Presidential Election: Despite 1 controversial vote, the results of the ballot of the first round of the 12th election session were announced as follows: Jihad Azour: 59 votes, Sleiman Frangieh: 51 Votes, Ziad Baroud: 7 Votes (including the constroversial vote) , Joseph Aoun: 1, Blank Votes: 1 New Lebanon: 8 Votes, Invalid bulletins: 1.