Beirut I

Beirut I
Constituency
for the Parliament of Lebanon
GovernorateBeirut
Electorate134,355 (2018)[1][2]
Current constituency
Created2017
Number of members8 (3 Armenian Orthodox, 1 Armenian Catholic, 1 Greek Catholic, 1 Greek Orthodox, 1 Maronite, 1 Minorities)

Beirut I (Arabic: دائرة بيروت الأولى) is an electoral district in Lebanon. The district elects eight members of the Lebanese National Assembly – three Armenian Orthodox, one Armenian Catholic, one Greek Catholic, one Greek Orthodox, one Maronite and one Minorities.

The Beirut I electoral district covers four quartiers (neighbourhoods) of the Lebanese capital: Achrafieh, Saifi, Rmeil and Medawar.[3] The area is predominately Christian; the largest community in the Beirut I electorate are Armenian Orthodox (28.33%).[4][5] 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.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Daily Star". Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "Daily Star". Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  3. ^ 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 Archived 2 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine ACE Project
  4. ^ a b دائرة بيروت الاولى Archived 2019-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Annahar
  5. ^ a b Ermeni Haber. Beyrut seçim bölgesinde sonuçları Ermeniler belirleyecek Archived 2018-11-13 at the Wayback Machine