Beirut I () is an electoral district in

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. The district elects eight members of the Lebanese National Assembly – three

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, one

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, one

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, one

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and one

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. The Beirut I electoral district covers four ''quartiers'' (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital:

Achrafieh Achrafieh () is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector (''secteur'') centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter (''quartier''). In p ...

, Saifi,

Rmeil Rmeil () is one of the neighborhoods of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. It is located near Ashrafieh, and Saifi. The neighborhood is known for its Greek Orthodox churches such as Saint Georges and Saint Nicolas. Cultural areas are located in Rm ...

and Medawar.
Table Attached to Law 44 dated 17/6/2017 (Official Gazette no.27 dated 17 June 2017) – Distribution of Seats to the Confessions and Districts
'' ACE Project The area is predominately Christian; the largest community in the Beirut I electorate are Armenian Orthodox (28.33%).دائرة بيروت الاولى
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'' 19.2% are Greek Orthodox, 13.19% Maronite, 9.8% Greek Catholic, 9.76% Sunni, 5.57% Armenian Catholic, 3.95% Syriac Catholic, 3% Latin Catholics, 1.97% other Minorities groups, 2.88% Evangelicals, 1.99% Shia and 0.37% Druze or Alawite.

1960–1972

Beirut I was a parliamentary constituency in

. It covered six neighbourhoods (''quartiers'') of the capital;

, Medawar, Minet El Hosn,

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, Rmeil and Saifi.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 161 It elected eight Christian parliamentarians; three Armenian Orthodox, one Armenian Catholic, one Protestant, one Maronite, one Greek Orthodox and one Greek Catholic. This constituency was used in the

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and

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elections.

1960 Election Law

The constituency was established as part of the 1960 Election Law. In the 1957 parliamentary election Beirut had been divided into two constituencies. Achrafieh, Rmeil and Saifi had been part of the Christian-dominated first district, whilst Medawar, Minet El Hosn and Port had been part of the predominantly Muslim second district. The issue of the delimitations of the Beirut constituencies had been contested, but an agreement between Christian and Muslim leaders was reached on February 23, 1960, by which there was agreement that Beirut I would be assigned eight Christian seats. The Election Law was passed in April 1960.

Demographics

On April 4, 1960, the census office published a voters list, which stated that Beirut I had 21,600 Armenian Orthodox registered voters, 16,459 Greek Orthodox, 13,654 Maronites, 8,861 Sunni Muslims, 7,403 Armenian Catholics, 5,121 Jews, 5,059 Greek Catholic, 3,161 Protestants, 2,702 Syriac Catholics, 2,200 Shia Muslims, 1,117 Latin Catholics, 748 Chaldean Catholics, 460 Syriac Orthodox, 152 Druze and 180 persons belonging to other religious groups. Minet El Hosn hosted the majority of the Jewish community in Lebanon. As of April 1972 it was estimated that Beirut I had 32,190 Armenian Orthodox voters, 16,709 Greek Orthodox, 13,899 Maronites, 8,046 Greek Catholics, 6,573 Sunni Muslims, 5,352 Armenian Catholics, 3,558 Jews, 3,082 Syriac Catholics, 2,749 Armenian Protestants, 2,070 Latin Catholics and 1,831 Shia Muslims.

Members of Parliament elected from Beirut I

1960 election

In the 1960 general election there were two main lists in Beirut I. The election was won by the People's List, a joint list of the

Kataeb Party The Kataeb Party (), officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party ( '), also known as the Phalangist Party, is a right-wing Christian political party in Lebanon founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936. The party and its parami ...

and the

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (, abbr. ARF (ՀՅԴ) or ARF-D), also known as Dashnaktsutyun (Armenians, Armenian: Դաշնակցություն, Literal translation, lit. "Federation"), is an Armenian nationalism, Armenian nationalist a ...

