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Bint Jbeil
Former constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh
Electorate127,925 (2011)
Former constituency
Created1953
Abolished2017
Number of members3 (Shia)
MPsAyoub Hmayed, Hassan Fadlallah, Ali Ahmad Bazzi (2009-2017)

Bint Jbeil electoral district (Arabic: دائرة بنت جبيل) was an electoral district in Lebanon. It covered all areas of the Bint Jbeil District.[1] The constituency elected three Shia Muslim members of the Parliament of Lebanon (for more information on the Lebanese electoral system, see Elections in Lebanon).[1]

Demographics

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The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities reported in 2011 that the constituency had 127,925 registered voters and the following religious composition: 88.11 percent Shia Muslims, 9.31 percent Maronites and 2.41 percent Greek Catholics.[1]

1953 election

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Ahmad al-As'ad, representing Bint Jbeil in parliament 1953-1957 and 1960-1961

The Bint Jbeil electoral district was created in 1953, as a single-member constituency.[2] In the 1953 parliamentary election the seat was won by Ahmad al-As'ad, a powerful Shia landlord. His main opponent in the election had been the nationalist candidate Ali Bazzi.[3]

1957 election

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There was a reform of the seat distribution of parliamentary constituencies in 1957, but Bint Jbeil remained a single-member constituency. Instead the neighbouring electoral district of Nabatieh was awarded an additional Shia seat. Ahmad al-As'ad argued that this move had been done deliberately to curtail his political influence.[4] The Bint Jbeil seat was won by Ali Bazzi in the 1957 parliamentary election.[5]

1960 election

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The 1960 Election Law adopted a set-up of electoral districts largely based on the Qadas. As per the 1960 Law the Bint Jbeil electoral district elected two Shia Members of Parliament and was estimated to have had 28,043 Shia Muslim registered voters, 4,463 Maronites, 1,791 Greek Catholics, 96 Sunni Muslims and 68 Minorities.[6] In the 1960 parliamentary election Ahmed al-As'ad (now leading the Sha'ab party) and Sa'id Fawaz (42-year-old former government official) were elected from Bint Jbeil.[6] Al-As'ad's candidature had been supported by Fouad Chehab.[7] Ahmad al-As'ad died in March 1961. A by-election was held in April the same year in which his son Kamil al-As'ad was elected. Kamil al-As'ad became the leader of the Southern Bloc in parliament and was named Minister of Education and Fine Arts in the cabinet of Rashid Karami.[8]

1964 election

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In the 1964 parliamentary election the Bint Jbeil seats were won by Abdellatif Beydoun and Abdallah Ghneimeh.[9]

1968 election

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In the 1968 parliamentary election the candidates on the list supported by Adel Osseiran won the seats in Bint Jbeil.[10] Sa'id Fawaz returned to parliament, accompanied by the physician Ibrahim Cheaito.[11] Out of the 31,034 registered voters, 17,793 participated in the election.[11]

Candidate Party Votes % Won?
Sa'id Fawaz Democratic Parliamentary Front 8,613 48.41% Yes
Ibrahim Cheaito Democratic Parliamentary Front 8,077 45.39% Yes
Abdellatif Beydoun 7,714 43.35%
Ali Abbas Khalil 6,387 35.90%
Husayn Muruwwah Lebanese Communist Party[2] 1,446 8.13%
Ahmad Majid 1,013 5.69%
Ghassan Shararah Ba'athist[12] 786 4.42%
Abdallah al-Ghutaymi 715 4.02%

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1972 election

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Abdellatif Beydoun

In the 1972 parliamentary election Abdellatif Beydoun and Hamid Dakroub were elected from Bint Jbeil.[14]

Candidate Party Votes Won?
Abdellatif Beydoun 10,710 Yes
Hamid Dakroub 9,912 Yes
Ali Bazzi 7,977
Nazem Khalil 3,229
Ahmad Murad Lebanese Communist Party[2] 3,160
Ali Yusuf Ba'athist[2] 1,422
Abdallah al-Ghutaymi 1,245

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1991 appointment

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Abdellatif Beydoun died in 1984. In 1991 Abdallah al-Amin was appointed to replace him as parliamentarian of Bint Jbeil.[15] Al-Amin was the regional secretary of the Arab Socialist Baath Party.[2]

2008 Doha Agreement

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A new set-up of constituencies was used ahead of the 1992 general election, abolishing the 1960 Election Law constituencies.[16] However, the 2008 Doha Agreement instituted a set-up of electoral districts similar to those of the 1960 Election Law.[17] Thus the Bint Jbeil electoral district was recreated ahead of the 2009 parliamentary election.[16] The electoral district now elected three Shia Members of Parliament.[1]

2009 election

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During the 2009 election there were 123,396 registered voters in Bint Jbeil.[1] Ahead of the election the March 8 Alliance candidates were expected to win the election easily.[18] The March 8 Alliance fielded Ayoub Hmayed (Amal Movement), Hassan Fadlallah (Hezbollah) and Ali Ahmad Bazzi (Amal Movement) as its candidates.[1][19]

