North III (Arabic : دائرة الشمال الثالثة ) is an electoral district in Lebanon , as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 10 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 7 Maronites and 3 Greek Orthodox . The constituency contains four 'minor districts', Batroun (corresponding to Batroun District , electing 2 Maronites), Bcharre (corresponding to Bcharre District , electing 2 Maronites), Koura (corresponding to Koura District , electing 3 Greek Orthodox) and Zghorta (corresponding to Zgharta , electing 3 Maronites).
Electorate
The electorate is predominantly Christian ; 68.1% are Maronite , 20.7% Greek Orthodox , 8.94% Sunni , 0.93% Shia , 0.73% Greek Catholic , 0.38% from other Christian communities and 0.24% Alawite .[ 3]
District
Sunni
Shia
Druze
Alawite
Maronite
Greek Orthodox
Greek Catholic
Armenian Orthodox
Armenian Catholic
Syriac Orthodox
Syriac Catholic
Other Minorities [ a] Evangelical
Jews
"Others"[ b]
Total
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
Batroun
3,764
6.26
1,034
1.72
11
0.02
42
0.07
41,964
69.79
10,070
16.75
1,994
3.32
260
0.43
101
0.17
182
0.30
80
0.13
254
0.42
80
0.13
1
0.00
291
0.48
60,128
Bcharre
109
0.22
27
0.05
0.00
6
0.01
46,512
94.64
1,380
2.81
554
1.13
81
0.16
26
0.05
87
0.18
34
0.07
107
0.22
55
0.11
170
0.35
49,148
Koura
8,626
14.32
1,202
1.99
11
0.02
478
0.79
12,991
21.56
35,335
58.64
713
1.18
99
0.16
30
0.05
67
0.11
32
0.05
187
0.31
233
0.39
254
0.42
60,258
Zgharta
9,976
12.88
151
0.19
11
0.01
76
0.10
61,121
78.92
4,378
5.65
868
1.12
135
0.17
167
0.22
82
0.11
45
0.06
172
0.22
97
0.13
164
0.21
77,443
Source: Lebanon Files[ 5]
2018 election
Ahead of the 2018 Lebanese general election 4 lists were registered.[ 6] Gebran Bassil , gathered the Free Patriotic Movement , the Independence Movement , the Future Movement , whilst the "Strong Republic Pulse" gathered the Lebanese Forces , the Kataeb Party and the Democratic Left Movement . The "With Us for the North and Lebanon" gathered the Marada Movement , the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and Boutros Harb whilst the civil society list "Kulluna Watani" (We are all National) gathered the Movement of Citizens in the State, Sabaa Party and Sah.[ 7] [ 8]
Result by lists
List
Votes
% of electoral district
Seats
Members elected
Parties
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
40,788
35.22
4
Harb -Marada -SSNP
"Strong Republic Pulse"
37,376
32.28
3
LF -Kataeb -DLM
"Strong North"
33,342
28.79
3
FPM -IM
"Kulluna Watani"
3,160
2.73
0
Source:[ 9]
Result by candidate
Name
Sect
List
Party
Votes
% of
% of preferential votes
% of list
Elected?
Gebran Bassil Maronite (Batroun)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 10] 12,269
10.60
38.36
36.80
Tony Franjieh Maronite (Zgharta)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
Marada [ 11] 11,407
9.85
33.02
27.97
Fadi Saad Maronite (Batroun)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Lebanese Forces [ 12] 9,842
8.50
30.77
26.33
Michel Moawad Maronite (Zgharta)
"Strong North"
Independence Movement [ 13] 8,571
7.40
24.81
25.71
Fadi Karam Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Lebanese Forces [ 12] 7,822
6.75
29.72
20.93
Strida Geagea Maronite (Bcharre)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Lebanese Forces [ 12] 6,677
5.77
35.66
17.86
Boutros Harb Maronite (Batroun)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
6,155
5.32
19.24
15.09
Joseph Isaac Maronite (Bcharre)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Lebanese Forces [ 12] 5,990
5.17
31.99
16.03
Estephan Douaihy Maronite (Zgharta)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
Marada [ 14] 5,435
4.69
15.73
13.32
Selim Saadeh Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
SSNP [ 15] 5,263
4.55
20.00
12.90
Melhem Gibran Touk Maronite (Bcharre)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
4,649
4.01
24.83
11.40
Fayez Ghosn Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
Marada [citation needed
4,224
3.65
16.05
10.36
Pierre Raffoul Maronite (Zgharta)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 10] 3,749
3.24
10.85
11.24
George Atallah Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 10] 3,383
2.92
12.85
10.15
Nicolas Ghosn Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Strong North"
Future [ 16] 3,190
2.75
12.12
9.57
Marius Baini Maronite (Zgharta)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Lebanese Forces [ 12] 2,776
2.40
8.04
7.43
Samer Saada Maronite (Batroun)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Kataeb [ 17] 2,470
2.13
7.72
6.61
Salim Bey Karam Maronite (Zgharta)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
Marada [ 18] 1,590
1.37
4.60
3.90
Said Touq Maronite (Bcharre)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 19] 1,112
0.96
5.94
3.34
Layal Bou Moussa Maronite (Batroun)
"Kulluna Watani"
Citizens in the State[ 19]
952
0.82
2.98
30.13
Abdallah Zakhem Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
779
0.67
2.96
1.91
Fadwa Nassif Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Kulluna Watani"
Sabaa[ 19]
463
0.40
1.76
14.65
Albert Androus Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Kataeb [ 20] 442
0.38
1.68
1.18
Bassam Ghantous Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Kulluna Watani"
Sabaa[ 19]
352
0.30
1.34
11.14
George Mansour Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Democratic Left [ 21] 305
0.26
1.16
0.82
Riad Ghazala Maronite (Zgharta)
"Kulluna Watani"
293
0.25
0.85
9.27
Antoine Yamin Maronite (Zgharta)
"Kulluna Watani"
Sabaa[ 19]
243
0.21
0.70
7.69
Michel Douaihy Maronite (Zgharta)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
Kataeb [ 20] 194
0.17
0.56
0.52
Antonia Ghamra Maronite (Zgharta)
"Kulluna Watani"
149
0.13
0.43
4.72
Edmond Touk Maronite (Bcharre)
"Kulluna Watani"
Sabaa[ 19]
122
0.11
0.65
3.86
Nemeh Ibrahim Maronite (Batroun)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 10] 118
0.10
0.37
0.35
Jawad Boulos Maronite (Zgharta)
"Strong North"
Independence Movement [ 22] 109
0.09
0.32
0.33
Greta Saab Greek Orthodox (Koura)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 19] 97
0.08
0.37
0.29
Antoine Khoury Harb Maronite (Batroun)
"Kulluna Watani"
88
0.08
0.28
2.78
George Boutros Maronite (Bcharre)
"Strong North"
FPM [ 19] 76
0.07
0.41
0.23
Maurice Koura Maronite (Bcharre)
"Kulluna Watani"
Sabaa[ 19]
73
0.06
0.39
2.31
Kayssar Moawad Maronite (Zgharta)
"Strong Republic Pulse"
31
0.03
0.09
0.08
Rui Issa Khoury Maronite (Bcharre)
"With Us for the North and Lebanon"
25
0.02
0.13
0.06
Source:[ 9]
References
Electoral districts of Lebanon
Current Defunct Representation
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