. The main challenger had been the National Front list headed by

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1964 election

In a surprise move ahead of the 1964 general election,

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withdrew his candidates from Beirut I. In the end, all candidates of the Kataeb-Armenian Revolutionary Federation 'People's List' were elected unopposed.

1968 election

During the 1968 general election the electoral district had 98,439 eligible voters, out of whom 28,631 voted (29.59 percent, the lowest turn-out of all constituencies). The elections in Beirut I passed smoothly without violent incidents.Zuwiyya, Jalal.
The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968
'. Leiden: Brill, 1972. pp. 13–17 The four Armenian parliamentarians were elected unopposed.

Pierre Gemayel Pierre Amine Gemayel, also spelled Jmayyel, Jemayyel or al-Jumayyil (; 6 November 1905 – 29 August 1984), was a Lebanese political leader. A Maronite Catholic, he is remembered as the founder of the Kataeb Party (also known as the Phalang ...

won the Maronite seat and his fellow Kataeb member Samir Ishaq won the Protestant seat.

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won the Greek Orthodox seat whilst and the Greek Catholic on Sassine's list

Nasri Maalouf Nasri Maalouf () (May 7, 1911 – April 2, 2005) was a Lebanese politician. He was a Melkite Greek Catholic, and was known as a moderate and peacemaker in Lebanese politics. Nasri Maalouf was also a prominent lawyer, who mediated one of his mo ...

was also elected.

1972 election

In the 1972 general election, the last election to be held before the outbreak of the

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, all candidates of the Kataeb-Armenian Revolutionary Federation-

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list were elected. The main contender had been the Protestant candidate Tony Saad, who mustered 10,778 votes. 33.9 percent of the registered voters cast their ballots. After the Civil War, a new set-up of constituencies was used ahead of the 1992 general election abolishing the 1960 Election Law constituencies.

2009

Beirut I was an electoral district in

. It covered three neighbourhoods (''quartiers'') in the eastern parts of the capital;

and

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Electoral Districts in Lebanon
'' The constituency elected five members of the

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; one

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and one

(for more information on the Lebanese electoral system, see

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). The constituency was created with the 2008 Doha Agreement, ahead of the 2009 parliamentary election.

Creation

The boundaries and the sectarian seat allocation of the electoral district were defined by the 2008 Doha Agreement, which instituted election districts similar to those of the 1960 Election Law. The creation of Beirut I meant that for the first time since the 1972 parliamentary election there was a Christian-majority electoral district in Beirut (between 1960 and 1972 there was a Christian-majority Beirut I electoral district with slightly different boundaries). The new Election Law was formally adopted on September 28, 2008.

Demographics

The majority of the Christian population of Beirut lives in Beirut I.NOW Lebanon.
Districts in depth: Beirut I
'' The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities reported in 2011 that the constituency had 91,486 voters and the following religious composition: 26.2% Greek Orthodox, 16.73% Maronites, 16.2% Armenian Orthodox, 12.94% Greek Catholic, 11.0% other Christian Minorities, 7.0%

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s and 5.2% Armenian Catholics. According to an article in ''

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'' newspaper published in May 2008, 2.24% of the registered voters of Beirut I were

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s, 1.89%

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s and 0.28%

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. However, many of the registered voters of Beirut I live overseas.

2009 election

During the 2009 election there were 92,764 registered voters in Beirut I. Before the election a lot of attention was given to the race in Beirut I, as it was one of a handful of electoral districts where the outcome was difficult to predict on forehand. Both March 8 and March 14 sought to mobilize overseas voters to come to Lebanon for the voting day. However, incumbent parliamentarian

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criticized the mobilization of overseas voters.

Free Decision List

The 'Free Decision List' was the list aligned with the

March 14 alliance The March 14 Alliance (), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, was a coalition of political party, political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that were united by their anti-Ba'athist Syria, Assad stance and by their opp ...

