Mawlawi announces some final results, says no ballot boxes missing

Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi on Monday announced the officials results of parliamentary elections in seven electoral districts, as the counting of votes continued in the remaining districts.

“We have managed to organize the elections in a very good way despite the difficulties,” Mawlawi said at a press conference.

“Voter turnout was good and not low compared to the previous elections,” he added. The Minister had announced a voter turnout of 41.04% after the closure of polls on Sunday.

“The allegations about the disappearance of some ballot boxes are baseless,” he added.

Commenting on media reports that a ballot box coming from Germany has gone missing, Mawlawi said: “Box 18 from Germany was not lost and it was handed to the Justice Palace in Beirut… but it turned out that it contained no votes from the Beirut I district.”

Separately, Mawlawi said it is not true that some votes were counted during a power outage in Beirut.

Below are the names of the winners as announced by the minister:

- Baabda: Ali Ammar, Pierre Bou Assi, Alain Aoun, Camille Chamoun, Fadi Alameh and Hadi Abu al-Hoson

- West Bekaa/Rashaya: Qabalan Qabalan, Wael Abu Faour, Hassan Mrad, Yassine Yassine, Charbel Maroun and Ghassan Skaff

- Baalbek/Hermel: Antoine Habshi, Hussein al-Hajj Hassan, Ghazi Zoaiter, Ihab Hamadeh, Ali al-Mokdad, Ibrahim al-Moussawi, Jamil al-Sayyed, Samer al-Toum, Yanal Mohammed Solh and Melhem Mohammed al-Hujeiri

- Zahle: Michel Daher, Georges Okais, Elias Estephan, Bilal al-Hshaymi, Salim Aoun, Rami Abu Hamdan and Georges Boujikian

- Jbeil/Keserwan: Ziad Hawwat, Raed Berro, Nada al-Bustani, Neemat Frem, Shawki al-Daccache, Farid al-Khazen, Salim al-Sayegh and Simon Abi Ramia in the Keserwan-Jbeil district

- Sidon-Jezzine: Abdul Rahman al-Bizri, Osama Saad, Saeed al-Asmar, Charbel Masaad and Ghada Ayyoub

- Tyre/Zahrani: Nabih Berri, Hussein Jishi, Ali Khreis, Enaya Ezzeddine, Ali Osseiran and Michel Moussa