Six of the seats had already been won before the elections since there were no challengers. The Official Results of Elections in Southern Lebanon were announced by the Minister of Interior as follows:

The average turnout was 45%

Below is the turnout in each area:

District 1
Sidon: 43 %
Zahrani: 53 %
Tyre: 47 %
Bint Jbeil: 47 %

District 2
Nabatiyeh: 55 %
Hasbayya: 42 %
Marjeyoun: 45 %
Jezzine: 22 %

Vote Count:

South Lebanon District 1: Sidon, Zahrani, Tyre and Bint Jbeil.
12 Seats : Shiites (9) Sunnites (2) Greek Catholics (1)

Number of votes of each candidate as follows:

Mohammad Fneish (Shiite, Hezbollah) 153, 934
Nabih Berri (Shiite, Amal Movement 153,018
Ali Osseiran (Shiite, Berri's Block) 152,866
Michel Moussa (Catholic, Berri's Block) 152,794
Hassan Fadlalah (Shiite, Hezbollah) 152,324
Hassan Hubullah (Shiite, Hezbollah) 151,964
Abdel Majeed Saleh (Shiite, Amal ) 150,804
Ali Bezzi (Shiite, Amal) 149,934
Ali Khoreis (Shiite, Amal) 149,507
Ayoub Humayyed (Shiite, Amal) 149,210

2 candidates won as unopposed

Bahia Hariri ( Sunnite , Independent)
Osama Saad ( Sunnite , Independent)

South Lebanon District 2: Marjeyoun, Hasbayya, Nabatieh and Jezzine.
11 Seats: Shiites (5) Maronites (2) Sunnis (1) Druze (1)
Greek Orthodox (1) Greek Catholics (1)

Number of votes of each candidate as follows:

Mohammad Raad (Shiite, Hezbollah) 107456
Yassine Jaber (Shiite, Berri's Block) 106993
Anwar Khalil (Druze, Berri's Block) 106327
Ali Hassan Khalil (Shiite, Amal ) 104296
Mohammad Haidar (Shiite, Hezbollah 104447
Abdullatif Zein (Shiite, Berri's Block) 104230
Asaad Hardan (Greek Orthodox, SNSP), 98802

4 candidates won as unopposed

Samir Azar (Maronite, Berri's Block)
Pierre Serhal (Maronite, Hezbollah ally)
Antoine Khouri (Catholic, Berri's Block)
Qassem Hashem (Sunnite, Baathist )

The above results represent a big victory for the Pro-Syrian Shiite political alliances.

The United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization and has called for its disarmament in line with a U.N. Security Council resolution 1559. Hezbollah has refused, backed by the Lebanese government, which argues that the militants are a legitimate resistance movement, resisting Israel's occupation of Sheeba border area .

Hezbollah increased its legislators in south Lebanon from four to five. Hezbollah also won a seat in Beirut in alliance with Saad Hariri in the first round of Lebanon's elections, which started on May 29.

The parliamentary elections, will be held this coming Sunday the 12th in The Mount Lebanon Region and the Bekaa Valley. The elections will be completed on Sunday 19th.

After polls closed Sunday night, hundreds of Hezbollah and Amal supporters drove through the streets of Beirut, waving their banners in celebration.

As we write this report in Beirut on Monday evening, celebrations continue. Fireworks are being heard all over Beirut.

Source: VOL