Lebanese 1960s Election law (Map) + Beirut Update

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Here’s a map that shows the districts of the 1960s electoral law that will be used for the next general elections in Lebanon.

A lot of people are interested in seeing this, so please pass it around.

Update: Here’s a map of Beirut’s new law from Blogging Beirut (more details here)

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21 comments for “Lebanese 1960s Election law (Map) + Beirut Update”

nice map mustapha… thanks

Posted by _z. | May 21, 2008, 5:30 pm
Mustapha are you sure this is accurate ? i thought zahrani and saida will be 1 district ?

Posted by L. | May 21, 2008, 5:39 pm
I’ll double check and let you know if I make changes…

Posted by Mustapha | May 21, 2008, 5:52 pm
nice,
but i mean after tough debate..going back half a century..is a good thing?

Posted by leitmotif(s) | May 21, 2008, 7:19 pm
L.

I checked with , Blacksmith Jade, Now Lebanon and Assafir and they all point to the same division. So I guess that’s what we’re working with now, unless a future clarification adjusts it.

Leitmotif,

I see you’re a designer like me. How come you don’t have any “about me” page on your blog?

Posted by Mustapha | May 21, 2008, 7:58 pm
What are the gains that the opposition got out of the new distribution of votes in Beirut’s districts?
Thanks.
.

Posted by Amir in Tel Aviv | May 21, 2008, 8:00 pm
Leitmotif and Steve,
You have more in common than you think.
You’re both from Tripoli I think. Shit, perhaps you even know each other. You should get together for a cup of coffee when you’re back in Lebanon Mustapha.

Posted by John | May 21, 2008, 9:44 pm
Well i don’t think it’s the best electoral law ever,it s got its verry big flaws…..but still it s way better than Hariri/Kanaan law……
I really do think the new goverment should study a new modern and more representative election law,and in a way or another i appreciate the Boutros electoral law project……

Posted by Ado | May 21, 2008, 9:49 pm
Good map, good work!

One Interesting parameter; where would Aoun run in 2009? and would he get a seat? He is unlikely to get much traction now.

Of course, a year is a long time in politics.

Posted by Jeha | May 21, 2008, 10:27 pm
Thanks for this map. Do you know where we could find a map of the previous electoral divisions? Also, have you seen a map of Beirut’s divisions? Thanks again. This is great.

Posted by Bob | May 22, 2008, 12:31 am
this is really funny given the fact that all of lebanon is like half the size of new jersey

Posted by mo | May 22, 2008, 2:48 am
Can you please Mustapha let us know, if you have the information:

1) The number of MP that will be elected in each Qaza’.

2) The demographic and religious (confessional) facts in each Qaza’.

Alf Mabrouk to all Lebanon!!!! Hope this will be long lasting solution (and not a 5 years break).

Posted by sam | May 22, 2008, 4:33 am
for the one who asked if going back half a century was a good thing, one answer : Truth must be looked for everywhere, including the past. Christ lived more than 2000 years ago, and the coran is 1400 years old…

Posted by soul | May 22, 2008, 5:34 pm
I don’t really understand how pursing further confessionalism is a victory. why and what are we celebrating? Our threshold for joy and satisfaction is so low, c’mon we should celebrate bigger things, like working on having one state, not dividing what we have even further.
Then again, when yesterday you were being shot at and today you are alive, that is not such a bad start.

Posted by Paul N. | May 22, 2008, 7:30 pm
bass 3endi sou2el iza betsma7o:

fina ne7na lebneniyi li seknin barra nsawit bel intikhabet 3ala 2assess l 2announ l jdid?

betmana 7ada yjewebni please,la2an sme3et 2enno bi 2anoun fou2ad Boutross ken fi 2itefe2 3a ha shi.
merci d’avance.

Posted by milad | May 23, 2008, 6:57 am
la2 ma fik tsawit isa 3ayish barra

Posted by Anonymous | May 23, 2008, 9:52 am
Hi there

Can someone please give me an idea on the win/loss ratio for March 14 and the others in the 2009 elecitons? There seems to be this idea floating around that the way Beirut was divided up and the way the 1960 law was set up in the rest of country, that it definitely favours the Hizb Allah/Amal/Aoun alliance.
1 - Is this true?
2 - How big will their majority be?
Cheers

Posted by Columbus | May 24, 2008, 10:19 am
kess emkon kelkon ya ouwatjiye yellaan aboukon kellkon nehna mam nenkesser!!

Posted by mustafah ali nassrallah | May 28, 2008, 11:18 am
la aambemzah ana 3ende sou-ell kamen finan koun ashab blease!!!

Posted by mustafah ali nassrallah gaagaa | May 28, 2008, 11:21 am
Why dont they cut up Baalbeck/Hermel into 5 pieces so it is the same size of the other regions? This block is like a 1/3 of Lebanon just by itself.

Posted by Tony | June 20, 2008, 9:07 pm
i think the majority of this elections will take it the opposition chi 60%. hizbollah and amal will take all the chi3a seats and hariri all the sunnite seats and jounblatte w talare irsllane will take the druz . finally, the competition will be in the christian part but i think aoun will get 60 % and massi7iyi 14 azar 40 %

Posted by xxx | July 24, 2008, 9:01 pm

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Hello, my name is Mustapha and I blog in The Beirut Spring about Lebanese society and politics. I started in February 2005 after the killing of P.M. Rafik Hariri.