Ali Mhanna and Dr. Ahmad al-Khahwaja stood as candidates of the Lebanese Option Gathering.[20][21] Lebanese Option Gathering leader Ahmad al-As'ad declared before the election that his party sought to challenge the Hezbollah 'monopoly' in the Shia community.[22] The Lebanese Communist Party opted to boycott the election in Bint Jbeil.[23]

52,899 voters cast their votes in Bint Jbeil (42.86 percent).[1][24] The National News Agency reported that voting was calm. UNIFIL forces deployed along the border on election day.[19]

All three candidates of the March 8 list were elected with wide margins.[1][24]

Candidate Party Votes % Won?
Hassan Fadlallah Hezbollah 49,582 94.24% Yes
Ali Ahmad Bazzi Amal Movement 49,220 93.04% Yes
Ayoub Hmayed Amal Movement 48,775 92.20% Yes
Ali Mhanna Lebanese Option Gathering 616 1.16%
Ahmad al-Khawaja Lebanese Option Gathering 554 1.05%
Mahmoud Beydoun Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard[25][26] 470 0.89%
Mohammad Kdouh 299 0.56%
Nazem Ibrahim 227 0.43%
Mohammad Atwi 19 0.03%

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There were 783 blank votes and 420 invalid ballots.[24]

2017 Vote Law

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As per the new Vote Law adopted by parliament on June 16, 2017, the Bint Jbeil electoral district merged into a Marjayoun-Nabatieh-Hasbaya-Bint Jbeil district.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i IFES. Electoral Districts in Lebanon Archived 2015-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b c d e JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia (91013 ed.). Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1991. p. 36.
  3. ^ Rodger Shanahan (5 November 2005). The Shi'a of Lebanon: Clans, Parties and Clerics. I.B.Tauris. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-1-85043-766-6.
  4. ^ Gersten Professor of Political Science Jacob M Landau; Jacob M. Landau (19 December 2013). Middle Eastern Themes: Papers in History and Politics. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-135-15977-1.
  5. ^ The International Who's who of the Arab World. International Who's Who of the Arab World Ltd. 1984. p. 104.
  6. ^ a b Yitzhak Oron, Ed. Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960. The Moshe Dayan Center. pp. 348–351, 355. GGKEY:3KXGTYPACX2.
  7. ^ Wade R. Goria (1985). Sovereignty and Leadership in Lebanon: 1943-1976. Ithaca Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-86372-031-4.
  8. ^ Middle East Record. Tel Aviv University, the Reuven Shiloah Research Center. 1961. p. 383.
  9. ^ حليم فياض (2003). الجنوب: أحداث وذكريات. دار النهار للطباعة والنشر والتوزيع. ISBN 978-2-84289-429-0.
  10. ^ a b Jalal Zuwiyya (1972). The Parliamentary Election of Lebanon 1968. Brill Archive. p. 59. GGKEY:9HE6AZ8A2BE.
  11. ^ a b c Dishon (1 October 1973). Middle East Record 1968. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 637, 640. ISBN 978-0-470-21611-8.
  12. ^ Hanna Batatu (1 November 2012). The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq: A Study of Iraq's Old Landed and Commercial Classes and of its Communists, Ba`thists and Free Officers. Princeton University Press. p. 982. ISBN 978-0-86356-771-1.
  13. ^ bintjbeil.com. الوزير والنائب والسفير الراحل علي بزي
  14. ^ الانتخابات النيابية ١٨٦١ - ١٩٩٢: القوانين - النتائج. Tawzīʻ, al-Muʼassasah al-Jāmiʻīyah lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Nashr. 1992.
  15. ^ a b bintjbeil.com. نتـائج الإنتخـابات النيـابية
  16. ^ a b Imad Salamey (15 October 2013). The Government and Politics of Lebanon. Routledge. pp. 74–75, 112–113. ISBN 978-1-135-01133-8.
  17. ^ Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 445
  18. ^ Aspen Institute. Lebanon's Upcoming Elections
  19. ^ a b Daily Star. March 8 polls strongly in southern districts
  20. ^ Lebanonwire. Hariri launches political paltform as elections fever heightens
  21. ^ NOW. Ahmad Assaad and his allies announce candidates in the South
  22. ^ David J. Forgione (26 August 2010). WHEN CARS BURNED GAS - the Series Volume 2 - the First 100 Days of the Obama Presidency; Revolution of Hope - January 2009. Lulu.com. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-557-63636-5.
  23. ^ NOW. NOW Lebanon learns Communist party will boycott Nabatiyeh, Zahrani, Bint Jbeil elections
  24. ^ a b c d Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. Elections Result – Bint Jbeil[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ Al-Mustaqbal. «طليعة لبنان» يحيي ذكرى غياب صدّام حسين Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ National News Agency. طليعة لبنان العربي أحيا ذكرى أربعين عضو قيادته القطرية
  27. ^ Daily Star. Analysts skeptical new vote law will lead to change

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