Bekaa II () is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 6 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 2 Sunni, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Shia. It covers the West Bekaa and the Rashaya districts.
In the 2017 vote law, the Bekaa II constituency retained the borders of the West Bekaa-Rachaya electoral district created by the 2008 Doha Agreement ahead of the 2009 Lebanese general election.
Electorate Nearly half of the electorate is Sunni (48.8%).دائرة البقاع الثانية . Annahar 14.8% of the electorate is Druze, 14.7% Shia, 7.42% Greek Catholic, 7.22% Maronite and 7.16% Greek Orthodox.
Below data by qada (district) from 2017; DistrictSunniShiaDruzeMaroniteGreek OrthodoxGreek CatholicArmenian OrthodoxArmenian CatholicSyriac OrthodoxSyriac CatholicOther MinoritiesEvangelicalJews"Others"TotalNo.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%No. Rachaya 17,500 36.43 184 0.38 20,068 41.78 2,108 4.39 7,170 14.93 635 1.32 39 0.08 33 0.07 31 0.06 109 0.23 38 0.08 77 0.16 46 0.10 48,038 West Bekaa 50,547 54.40 20,505 22.07 466 0.50 8,635 9.29 2,709 2.92 9,024 9.71 73 0.08 27 0.03 79 0.09 41 0.04 146 0.16 347 0.37 1 0.00 312 0.34 92,912Source: Lebanon Filesدراسة نقدية في قانون الانتخاب النسبي. Lebanon Files
2009 election Out of 122,989 eligible voters, 65,545 voted (53% participation).
SeatMarch 14 candidates(all elected)March 8 candidatesOthersSunniZiad Qadri35,135Abdel Rahim Murad(Union Party)29,153Farouq Dahrouj(Communist Party)1,803Jamal Jarrah33,626Mohammed Qar'awi27,5845 minor candidates15DruzeWael Abou Faour(PSP)35,434Faisal Daoud(Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement)"تعادل" في دائرة البقاع الغربي-راشيا و"الماروني" عقدة اللائحتين. Elnashera27,941Greek OrthodoxAntoine Saad33,979Elie Ferzli29,389Ibrahim Khouri166MaroniteRobert Ghanem35,679Henri Chadid27,465ShiaAmin Wahbi(Democratic Left Movement)34,666Nasser Nasrallah25,507Mahmoud Abou Hamdan3,138 As-Safir. WBekaa-Rachaya_Results.pdfAl-Akhbar. انتخابات عام 2009: البقاع الغربي سخونة وقسوة (6)Lebanese Forces. نتائج انتخابات دائرة البقاع الغربي ـ راشيا 2009
Greek Orthodox candidate Norma Ferzli obtained 3 votes. There were 398 rejected ballots and 264 blank votes.
2018 election
Candidates Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, the first to use a proportional representation electoral system, three lists were registered.77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar The Future Movement and the Progressive Socialist Party formed a joint list. Notably this list included Mohammed Qar'awi, owner of the Bekaa Hospital, a personality previously linked to the March 8 Alliance.13 لائحة في البقاع: أم معارك حزب الله. Al-Modon Amin Wahbi, founder and leader of the Democratic Left Movement was included on the Future list.
The "Best Tomorrow" list was mainly backed by the Amal Movement. In the end the Free Patriotic Movement did not join the Amal-sponsored list, leaving Greek Orthodox candidate Elie Ferzli to join it as an individual.
TV presenter Maguy Aoun was heading a third list, organized by civil society elements.Annahar. Elections 2018: Bekaa II district pits Hezbollah-Amal alliance against Hariri-backed list
The Lebanese Forces had tried to form a list with Ashraf Rifi to contest the election, but such a list did not materialize. Likewise, the Lebanese Democratic Party opted to withdrawal its candidate Dr. Nizar Zaki."الديمقراطي" أعلن سحب مرشحه في دائرة راشيا والبقاع الغربي. Lebanon 24 ListSunni, 2 seatsShia, 1 seatDruze, 1 seatMaronite, 1 seatGreek Orthodox, 1 seat"Future for West Bekaa"BlueZiad Qadri(Future)mtv. Names of Future Movement candidates for the parliamentary electionsMohammed Qar'awi(Future)Amin Wahbi(Future)Wael Abou Faour(PSP)وائل ابو فاعور . AnnaharHenri ChadidGhassan Skaff"Best Tomorrow"Navy BlueAbdel Rahim Murad(Union Party)Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Political Party Mapping in Lebanon Ahead of the 2018 Elections Mohammad Nasrallah(Amal)National News Agency. Berri announces Amal Movement candidates to legislative polls, renews commitment to National PactFaisal Daoud(Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement)Naji GhanemElie Ferzli"Civil Society"GreenFaisal RahalAla ShamaliAli Sobh Maguy AounJoseph AyoubACE Project,Table Attached to Law 44 dated 17/6/2017 (Official Gazette no.27 dated 17 June 2017) - Distribution of Seats to the Confessions and Districts ACE Project Ministry of Interior and Municipalitiesاللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة البقاع الثانية كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
Result by lists List Votes % of electoral district Seats Members elected Parties "Best Tomorrow" 32,578 49.00 3 Murad, Nasrallah, FerzliAmal-Lebanese Arab Struggle "Future for West Bekaa" 31,817 47.86 3 Abou Faour, Qar'awi, ChadidFuture-PSP "Civil Society" 1,546 2.33 0Source:نتائج الإنتخابات النيابية العامة 2018. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
Result by candidate Name Sect List Party Votes % ofelectoraldistrict % of preferential votesfor sect seat % of list Elected? Sunni (West Bekaa) "Best Tomorrow" Union Party 15,111 22.73 46.43 46.38 Druze (Rashaya) "Future for West Bekaa" PSP 10,677 16.06 83.95 33.56 Shia (West Bekaa) "Best Tomorrow" Amal 8,897 13.38 90.79 27.31 Sunni (West Bekaa) "Future for West Bekaa" Future 8,768 13.19 26.94 27.56 Sunni (Rashaya) "Future for West Bekaa" Future 8,392 12.62 25.79 26.38 Greek Orthodox (Rashaya) "Best Tomorrow" 4,899 7.37 81.06 15.04 Druze (Rashaya) "Best Tomorrow" Lebanese Arab Struggle Movement 2,041 3.07 16.05 6.26 Maronite (West Bekaa) "Future for West Bekaa" 1,584 2.38 48.46 4.98 Greek Orthodox (Rashaya) "Future for West Bekaa" 995 1.50 16.46 3.13 Maronite (West Bekaa) "Civil Society" 847 1.27 25.91 54.79 Maronite (West Bekaa) "Best Tomorrow" 838 1.26 25.63 2.57 Shia (West Bekaa) "Future for West Bekaa" Future 741 1.11 7.56 2.33 Sunni (West Bekaa) "Civil Society" 168 0.25 0.52 10.87 Shia (West Bekaa) "Civil Society" 162 0.24 1.65 10.48 Greek Orthodox (Rashaya) "Civil Society" 150 0.23 2.48 9.70 Sunni (Rashaya) "Civil Society" 106 0.16 0.33 6.86Source:
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