. As of March 20, 2009 the March 14 candidates in Beirut I were

Nadim Gemayel Nadim Bachir Gemayel (, born 1 May 1982) is a Lebanese politician and member of the Lebanese parliament since 2018. He is a member of the Kataeb party that was founded by his grandfather Pierre Gemayel and is the son of the assassinated preside ...

(son of

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) of the

for the Maronite seat, Michel Pharaon of the

Future Movement The Future Movement () is a Lebanese political party affiliated with the Sunni sect. The party was founded as a coalition in 1995 led by Rafic Hariri which was known as the Hariri Bloc but was officially founded in 2007. The party is led by Saad ...

for the Greek Catholic seat,

Nayla Tueni Nayla Tueni Maktabi () (born 31 August 1982) is a Lebanese journalist and politician. She was a member of the Lebanese Parliament for almost ten years (2009–2018), representing the district of Achrafieh. Tueni is the CEO of one of Lebanon's mo ...

(daughter of

Gebran Tueni Gebran Ghassan Tueni (; 15 September 1957 – 12 December 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily paper '' An Nahar'', established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, in 1933. He was assassina ...

) for the Greek Orthodox seat. However, the alliance had difficulties defining the Armenian candidates for their list. Both March 8 and March 14 tries to get the

(Tashnaqs) to contest on their list. Thus both alliances hesitated to nominate Armenian candidates before the Tashnaq party declared its allegiance. In November 2008, Tashnaq leaders met with a number of key personalities such as President

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, Prime Minister

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, Speaker

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, Ministers

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, Tamam Salam and

Tarek Mitri Tarek Mitri (; born 16 September 1950) is a Lebanese university professor, independent politician and former government minister who is currently serving as the deputy prime minister of Lebanon as of 8 February 2025. Early life and education Mi ...

Jean Kahwaji Jean Kahwaji ( ; born 1953) is a former Lebanese military officer who served as the 13th commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces from 2008 to 2017. Career Kahwaji joined the Lebanese army in 1973. He trained abroad, especially in the United Sta ...

(Commander-in-Chief of the

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), Sheikh Abdel Amir Kabalan, Maronite Patriarch

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and Metropolitan Elias Audi. On December 1, 2008, a group of Tashnaq leaders met with Syrian president

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. On March 8, 2009, Tashnaq leader Mekhitarian met with

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and

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to discuss the upcoming election. Reportedly Hariri offered the Tashnaqs 4 out of 6 Armenian seats in Lebanon. On April 2, 2009, the Tashnaqs publicly stated that they would contest the elections in alliance with Michel Aoun, rejecting Hariri's offer. The

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and

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parties were willing to contest on the March 14 list, but the

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also nominated an Armenian Catholic candidate, Richard Kouyoumjian. Many meetings took place to solve the issue. Pharaon presented the candidate of Sebouh Mkjian for the Armenian Orthodox seat. By April 25, 2009, Pharaon withdrew the candidature of Mkhjian. Only on May 20, 2009, did the Lebanese Forces leader withdraw the candidature of Kouyoumjian. In the end the Armenian Orthodox candidate on the March 14 list was Jean Ogassapian of the Ramgavar Party and the sitting parliamentarian

Serge Torsarkissian Serge Torsarkissian (also spelled Tour-Sarkissian) (in Arabic سيرج طورسركيسيان, in Armenian Սերժ Թորսարգիսեան ) is a Lebanese former member of parliament representing the Armenian Catholic seat in Beirut. He was ...

of the Hunchak Party stood as the candidate for the Armenian Catholic seat. The list was publicly declared on May 27, 2009.

Aoun list

The candidates on the list linked to Michel Aoun were declared on April 1, 2009; Massoud Achkar for the Maronite seat, Nicolas Sehnaoui for the Greek Catholic seat, Deputy Prime Minister

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of the

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for the Greek Orthodox seat, Vrej Sabounjian of the Tashnaq Party for the Armenian Orthodox seat and fellow Tashnaq member Gregoire Kaloust for the Armenian Catholic seat.

