2000 Lebanese general election

{{Infobox election

| country = Lebanon

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1996 Lebanese general election

| previous_year = 1996

| next_election = 2005 Lebanese general election

| next_year = 2005

| seats_for_election = All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon

| election_date = 27 August and 3 September 2000

| turnout = 40.52% ({{decrease}}3.04pp)

| colour1 = 3682D8

| image1 = Rafiq Hariri 2001 (cropped-01).jpeg

| leader1 = Rafic Hariri

| alliance1 =

| party1 = Hariri Bloc

| leaders_seat1 = Beirut

| last_election1 = 25 seats

| states_carried1 =

| seats_before1 =

| seats1 = 26

| percentage1 =

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1

| colour4 = F7DF19

| image4 = Hassan Nasrallah meets Khamenei in visit to Iran (3 8405110291 L600).jpg

| leader4 = Hassan Nasrallah

| alliance4 =

| party4 = Hezbollah

| leaders_seat4 = None

| last_election4 = 7 seats

| states_carried4 =

| seats_before4 =

| seats4 = 10

| percentage4 =

| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 3

| colour2 = 008000

| image2 = Nabih Berri.jpg

| leader2 = Nabih Berri

| alliance2 =

| party2 = {{nowrap|Amal Movement}}

| leaders_seat2 = Zahrani

| last_election2 = 8 seats

| states_carried2 =

| seats_before2 =

| seats2 = 10

| percentage2 =

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2

| colour5 = CC050F

| image5 = 150x150px

| leader5 = Walid Jumblatt

| alliance5 =

| party5 = PSP

| leaders_seat5 = Chouf

| last_election5 = 5 seats

| states_carried5 =

| seats_before5 =

| seats5 = 6

| percentage5 =

| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Selim Hoss

| before_party = Independent politician

| after_election = Rafic Hariri

| after_party = Independent politician

}}{{Politics of Lebanon}}

General elections were held in Lebanon between 27 August and 3 September 2000Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} to elect the 128 members of the Parliament of Lebanon. Independent candidates won the majority of seats, although most of them were considered members of various blocs. Voter turnout was 40.5%.Nohlen et al., p184

Results

{{Election results

|party1=Hezbollah|votes1=|seats1=10|sc1=+3

|party2=Amal Movement|votes2=|seats2=10|sc2=+2

|party3=Progressive Socialist Party|votes3=|seats3=6|sc3=+1

|party4=Syrian Social Nationalist Party|votes4=|seats4=4|sc4=–1

|party5=Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party|votes5=|seats5=3|sc5=+1

|party6=Kataeb Party|votes6=|seats6=2|sc6=+2

|party7=National Bloc|votes7=|seats7=2|sc7=New

|party8=Armenian Revolutionary Federation|votes8=|seats8=2|sc8=0

|party9=Social Democrat Hunchakian Party|votes9=|seats9=1|sc9=0

|party10=Armenian Democratic Liberal Party|votes10=|seats10=1|sc10=+1

|party11=Popular Nasserist Organization|votes11=|seats11=1|sc11=0

|party12=Islamic Group|votes12=|seats12=0|sc12=–1

|party13=Toilers League|votes13=|seats13=0|sc13=–1

|party14=Promise Party|votes14=|seats14=0|sc14=–1

|party15=Arab Democratic Party|votes15=|seats15=0|sc15=–1

|party16=Al-Ahbash|votes16=|seats16=0|sc16=–1

|party17=Independents|votes17=|seats17=86|sc17=–8

|total_sc=0

|totalvotes=1112776

|electorate=2746528

|source=Nohlen et al.

}}

Of the 86 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of various blocs:Nohlen et al., p190

  • 26 in the Hariri bloc
  • 6 in the Berri bloc (plus the ten Amal Movement MPs)
  • 6 in the Jumblatt bloc (plus the six Progressive Socialist Party MPs)
  • 5 in the Faranjiyyah bloc
  • 3 in the Murr bloc
  • 2 in the Hezbollah bloc (plus the ten Hezbollah MPs)
  • 1 in the Kataeb bloc (plus the party's two MPs)

References