Beirut II

For the former district, see Beirut II (2009).
Beirut II
Constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateBeirut
Electorate353,164 (2018)[1][2]
Current constituency
Created2017
Number of members11 (6 Sunni, 2 Shia, 1 Druze, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Evangelical)

Beirut II (Arabic: دائرة بيروت الثانية) 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 covers 8 quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Port, Bachoura, Dar El Mreisse, Mazraa, Minet El Hosn, Moussaitbeh, Ras Beirut and Zuqaq al-Blat.[citation needed] The electorate is predominantly Sunni (62.1%).[3] 20.6% of the electorate is Shia, 5% Greek Orthodox, 3.41% Minorities, 1.86% Maronite, 1.65% Armenian Orthodox, 1.63% Greek Catholic, 1.55% Druze, 1.31% Jews[a], 0.81% Evangelical (Protestant) and 0.03% Alawite.[3]

  1. ^ Daily Star
  2. ^ Daily Star
  3. ^ a b دائرة بيروت الثانية Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  4. ^ Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 487


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