Voting

37,284 voters cast their votes in Beirut I (40.19%). All five candidates on the March 14 list were elected. Only for the Greek Orthodox seat was there a third candidate with more than 13 votes; Georges Christoforeides who got 177 votes (0.47%).Ministry of Interior and Municipalities.
Elections Result – Beirut I
'' There were 201 invalid ballots and 183 blank ballots.

2018

2017 Vote Law

As per the new Vote Law adopted by parliament on June 16, 2017, the electoral districts of Beirut were reorganized. The old Beirut I district merged with the Medawar quartier (previously in

Beirut II Beirut II () is an electoral district in Beirut, Lebanon, as per the 2017 vote law. The district elects 11 members of the Lebanese National Assembly - 6 Sunnis, 2 Shias, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Evangelical. The Beirut II electoral district ...

), the new district retaining the name 'Beirut I'.GulfNews.
Lebanon to hold parliamentary elections in May 2018
''''Daily Star''.
Analysts skeptical new vote law will lead to change
'' The new Beirut I district received the two Armenian Orthodox seats of the former Beirut II district, whilst the Minorities seat was shifted from the Muslim-domonated Beirut III district to the new Beirut I district.

Election

Ahead of the

2018 Lebanese general election General elections were held in Lebanon on 6 May 2018. Although originally scheduled for 2013, the election was postponed three times in 2013, 2014 and 2017 for various reasons, including the security situation, the failure of the Parliament to ...

, 5 lists were registered in the Beirut I electoral district.77 لائحة تُقصي 334 مرشحاً: لبنان إلى الانتخابات
''Al-Akhbar'' After the split between the Future Movement and the Lebanese Forces, a joint list of the Free Patriotic Movement, the

(Tashnaq) and the

s was conceived ("Strong Beirut I") supported by the

.بيروت الأولى: هل يخرق المجتمع المدني بمقعدين؟
. ''Al-Modon'' The Future Movement itself, however, stayed aloof from fielding candidates.''Daily Star''.
East Beirut electoral field takes shape
'' The Lebanese Forces, together with the Kataeb Party,

s and

, and with support from Antoun Sehnaoui, fielded their list under the label "Beirut I".''Daily Star.''
Weekend electoral list announcements
" Michelle Tueni fielded a third list, "We Are Beirut", being joined by incumbent Future MP

. For the

seat the FPM fielded a Syriac Orthodox candidate, former Brigadier General Antoine Pano, whilst the Tueni list included Latin Catholic candidate Rafic Bazerji, an independent from a family historically close to the National Liberal Party.

Result by lists

2018 Lebanese general election in Beirut I

2022

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. The

and the Kataeb Party still had large population amongst Christian voters especially due to the Free Patriotic Movement's decline. Ahead of the elections, six lists were registered in the district. After the electoral split between

and the

was forced to create joint list of the Kataeb Party and independents such as Jean Talozian who left the Lebanese Forces Bloc. The

did not nominate nor support any list after Saad Hariri's political boycott. The

, together with the Hunchak Party and other independents, fielded their list under the label "Beirut, Nahno Laha". The

again fielded a list with the Tashnag Party but without intention of creating a joint bloc in the

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. The other lists were made up of opposition candidates of the October 17 Movement which was an alliance of multiple activist organizations. It included,

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which was fielded by party leader

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, Liwatani which was led by Palua Yacobian fielded by Tahalof Watani and ReLebanon, and the

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list which also competed in previous municipal elections. 2022 Lebanese general election in Beirut I

Results by list

References

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1960–1972

1960 Election Law

Demographics

Members of Parliament elected from Beirut I

1960 election

1964 election

1968 election

1972 election

2009

Creation

Demographics

2009 election

Free Decision List

Aoun list

Voting

2018

2017 Vote Law

Election

Result by lists

2022

Results by list

See also

References