Voting to elect eleven members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the South III district (one of three electoral districts in South Lebanon) on 6 May 2018, part of the general election of that year. The constituency had 460,565 voters, out of whom 228,563 voted. The district elects 8 Shiite parliamentarians, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox and 1 Sunni.
Demographics In third southern electoral district 6 lists were registered.77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات Al-Akhbar The electorate is predominantly Shia (80.1%). 6.35% of the electorate is Sunni, 5.27% Maronite, 3.65% Druze, 2.45% Greek Orthodox, 1.8% Greek Catholic and 0.39% from other Christian communities.دائرة لبنان الجنوبي الثالثة . Annahar
Voting The Amal-Hezbollah coalition fielded the "Hope and Loyalty" list.6 لوائح معارضة في الجنوب الثانية والثالثة: ضد المحدلة Al-Modon It includes a Baathist Sunni candidate, Kassem Hachem, who is fielded as Amal candidate and officially not sponsored by the Baath Party.خاص - حزب البعث خارج السباق الإنتخابي .. فما علاقة الحلفاء؟ . Al Kalima.L'Orient Le Jour. Liban-Sud III : Face au tandem chiite, une liste « suppléante » CPL-Futur
The Future Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Democratic Party fielded a joint list called "The South is Worth It", a list that L'Orient Le Jour labelled "supplementary" to the Amal-Hezbollah list. It includes a pro-Future independent Sunni candidate, Imad Khatib, who has business links to Amal leader Berri. Three Shia candidates (Badruddin, Sharafuddin and Osseiran) were previously close to Hezbollah. Two pro-FPM independent candidates were included in the list, Chadi Massaad (Greek Orthodox) and Mourhaf Ramadan (Shia). Druze candidate Dr. Wissam Charouf is a member of the Political Council of the Lebanese Democratic Party.Lebanese Army. Les visiteurs du Général Aoun
"A Vote for Change" list was fielded by the Lebanese Communist Party, the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon and independents.الشيوعيون أعلنوا برنامج لائحتهم في مواجهة لوائح السلطة في دائرة الجنوب الثالثة. Lebanese Communist Party It includes a pro-SSNP independent candidate, Hussein Baydoun. The "National" coalition fielded a list with five candidates.
The two remaining of the lists in the fray took a more confrontative approach towards the Hezbollah-Amal dominance of the local political scene. The "Shibna Hakki" list was fielded by the Lebanese Forces and Shia dissidents, with the Shia journalist Ali Al-Amin on the list. Al-Amin had been publicly labelled as one of the "Shia of the [U.S.] Embassy" by Hezbollah general secretary Nasrallah. Al-Amin and fellow candidate and journalist Imad Komeyha, had been signatories to the 2017 call for fresh elections to the High Shia Council.L'Orient Le Jour. Ibrahim Chamseddine : Le CSC est indépendant et représente tous les chiites Ahmed Assaad, leader of the Lebanese Option Party, fielded an anti-Hezbollah list of his own with candidates from his party. The list included Al-Assaad's wife Abeer Ramadan.
Candidates ListShia (Bint Jbeil, 3 seats)Shia (Nabatieh, 3 seats)Shia (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 2 seats)Sunni (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat)Druze (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat)Greek Orthodox (Marjaayoun-Hasbaya, 1 seat)"Hope and Loyalty"Ali Ahmad Bazzi
(Amal)National News Agency. Berri announces Amal Movement candidates to legislative polls, renews commitment to National PactAyoub Hmayed
(Amal)Hassan Fadlallah
(Hezbollah)إعلان السيد نصر الله مرشحي حزب الله للإنتخابات النيابية 2018 . Al-Ahed News.Yassine Jaber
(Amal)kataeb.org. Berri Announces Amal Movement's Candidates, Platform for May Polls Mohammad Raad
(Hezbollah)Hani Kobeissy
(Amal)Ali Hassan Khalil
(Amal)Ali Fayyad
(Hezbollah)Kassem Hachem
(Amal)Anwar Khalil
(Amal)Assaad Hardan
(SSNP)اسعد حردان . Annahar"The South is Worth It"Mohammed QadouhHussein ShaerHisham JaberMustafa BadruddinNadim OsseiranAbbas SharafuddinMourhaf RamadanImad KhatibWissam Charouf (LDP)الديمقراطي يعلن أسماء مرشحيه للإنتخابات النيابية. Lebanese Democratic PartyChadi Massaad"Shibna Hakki"Ali Al-AminAhmed IsmailRami OllaikImad KomeyhaFadi Salama (Lebanese Forces)LBCI. REPORT: Who are LF candidates for upcoming elections?"A Vote for Change"Ahmed Murad (LCP)أحمد مراد . AnnaharAbbas SorourHussein BaydounAli Al-Haj Ali (LCP)علي حسين حاج علي . AnnaharSaid IssaGhassan Hadifa (LCP)غسان حديفه . AnnaharHala Abu Kasm (LCP)هلا فيليب بو كسم . Annahar"We Change"Mohammed Faraj (Lebanese Option)Abdallah Salman (Lebanese Option)Ahmed Assaad (Lebanese Option)أولى لوائح الجنوب: «فينا نغير». JanoubiaAbeer Ramadhan (Lebanese Option)Rabah Abi Haidar (Lebanese Option)Adnan Khatib (Lebanese Option)Kanaj Alimuddin (Lebanese Option)Minah Saab (Lebanese Option)"Kulluna Watani" (We are all National)Rima Hamid (Sabaa)Salah NouruddinJamil Balout (Sabaa)Akram QaisFadi Abu Jamra (Mouttahidoun)Source: Al-Modon, Jaboubia,«شبعنا حكي» لائحة غير مكتملة من 6 مرشحين Jaboubia JaboubiaShibna Hakki. المرشح عن المقعد الشيعي في مرجعيون الصحافي عماد قميحة Janoubia Ministry of Interior and Municipalitiesاللوائح المسجلَّة في دائرة الجنوب الأولى كما نشرتها المديرية العامة للشؤون السياسية واللاجئين. Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
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