Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the North II district on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 350,147 registered to vote, out of whom 146,419 voted. Residents elect 8 Sunni, 1 Alawite, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Maronite seat. The constituency contains three 'minor districts', Tripoli (corresponding to Tripoli District), Miniyeh and Danniyeh (the latter two corresponding to the Miniyeh-Danniyeh District).8 لوائح في الشمال الثانية: معركة تشتيت الأصوات. Al-Modon
Demographics The electorate is predominately Sunni (82.91%), with significant minorities of Greek Orthodox (6.24%), Alawites (6.04%) and Maronites (3.5%).8 لوائح في الشمال الثانية: معركة تشتيت الأصوات. Al-Modon 0.51% of the electorate are Armenian Orthodox, 0.32% Armenian Catholics and 0.59% belong to other Christian communities.دائرة الشمال الثانية . Annahar
Elections With the new election law in place, the heavyweights of Tripoli politics went in different directions.L'Orient Le Jour. Législatives : Une liste complète pour chaque leader tripolitain Justifying the decision to head to the polls alone, the Future Movement general secretary Ahmed Hariri stated that "[w]e will form our own list because we came to understand that a lot of people had taken advantage of us...". In Dennieh, the 28-year old Sami Fatfat overtook his father Ahmad Fatfat's mantle as the Future Movement candidate.L'Orient Le Jour. Sami Fatfat, l’expérience précoce du terrain Mohammad Safadi opted to stay out of the electoral race, calling for support to the Future list. Safadi announced his decision at a press conference at the Safadi Cultural Center.
All in all, 8 lists were registered in the second northern electoral district; the "Determination" list of former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the Future Movement list, a list led by Ashraf Rifi, the "National Dignity" list (alliance between Faisal Karami and Jihad Samad, with participation of Al-Ahbash and Marada Movement), the "People's Decision" list (alliance between Free Patriotic Movement and Kamal Kheir, joined by independents), the "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) list (Sabaa Party, Movement of Citizens in the State, Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party, Resistance Movement and independents), the "Independent Decision" list (alliance between al-Jamaa al-Islamiah, ex-parliamentarian Mesbah Ahdab and independents) and the "Independent Civil Society" list (independents).77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar8 لوائح في الشمال الثانية: معركة تشتيت الأصوات. Al-Modonطرابلس: ماذا يجري بين قوى التغيير؟. Al-Modon
Mikati launched his "Determination" list at an electoral meeting at the Quality Inn Hotel in Tripoli on March 18, 2018. Amongst his candidates were former minister Jean Obeid and Nicolas Nahas and incumbent Future parliamentarian Kazim Kheir.L'Orient Le Jour. Liban-Nord II : Mikati annonce sa liste... Kheir was denied the Minnieh spot on the Future Movement list, a move that pushed him to join the Mikati list instead.Daily Star. Mikati launches election list with five-point plan
Result by lists ListSunni (Tripoli, 5 seats)Maronite (Tripoli, 1 seat)Greek Orthodox (Tripoli, 1 seat)Alawite (Tripoli, 1 seat)Sunni (Dennieh, 2 seats)Sunni (Minnieh, 1 seat) "Future for the North"(Future)mtv. Names of Future Movement candidates for the parliamentary elections(Future)(Future)Chadi Nachabe (Future)Walid Sawalhi (Future)George Bkassini (Future)Nima Mahfoud (Future)Leila Chahoud (Future)(Future)Qassem Abdel Aziz (Future)(Future) "Determination"(Azm Movement)بالأسماء: مرشحو تيار العزم في طرابلس. JanoubiaRashid Mokhtam (Azm Movement)Mohamed Nadim Jisr (Azm Movement)Tawfiq Sultan (Azm Movement)Mirfat Hawz (Azm Movement)(Azm Movement)(Azm Movement)(Azm Movement)Mohammed Fadhil (Azm Movement)Jihad Yusuf (Azm Movement)Kazim Kheir
(Azm Movement) "National Dignity"(Dignity Movement)رئيس تيار الكرامة فيصل كرامي يشدد على ضرورة إيلاء الشمال أهمية إنمائية . NBNTaha Naji (Al-Ahbash)8 لوائح في الشمال الثانية: معركة تشتيت الأصوات. Al-ModonMohammed Safouh Yakan (National Gathering)كرامي اعلن لائحة الكرامة الوطنية في مهرجان حاشد بطرابلس: لا تنتخبوا الفشل المتمادي من 25 سنة ولا تجربوا المجرب. NBNAbdel Nasser Masri (Lebanese People's Congress)Ayman Nouruddin OmarRafli Anton Diab (Marada)Ahmed Mahmoud OmranAdel Zreika (Dignity Movement) "Sovereign Lebanon"Ashraf RifiKhaled TadmoriMohammed Walid QamaruddinMohamed SalhabAli AyoubiHalim ZaniGeorge JaladBadr EidRagheb RaadOussama AmounWaleed Masri "Independent Decision"Mesbah AhdabWaseem Alwan (al-Jama'a al-Islamiah)لقاء للماكينة الانتخابية للجماعة الإسلامية في طرابلس بحضور فضيلة الأمين العام . الجماعة الإسلامية.Nariman JamalTony KhalifaMenzeh SawanHisham Ibrahim (Al Moaie)Ali Farouk SamadAbdul Salam TradMohamed Ahmed "People's Decision"Khalid RoumiehTony Maroni (FPM)Daily Star. FPM announces 46 candidates for elections Nastas KosharyMahmoud ShehadehAhmed ShandabAli HermoushKamal Kheir "Independent Civil Society"Heba NajaJamal BadawiFadi JamalHassan Hassan KhalilSamah ArjaAyman JamalAbdullah Rifai "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National)Nariman Chamaa (MMFD)Yehia MawloudMohammad Monzer Maaliki (Lebanon Vanguard)كلمة "لائحة وطني" في دائرة الشمال الثانية (طرابلس الضنية المنية) التي ألقاها الدكتور منذر معاليقي في حفل اطلاق اللائحة من مقهى فهيم . Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard PartyWathek MoukaddamMalek Moulawi (Sabaa)Moussa Khoury (MMFD)Farah Issa (Sabaa)Zeinelddine DibAhmad DouhaibyDany Othman (Sabaa)Source: Al-Modon Ministry of Interior and Municipalitiesالمسجلَّة في دائرة الشمال الثانية كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
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