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2000 Lebanese general election

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2000 Lebanese general election

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All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout40.52% (Decrease3.04pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rafic Hariri Nabih Berri
Party Hariri Bloc Amal Movement
Leader's seat Beirut Zahrani
Last election 25 seats 8 seats
Seats won 26 10
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt
Party Hezbollah PSP
Leader's seat None Chouf
Last election 7 seats 5 seats
Seats won 10 6
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1

Prime Minister before election

Selim Hoss
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Rafic Hariri
Independent

General elections were held in Lebanon between 27 August and 3 September 2000[1] to elect the 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 40.5%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Hezbollah10+3
Amal Movement10+2
Progressive Socialist Party6+1
Syrian Social Nationalist Party4–1
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party3+1
Kataeb Party2+2
National Bloc2New
Armenian Revolutionary Federation20
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party10
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party1+1
Popular Nasserist Organization10
Islamic Group0–1
Toilers League0–1
Promise Party0–1
Arab Democratic Party0–1
Al-Ahbash0–1
Independents86–8
Total1280
Total votes1,112,776
Registered voters/turnout2,746,52840.52
Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 86 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of various blocs:[3]

  • 26 in the Hariri bloc
  • 6 in the Berri bloc (plus the ten Amal Movement MPs)
  • 6 in the Jumblatt bloc (plus the six Progressive Socialist Party MPs)
  • 5 in the Faranjiyyah bloc
  • 3 in the Murr bloc
  • 2 in the Hezbollah bloc (plus the ten Hezbollah MPs)
  • 1 in the Kataeb bloc (plus the party's two MPs)

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p184
  3. ^ Nohlen et al., p190