Lebanese general election, 2018

Lebanese general election, 2018

← 2009 6 May 2018
All 128 seats to the Parliament of Lebanon 65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.2% ( ~ 6.0%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gebran Bassil Saad Hariri Nabih Berri Party FPM Future Movement Amal Leader's seat Batroun Beirut II Zahrany Last election 19 33 13 Seats won 24 20 17 Seat change 5 13 4 Popular vote 238,425 260,405 210,211 Percentage 13.08% 14.29% 11.54%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Samir Geagea Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt Party Lebanese Forces Hezbollah PSP Leader's seat Did Not Stand Did Not Stand Did Not Stand Last election 8 12 11 Seats won 15 13 9 Seat change 7 1 2 Popular vote 158,244 289,174 83,023 Percentage 8.68% 15.87% 4.56%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Najib Mikati Samy Gemayel Sleiman Frangieh Party Azm Movement Kataeb Party Marada Movement Leader's seat Tripoli Metn Did Not Stand Last election 2 5 3 Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 2 2 0 Popular vote 39,586 32,011 26,532 Percentage 2.17% 1.76% 1.46%
Prime Minister before election Saad Hariri Future Movement Elected Prime Minister Saad Hariri Future Movement

Saad Hariri
Future Movement

Saad Hariri
Future Movement

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 under various pretexts, including the security situation, the failure of the Parliament to elect a new President, and the technical requirements of holding an election. A new electoral law adopted in 2017 provides a proportional representation system for the first time in the history of the country. Hezbollah and its allies performed well in the elections, while the Future Movement of Prime Minister Saad Hariri saw its bloc shrink by 40%, from 33 to 20 MPs. The parliamentary bloc of the Lebanese Forces almost doubled from eight MPs to 15 MPs, but it was the Free Patriotic Movement who emerged as the largest bloc with 29 MPs, including 18 party members, six pro-FPM independents, and five allies.

Following the last parliamentary election of 2009, it took several months to form a new government. Saad Hariri eventually became prime minister in a March 14 Alliance government formed in November 2009. About a year later, Walid Jumblatt's PSP broke away from the March 14 alliance and withdrew its ministers. Jumblatt then traveled to Syria for the first time in decades and met President Bashar al-Assad. After the government fell over the issue of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, a new government was formed by Najib Mikati that consisted of March 8 Alliance parties, as well as the PSP.

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