Mount Lebanon I () is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 8 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 7 Maronites and 1 Shia. The constituency contains two 'minor districts', Byblos (corresponding to Byblos District) and Kesrwan (corresponding to Kesrwan District). The Byblos 'minor district' elects 2 Maronite and 1 Shia parliamentarian, whilst the Kesrwan 'minor district' elects 5 Maronite parliamentarians.
Electorate The electorate is predominantly Christian; Maronites make up 75.4% of the electorate, 10.4% Shia, 4.1% Greek Orthodox, 3.6% Greek Catholic, 1.9% Sunni and 4% other Christian communities.دائرة جبل لبنان الاولى . Annahar
Below data by 'minor district' from 2017; DistrictSunniShiaDruzeAlawiteMaroniteGreek OrthodoxGreek CatholicArmenian OrthodoxArmenian CatholicSyriac OrthodoxSyriac CatholicOther MinoritiesEvangelicalJews"Others"TotalNo.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No. Byblos 2,770 3.39 16,529 20.25 11 0.01 8 0.01 54,718 67.03 3,708 4.54 1,541 1.89 999 1.22 124 0.15 207 0.25 115 0.14 339 0.42 166 0.20 399 0.49 81,634 Kesrwan 557 0.59 1,717 1.83 29 0.03 8 0.01 77,487 82.70 3,547 3.79 4,763 5.08 1,581 1.69 779 0.83 726 0.77 573 0.61 1,066 1.14 263 0.28 3 0.00 595 0.64 93,694Source: Lebanon Filesدراسة نقدية في قانون الانتخاب النسبي. Lebanon Files
2018 election
In Byblos-Kesrwan electoral district 5 lists were registered.77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar The lists in the fray are the "Strong Lebanon" (supported by Free Patriotic Movement), the "National Solidarity" (Hezbollah), the "Anna al-Qarar" list (alliance between Kataeb Party, Fares Souhaid, Farid Heikal Al Khazen and independents, supported by Marada Movement), the "Clear Change" list (supported by Lebanese Forces) and the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list.كسروان- جبيل: معركة خرق لائحة شامل روكز. Al-Modonاللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة جبل لبنان الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
In difference with previous elections, FPM and Hezbollah did not join forces on a common list. Hezbollah fielded its own list, with a Shia candidate (Hussein Zuaitar) from Baalbek. The list included the former Telecommunications Minister Jean Louis Cardahi, dissident FPM politician Bassam Hachem and 4 other independents.
The FPM list was led by General Chamel Roukoz, with World Maronite Foundation president Neemat Frem, former minister Ziad Baroud and former parliamentarian Mansour al-Bon, amongst others.L'Orient Le Jour. Jbeil-Kesrouan : sans le CPL... le Hezbollah en quête de légitimité « électorale chrétienne » ?
The Kataeb-Souhaid supported list sought to include personalities from civil society. It included former National Bloc general secretary Jean Hawat. There was resistance from Kataeb side to field incumbent parliamentarians Youssef Khalil and Gilberte Zouein, since they were linked to the Change and Reform Bloc.
The "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list included former minister Youssef Salame.
Result by lists List Votes % of electoral district Seats Members elected Parties "Strong Lebanon" 54,544 47.18 4FPM "Clear Change" 26,980 23.34 2LF-NLP "Anna al-Qarar" 18,553 16.05 2Kataeb "National Solidarity" 12,551 10.86 0Hezbollah-Independents "Kulluna Watani" 2,526 2.18 0Civil society-LCPSource:نتائج الإنتخابات النيابية العامة 2018. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
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