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Background

Prior to the election, the process to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years was put into motion, 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 on 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.

colspan=2|Seat allocation
according to The Doha Agreement
The Doha Agreement
The Doha Agreement was an agreement reached by rival Lebanese factions on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Doha, Qatar. This Agreement marks the end of an 18-month long political crisis in Lebanon....


!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Total
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Maronites
Maronites
Maronites , is an ethnoreligious group in the Middle East that have been historically tied with Lebanon. They derive their name from the Syriac saint Mar Maron whose followers moved to Mount Lebanon from northern Syria establishing the Maronite Church....


!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Shi'a
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Sunni
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Greek Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...


!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Druze
Druze
The Druze are an esoteric, monotheistic religious community, found primarily in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, which emerged during the 11th century from Ismailism. The Druze have an eclectic set of beliefs that incorporate several elements from Abrahamic religions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism...


!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Armenian Orthodox
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Greek Catholic
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Alawite
Alawite
The Alawis, also known as Alawites, Nusayris and Ansaris are a prominent mystical and syncretic religious group centred in Syria who are a branch of Shia Islam.-Etymology:...


!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Protestant
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Other Christians
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|14 March
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|8 March
|-
|rowspan=3 valign=up|Beirut
19
|Beirut 1
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |0
|-
|Beirut 2
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |2
|-
|Beirut 3
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=3 valign=up|Bekaa 23
|Baalbek
+Hermel
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |10
|-
|Zahleh
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |0
|-
|Rashaya
+West Bekaa
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=6 valign=up|Mount Lebanon 35
|Jbeil
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |3
|-
|Kisrawan
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |5
|-
|North Metn
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |6
|-
|Baabda
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |6
|-
|Aley
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |1
|-
|Chouf
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=7 valign=up|North Lebanon 28
|Akkar
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |0
|-
|Dinniyeh
+Minieh
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |0
|-
|Bsharreh
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |0
|-
|Tripoli
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |0
|-
|Zgharta
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |3
|-
|Koura
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |0
|-
|Batrun
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=7 valign=up|South Lebanon 23
|Saida
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |0
|-
|Tyre
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |4
|-
|Zahrani
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |3
|-
|Hasbaya
+Marjeyoun
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |5
|-
|Nabatiyeh
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |3
|-
|Bint Jbeil
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |3
|-
|Jezzine
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |1
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |3
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total 128
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|128
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|34
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|27
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|27
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|14
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|8
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|5
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|8
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|2
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|1
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|2
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|71
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|57
|}

Results

Preliminary results indicated that the turnout had been as high as 55%. The March 14 Alliance
March 14 Alliance
The March 14 alliance , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as...

 garnered 71 seats in the 128-member parliament, while the March 8 Alliance
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. It has been the ruling coalition since January 25, 2011 when the alliance managed to nominate Najib Mikati as the new prime minister.-History:...

 won 57 seats. This result is virtually the same as the result from the election in 2005
Lebanese general election, 2005
The 2005 Lebanese General Elections were the first elections in thirty years without a Syrian military or intelligence presence in Lebanon. These elections were the first in Lebanese history to be won outright by a single electoral block and were also the first to be monitored by the United...

. 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.

colspan=2|Election Results for each alliance
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Total
!style="background-color:#31a5ff" align=right|% 14M
!style="background-color:#31a5ff" align=right|14 March
!style="background-color:#ff5400" align=right|% 8M
!style="background-color:#ff5400" align=right|8 March
|-
|rowspan=3 valign=up|Beirut
19
|Beirut 1
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |52.1%
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |47.9%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Beirut 2
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |50.5%
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |49.5%
|align="right" |2
|-
|Beirut 3
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |69.6%
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |31.4%
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=3 valign=up|Bekaa 23
|Baalbek
+Hermel
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |21.6%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |78.4%
|align="right" |10
|-
|Zahleh
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |52.7%
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |47.3%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Rashaya
+West Bekaa
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |53.3%
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |46.7%
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=6 valign=up|Mount Lebanon 35
|Jbeil
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |39.6%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |60.4%
|align="right" |3
|-
|Kisrawan
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |44.9%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |55.1%
|align="right" |5
|-
|North Metn
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |48.4%
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |51.6%
|align="right" |6
|-
|Baabda
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |43.8%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |56.2%
|align="right" |6
|-
|Aley
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |61.2%
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |38.8%
|align="right" |1
|-
|Chouf
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |75.6%
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |24.4%
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=7 valign=up|North Lebanon 28
|Akkar
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |63.1%
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |36.9%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Dinniyeh
+Minnieh
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |70.9%
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |29.1%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Bsharreh
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |73.4%
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |26.6%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Tripoli
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |63.5%
|align="right" |8
|align="right" |36.5%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Zgharta
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |44.2%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |55.8%
|align="right" |3
|-
|Koura
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |51.1%
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |48.9%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Batrun
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |52.2%
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |47.8%
|align="right" |0
|-
|rowspan=7 valign=up|South Lebanon 23
|Saida
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |63.9%
|align="right" |2
|align="right" |36.1%
|align="right" |0
|-
|Tyre
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |06.8%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |93.2%
|align="right" |4
|-
|Zahrani
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |10.0%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |90.0%
|align="right" |3
|-
|Hasbaya
+Marjeyoun
|align="right" |5
|align="right" |21.4%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |78.6%
|align="right" |5
|-
|Nabatiyeh
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |11.6%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |88.4%
|align="right" |3
|-
|Bint Jbeil
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |05.8%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |94.2%
|align="right" |3
|-
|Jezzine
|align="right" |3
|align="right" |25.5%
|align="right" |0
|align="right" |74.5%
|align="right" |3
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total 128
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|128
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#31a5ff"|44.5%
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#31a5ff"|71
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#ff5400"|55.5%
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#ff5400"|57
|}

