Registration of electoral lists has closed at midnight and the interior ministry said a total of 77 lists, the largest in the history of parliamentary elections, and 917 candidates will run in the upcoming legislative elections.
The registration of lists was accompanied by individual withdrawals, where 58 candidates were not included into any of the lists and decided to pull back, said the ministry.
Media reports said that areas where al-Mustaqbal Movement has the greatest influence, have witnessed the biggest number of lists.In Beirut second district nine lists were registered, in Tripoli-Menieh-Denieh eight lists compared to only two in the Tyre-Zahrani district.
In the district of Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, Marjayoun and Hasbaya, where AMAL and Hizbullah have the greatest influence, six lists were registered.
The lists were distributed as follows:
Beirut first electoral district 5 lists
Beirut second electoral district 9 lists
Akkar 6 lists
Tripoli-Menieh, Denieh 8 lists
Batrroun-Bsharri-Zgharta 4 lists
Zahle 5 lists
West Bekaa-Rashaya 3 lists
Baalbek-Hermel 5 lists
Sidon-Jezzine 4 lists
Tyre-Zahrani 4 lists
Nabatieh-Bint Jbeil-Hasbaya-Marjayoun 6 lists
Keserwan-Jbeil 5 lists
Metn 5 lists Baabda 4 lists
Chouf-Aley 6 lists
According to Lebanon's new electoral law approved in 2017, candidates are not allowed to run individually. They are supposed to be included in lists.
Lebanon will stage its May elections based on a new complex representational system that replaces a majoritarian 1960 winner-takes-all system.
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