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2009 Lebanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Lebanon
type	parliamentary
previous_election	2005 Lebanese general election
previous_year	2005
outgoing_members	Members of the 2005–2009 Lebanese Parliament
elected_members	List of members of the 2009–2017 Lebanese Parliament
next_election	2018 Lebanese general election
next_year	2018
seats_for_election	All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
election_date	7 June 2009
image_size	130x130px
map_image	Lebanese election 2009.png
map_size	300px
turnout	55.2% 8.7%
map_caption	Areas with a March 14 majority in blue, areas with a March 8 majority in orange
colour1	3682D8
image1	Secretary Kerry Delivers Remarks With Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (Cropped on Hariri).jpg
leader1	Saad Hariri
alliance1	March 14
party1	Future Movement
leaders_seat1	Beirut III
last_election1	36 seats
seats1	33
seat_change1	3
colour2	ED9121
image2	Michel Aoun with Putin 5 (cropped).jpg
leader2	Michel Aoun
alliance2	March 8
party2	FPM
leaders_seat2	Keserwan
last_election2	15 seats
seats2	19
seat_change2	4
colour3	008000
image3	Nabih Berri.jpg
leader3	Nabih Berri
alliance3	March 8
party3	Amal Movement
leaders_seat3	Zahrani
last_election3	14 seats
seats3	14
seat_change3	0
colour4	F7DF19
image4	Hassan Nasrallah meets Khamenei in visit to Iran (3 8405110291 L600).jpg
leader4	Hassan Nasrallah
alliance4	March 8
party4	Hezbollah
leaders_seat4	None
last_election4	14 seats
seats4	13
seat_change4	1
colour6	F0001C
leader6	Samir Geagea
alliance6	March 14
party6	Lebanese Forces
leaders_seat6	None
last_election6	6 seats
seats6	8
seat_change6	2
colour5	CC050F
image5	Walid Jumblatt ca 2006.jpg
leader5	Walid Jumblatt
alliance_name	no
alliance5	None
party5	PSP
leaders_seat5	Chouf
last_election5	16 seats
seats5	11
seat_change5	5
colour7	138808
image7	Amine Gemayel.jpg
leader7	Amine Gemayel
alliance7	March 14
party7	Kataeb
leaders_seat7	None
last_election7	3 seats
seats7	5
seat_change7	2
colour8	ADFF2F
image8	Sleiman Frangieh 2.jpg
leader8	Sleiman Frangieh
alliance8	March 8
party8	Marada Movement
leaders_seat8	Zgharta
last_election8	0 seats
seats8	3
seat_change8	3
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Fouad Siniora
[[File:Fouad Sinora (cropped).jpg	60px]]
before_party	March 14
after_election	Saad Hariri
[[File:Saad Hariri in Sochi, 13 September 2017.jpg	60px]]
after_party	March 14
image9	Hagop Pakradounian cropped.png
colour9	aa0000
party9	Tashnag
leaders_seat9	Metn
leader9	Hagop Pakradounian
alliance9	March 8
seats9	2
last_election9	2 seats
seat_change9	0

Parliamentary elections were held in Lebanon on 7 June 2009 to elect all 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Although general elections are held every four years, this parliament due to various reasons stayed in power until the 2018 general election.

Background

The 2009 election was the first general election in Lebanon to be done in one day. Usually, the election used to be divided into four rounds across four weeks, with each round being held in different regions across Lebanon. Before the election, the voting age was to be lowered from 21 to 18 years, but as this requires a constitutional amendment, it did not happen before the election.

Allocation of seats

Following a compromise reached in the Doha Agreement in May 2008 between the government and opposition, a new electoral law was put in place, as shown in the table below. It was passed on 29 September 2008.