By party after the Elections

Alliances seats Parties Seats
March 14 Alliance
March 14 Alliance
The March 14 alliance , named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, is a coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon that call for sovereignty over all Lebanese territories, led by MP Saad Hariri, younger son of Rafik Hariri, the assassinated former prime minister of Lebanon, as...

 71 Future Movement 26
Progressive Socialist Party
Progressive Socialist Party
The Progressive Socialist Party or PSP , also known as Parti Socialiste Progressiste in French, is a political party in Lebanon. Its current leader is Walid Jumblatt...

 11
Independents 14 de March 13
Lebanese Forces
Lebanese Forces
The Lebanese Forces is a Lebanese political party. Founded as a militia by Bachir Gemayel during the Lebanese Civil War, the movement fought as the main militia within the Christian-dominated Lebanese Front...

 8
Lebanese Social Democratic Party (Hizb al-Kataeb) 5
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party 2
Jamaa al-Islamiya 1
Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 1
Democratic Left Movement
Democratic Left Movement (Lebanon)
The Democratic Left Movement is the first leftist political party in the Lebanese Parliament. It was founded in September 2004 by left-wing intellectuals and activists who previously split from the Lebanese Communist Party...

 (ĥarakatu-l-yasāri-d-dimuqrātī)		 1
National Liberal Party
National Liberal Party (Lebanon)
The National Liberal Party is a center-right political party in Lebanon, established by President Camille Chamoun in 1958...

 (Hizbu-l-waTaniyyīni-l-aHrār)		 1
March 8 Alliance
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. It has been the ruling coalition since January 25, 2011 when the alliance managed to nominate Najib Mikati as the new prime minister.-History:...

 57 Free Patriotic Movement
Free Patriotic Movement
The Free Patriotic Movement , also known as the "Aounist Movement" , is a Lebanese political party, led by Michel Aoun and allied with Hezbollah, The movement was officially declared a political party on September 18, 2005Though most of the party's support comes from Lebanon's...

 (Tayyar Al-Watani Al-Horr)		 18
Amal Movement
Amal Movement
Amal Movement is short for the Lebanese Resistance Detachments the acronym for which, in Arabic, is "amal", meaning "hope."Amal was founded in 1975 as the militia wing of the Movement of the Disinherited, a Shi'a political movement founded by Musa...

 (Harakat Amal)		 13
Hezbollah 12
Lebanese Democratic Party
Lebanese Democratic Party
The Lebanese Democratic Party is a political party in Lebanon established by Prince Talal Arslan in 2001...

 (Hizb al-democraty al-lubnany)		 4
Marada Movement 3
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian...

 (Tashnag)		 2
Syrian Social National Party (al-Hizb al-Qawmi al-souri al ijtima'i) 2
Arab Socialist Baath Party 2
Solidarity Party
Solidarity Party (Lebanon)
The Solidarity Party is a Lebanese political party established and led by Emile Rahme and part of the March 8 Alliance. It has one seat in the Lebanese Parliament.- Reference :...

 (Hizb Al-Tadamon Al-Lubnany)		 1
Source

By party after the designation of Najib Mikati in January 2011

Formation of government

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
Michel Suleiman
Michel Suleiman or Sleiman is the President of Lebanon. Before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces. After LAF commander Émile Lahoud took office as president in November of 1998, Suleiman succeeded him, taking his place in December...

, who has cast himself as a neutral party between the two main political blocks. For a thorough analysis of the 2009 government, including demographics and political affiliations, see "Lebanon's New Government".

The government fell in January 2011 after the March 8 alliance
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance is a coalition of various political parties in Lebanon. It has been the ruling coalition since January 25, 2011 when the alliance managed to nominate Najib Mikati as the new prime minister.-History:...

'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
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is an international tribunal for the prosecution under Lebanese law of those responsible for the assassination of Rafic Hariri on February 14, 2005. The tribunal also has jurisdiction over a series of other attacks in Lebanon if they are proven to be connected...

.

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