2000 Lebanese general election

2000 Lebanese general election

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All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon
Turnout40.52% (Decrease3.04pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rafic Hariri Nabih Berri
Party Hariri Bloc Amal Movement
Leader's seat Beirut Zahrani
Last election 25 seats 8 seats
Seats won 26 10
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt
Party Hezbollah PSP
Leader's seat None Chouf
Last election 7 seats 5 seats
Seats won 10 6
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1

Prime Minister before election

Selim Hoss
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Rafic Hariri
Independent

General elections were held in Lebanon between 27 August and 3 September 2000[1] to elect the 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 40.5%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p184