Seat allocation	Seats	Maronite	Shia	Sunni	Greek Orthodox	Druze	Armenian Orthodox	Greek Catholic	Alawite	Evangelical	Minorities	14 March	8 March
Beirut
19	Beirut 1	5	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	5
Beirut 2	4	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	2
Beirut 3	10	-	1	5	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	10	0
Bekaa 23	Baalbek
+Hermel	10	1	6	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
Zahleh	7	1	1	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	7	0
Rashaya
+West Bekaa	6	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	0
Mount Lebanon 35	Jbeil	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Kisrawan	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	5
North Metn	8	4	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	6
Baabda	6	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	6
Aley	5	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1
Chouf	8	3	-	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	8	0
North Lebanon 28	Akkar	7	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	7
Dinniyeh
+Minieh	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
Bsharreh	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
Tripoli	8	1	-	5	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	0
Zgharta	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	3
Koura	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
Batroun	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
South Lebanon 23	Saida	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Tyre	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	4
Zahrani	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	0	3
Hasbaya
+Marjeyoun	5	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	5
Nabatiyeh	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	3
Bint Jbeil	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	3
Jezzine	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	0	3
Total 128	128	34	27	27	14	8	5	8	2	1	2	71	57

Results

Logo of the Lebanese general election, 2009

Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%. The March 14 Alliance garnered 71 seats in the 128-member parliament, while the March 8 Alliance won 57 seats. This result is virtually the same as the result from the election in 2005. However, the March 14 alliance saw this as a moral victory over Hezbollah, who led the March 8 Alliance, and the balance of power was expected to shift in its favor. Many observers expect to see the emergence of a National Unity Government similar to that created following the Doha Agreement in 2008.

Election Results for each alliance	Total	% 14M	14 March	% 8M	8 March
Beirut
19	Beirut 1	5	52.1%	5	47.9%
Beirut 2	4	50.5%	2	49.5%	2
Beirut 3	10	69.6%	10	31.4%	0
Bekaa 23	Baalbek
+Hermel	10	21.6%	0	78.4%
Zahleh	7	52.7%	7	47.3%	0
Rashaya
+West Bekaa	6	53.3%	6	46.7%	0
Mount Lebanon 35	Jbeil	3	28.6%	0	71.4%
Kisrawan	5	30.9%	0	69.1%	5
North Metn	8	42.4%	2	58.6%	6
Baabda	6	41.8%	0	58.2%	6
Aley	5	60.2%	4	39.8%	1
Chouf	8	69.6%	8	30.4%	0
North Lebanon 28	Akkar	7	61.1%	7	38.9%
Dinniyeh
+Minnieh	3	70.9%	3	29.1%	0
Bsharreh	2	71.4%	2	28.6%	0
Tripoli	8	63.5%	8	36.5%	0
Zgharta	3	44.2%	0	55.8%	3
Koura	3	51.1%	3	48.9%	0
Batroun	2	50.2%	2	49.8%	0
South Lebanon 23	Saida	2	63.9%	2	36.1%
Tyre	4	06.8%	0	93.2%	4
Zahrani	3	10.0%	0	90.0%	3
Hasbaya
+Marjeyoun	5	21.4%	0	78.6%	5
Nabatiyeh	3	11.6%	0	88.4%	3
Bint Jbeil	3	05.8%	0	94.2%	3
Jezzine	3	25.5%	0	74.5%	3
Total 128	128	55.5%	71	44.5%	57

Formation of government

Main article: Lebanese government of November 2009, Lebanese government of June 2011

As is typical of Lebanese politics political wrangling after the elections took 5 months. Only in November was the composition of the new cabinet agreed upon: 15 seats for the March 14 Alliance, 10 for the March 8 Alliance, and 5 nominated by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, who has cast himself as a neutral party between the two main political blocs.

Aftermath

The government fell in January 2011 after the March 8 alliance's 11 ministers withdrew from the government over PM Hariri's refusal to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss possible indictments to be issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

The March 8 alliance formed a new government in the ensuing six months, at which point the seats in parliament were divided as follows.

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"Lebanese Interior Ministry sets June 7 for Parliamentary elections – People's Daily Online".
(2009-03-19). "Lebanon voting age lowered by MPs". BBC News.
(2008-05-21). "Lebanon rivals agree crisis deal". BBC News.
(2008-09-30). "Lebanon approves new election law". BBC News.
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International Foundation for Electoral Systems. (9 November 2009). "Lebanon's New Government".
Worth, Robert F.. (2009-11-10). "Impasse Over, Lebanon Forms Cabinet". The New York Times.
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