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Prominent Lebanese | Elections 2005 | Beirut Two Constituency
Beirut Two Constituency
Election Date: May 29, 2005
Mussaitbeh, Bashoura
and Rmeil. 6 Deputies: Armenian Orthodox (1), Greek Orthodox (1), Minorities (1), Sunni
(2), Shiites (1).
Winners
Sunnis: Bahije
Tabara (27,981 votes, replaced Adnan Arakji),
Walid Eido
(25,123 votes).
Shiites: Amin Sherri ((
31,859 votes, Hezbollah, replaced Mohammad
Berjawi)
Greek Orthodox: Atef
Majdalani (26,163 votes).
Armenian Orthodox: Yeghia
Djerdjian (won by default).
Minorities: Nabil de
Freij (Christian Latin)
Losers
Sunnis: Adnan Araqji (7,379 votes), Badr Rashid Al Tabsh (6,182 votes),
Ibrahim Halabi (3,614 votes), Zuhair Ibrahim Al Khatib (1,048 votes), Nabila Mohammad Saab
(110 votes), Ahmad Yussef Yassine (28 votes).
Shiites: Ibrahim Shaseddine( 4,178 votes), Ali Eashid Shahrour (491
votes), Saleheddine Osseiran (45 votes).
Greek Orthodox: Najah Salim Wakim (14231 votes).
Minorities: Raymaong George Asamr (6212 votes).
Contested Seats:
Sunnite seats: 2, number of contestants 8, namely: wald Eido, Bahije
Tabbare, Adnan Araqji, Ahamad Yassin, Nabila Saab, Ibrahim Halabi, Zuhair Khatib, Badr
Tabsh.
Shiite Seats: 1, number of contestants 4, namely: Amin Sherri, Ibrahim
Shameddine, Ali Sharour, Salah Osseiran.
Greek Orthodox seats: 1, number of contestants Atef Majdalain,
Najah Wakim.
Minorities seats: 1, number of contestants 2, namely: Nabil de Freij,
Raymond Asmar.
Turnout: Interior
minister Hassan Sabaa announced in a press conference held Sunday evening after closing
the polls that the overall turnout registered 28 percent according to the following
official results:
Beirut One: Achrafieh: 17 percent, Saifi: 17 percent, Mazraa: 44 percent. Weighted
average: 32 percent.
Beirut Two: Bashoura: 35 percent, Rmail: 11 percent, Msaitbeh: 37 percent. Weighted
average: 31 percent.
Beirut Three: Mrafaa-Mdawar: 10 percent, Ain Mreisi: 34 percent, Ras Beirut: 24 percent,
Zokak Al Blat: 24 percent, Mina Al Hosn: 14 percent. Weighted average: 21 percent.
Beirut election figures:
Overall sectarian distribution:
780 balloting boxes were positioned in Beirut to allow 420,630 registered voters to cast
their votes. Spread over Beirut's three constituencies, the overall sectarian distribution
is as follows: Sunnites: 181,678, Shiites: 57,029, Armenian Orthodox: 47,169, Greek
Orthodox: 42,287, Maronites: 24,711, Greek Catholic: 9,682, Syriac Catholic: 8,232, Latin:
5,822, Jews: 5,534, Syriac Orthodox: 5,246, Druze: 5,073, Armenian Protestant: 3720,
Protestant: 3190, Caldian Catholic: 1364, Assyrians: 387, Caldians: 229, Alawites: 215,
Adventists: 177, Caldian Orthodox 111, Bahais: 33, Evangelical: 8, sundries: 1.
Sectarian distribution per constituency:
1- Beirut One: Number of voters: 135,899 spread over Achrafief: 51,993, Mazraa: 74,340,
Saifi: 9,566.
2- Beiut Two: Number of voters: 137,466 spread over Msaitbeh: 63,132, Bashoura: 45,262,
Rmeil: 29,072.
3- Beirut Three: Number of voters: 147,265 spread over Dar Mreisi: 10,621, Ras Beirut:
30,062, Zokak al Balat: 42,663, Modawar: 41,789, Marfaa: 8,664. Mina Hosn: 13,466.
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