arah.
(1 Greek Orthodox): Ilyas Yusif Firzli, Antoine Nicola Sa’d, Elli
Najib Firzli, Norma Adib Firzli, Sami Fawzi Abbud, Nicola Najib Saba.
(1 Maronite): Henri Yusif Shdayid, Rober Iskandar Ghanim.”