Beirut I

Beirut I (Arabic: دائرة بيروت الأولى‎) is an electoral district in Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 8 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 3 Armenian Orthodox, 1 Armenian Catholic, 1 Greek Catholic, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite and 1 Minorities.

For the former district, see Beirut I (2009).
Beirut I
Constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateBeirut
Electorate134,355 (2018)[1][2]
Current constituency
Created2017
Number of members8 (3 Armenian Orthodox, 1 Armenian Catholic, 1 Greek Catholic, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Minorities)

The Beirut I electoral district covers 4 quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Achrafieh, Saifi, Rmeil and Medawar.[3] The area is predominately Christian; the largest community in the Beirut I electorate are Armenian Orthodox (28.33%).[4][5] 19.2% are Greek Orthodox, 13.19% Maronite, 9.8% Greek Catholic, 9.76% Sunni, 5.57% Armenian Catholic, 3.95% Syriac Catholic, 3% Latin Catholics, 1.97% other Minorities groups, 2.88% Evangelicals, 1.99% Shia and 0.37% Druze or Alawite.[4][5]

2018 election

Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election, 5 lists were registered in the Beirut I electoral district.[6] After the split between the Future Movement and the Lebanese Forces, a joint list of the Free Patriotic Movement, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Tashnaq) and the Hunchaks was conceived ("Strong Beirut I") supported by the Future Movement.[7] The Future Movement itself, however, stayed aloof from fielding candidates.[8] The Lebanese Forces, together with the Kataeb Party, Ramgavars and Michel Pharaon, and with support from Antoun Sehnaoui, fielded their list under the label "Beirut I".[7][9] Michelle Tueni fielded a third list, "We Are Beirut", being joined by incumbent Future MP Serge Torsarkissian.[8]

For the Minorities seat the FPM fielded a Syriac Orthodox candidate, former Brigadier General Antoine Pano, whilst the Tueni list included Latin Catholic candidate Rafic Bazerji, an independent from a family historically close to the National Liberal Party.[10][11]

Result by lists
List Votes % Seats Members elected Parties
"Strong Beirut I" 18,373 42.08 4 Sehnaoui, Terzian, Matossian, Pano FPM-Tashnaq-Hunchak-Union for Lebanon, supported by Future
"Beirut I" 16,772 38.41 3 Talouzian, Gemayel, Wakim LF-Kataeb-Pharaon-Ramgavar
"Kulluna Watani" 6,842 15.67 1 Yacoubian Saaba-You Stink-Sah-LiBaladi
"We are Beirut" 1,272 2.91 0
"Loyalty to Beirut" 94 0.22 0
Source:[12]

Results by candidate
Name Sect List Party Votes % votes in the district % of preferential votes
for sect seat		 % of list votes Elected?
Nicolas Sehnaoui Greek Catholic "Strong Beirut I" FPM 4,788 10.97 57.48 26.06
Jean Talouzian Armenian Catholic "Beirut I" 4,166 9.54 76.05 24.84
Nadim Gemayel Maronite "Beirut I" Kataeb 4,096 9.38 45.68 24.42
Emad Wakim Greek Orthodox "Beirut I" Lebanese Forces[13] 3,936 9.01 58.79 23.47
Massoud Achkar Maronite "Strong Beirut I" Union for Lebanon[14] 3,762 8.62 41.95 20.48
Hakop Terzian Armenian Orthodox "Strong Beirut I" Tashnaq[8] 3,451 7.90 30.47 18.78
Michel Pharaon Greek Catholic "Beirut I" 3,214 7.36 38.58 19.16
Paula Yacoubian Armenian Orthodox "Kulluna Watani" Saaba[7] 2,500 5.73 22.07 36.54
Alexander Matossian Armenian Orthodox "Strong Beirut I" Tashnaq[8] 2,376 5.44 20.98 12.93
Sebouh Kalpakian Armenian Orthodox "Strong Beirut I" Hunchak[15] 1,566 3.59 13.83 8.52
Ziad Abs Greek Orthodox "Kulluna Watani" Sah[7] 1,525 3.49 22.78 22.29
Gilbert Doumit Maronite "Kulluna Watani" LiBaladi[7] 1,046 2.40 11.66 15.29
Nicolas Chammas Greek Orthodox "Strong Beirut I" 851 1.95 12.71 4.63
Serg Gukhadarian Armenian Catholic "Strong Beirut I" Tashnaq[8] 717 1.64 13.09 3.90
Antoine Pano Minorities "Strong Beirut I" FPM 539 1.23 34.11 2.93
Yorgui Teyrouz Armenian Catholic "Kulluna Watani" LiBaladi[7] 536 1.23 9.78 7.83
Seybou Makhjian Armenian Orthodox "We are Beirut" 517 1.18 4.56 40.64
Avedis Dakessian Armenian Orthodox "Beirut I" Ramgavar[8] 437 1.00 3.86 2.61
Joumana Haddad Minorities "Kulluna Watani" LiBaladi[7] 431 0.99 27.28 6.30
Riad Akel Minorities "Beirut I" Lebanese Forces[13] 428 0.98 27.09 2.55
Michelle Tueni Greek Orthodox "We are Beirut" 376 0.86 5.62 29.56
Lucien Bourjeily Greek Catholic "Kulluna Watani" You Stink[7] 328 0.75 3.94 4.79
Laury Haytayan Armenian Orthodox "Kulluna Watani" LiBaladi[7] 218 0.50 1.92 3.19
Rafic Bazerji Minorities "We are Beirut" NLP 153 0.35 9.68 12.03
Carole Babikian Armenian Orthodox "Beirut I" 124 0.28 1.09 0.74
Levon Telvizian Armenian Orthodox "Kulluna Watani" LiBaladi[7] 114 0.26 1.01 1.67
George Sfeir Maronite "We are Beirut" 40 0.09 0.45 3.14
Serge Torsarkissian Armenian Catholic "We are Beirut" 39 0.09 0.71 3.07
Gina Chammas Minorities "Loyalty to Beirut" 29 0.07 1.84 30.85
Rojah Shuiri Maronite "Loyalty to Beirut" 23 0.05 0.26 24.47
Elena Cloxian Armenian Orthodox "Beirut I" Ramgavar[8] 23 0.05 0.20 0.14
Antoine Qalaijian Armenian Catholic "Loyalty to Beirut" 20 0.05 0.37 21.28
Robert Obeid Greek Orthodox "Loyalty to Beirut" 7 0.02 0.10 7.45
Source:[12]

References
  1. Daily Star
  2. Daily Star
  3. 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
  4. دائرة بيروت الاولى. Annahar
  5. Ermeni Haber. Beyrut seçim bölgesinde sonuçları Ermeniler belirleyecek
  6. 77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar
  7. بيروت الأولى: هل يخرق المجتمع المدني بمقعدين؟. Al-Modon
  8. Daily Star. East Beirut electoral field takes shape
  9. Daily Star. Weekend electoral list announcements
  10. L'Orient Le Jour. Rafic Bazerji : Je veux œuvrer pour les jeunes... alors que la classe politique fait le contraire
  11. L'Orient Le Jour. Antoine Pano, du champ de bataille à l’arène politique
  12. نتائج الإنتخابات النيابية العامة 2018. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
  13. LBCI. REPORT: Who are LF candidates for upcoming elections?
  14. L'Orient Le Jour. Massoud Achkar : L’armée est capable d’assurer la sécurité sur tout le territoire
  15. «الهنشاك»: ثابتون في تحالفنا مع «المستقبل». Al-Mustaqbal
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