Mount Lebanon

36 Municipal Councils Elected by Acclamation in Mount Lebanon

Ahead of the long-awaited municipal elections set to start on Sunday, May 4, a total of 36 municipalities in Mount Lebanon have been elected by acclamation, out of 330 in the region. In these areas, only one list of candidates was submitted per municipality, eliminating the need for a vote and automatically securing their election. The breakdown ...

A Guideline for Running in Municipal Elections

On Monday, Minister of Interior Ahmad al-Hajjar announced the procedures for filing and withdrawing candidacies for the municipal and mukhtar elections, which will be held on May 4 in the mohafaza of Mount Lebanon. Anyone wishing to run as a candidate must submit a notarized declaration of candidacy, along with the following documents: an ...