# 2000 Lebanese general election

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2000 Lebanese general election ← 1996 27 August and 3 September 2000 2005 → All 128 seats in the Parliament of Lebanon Turnout 40.52% (3.04pp) First party Second party Leader Rafic Hariri Nabih Berri Party Hariri Bloc Amal Movement Leader's seat Beirut Zahrani Last election 25 seats 8 seats Seats won 26 10 Seat change 1 2 Third party Fourth party Leader Hassan Nasrallah Walid Jumblatt Party Hezbollah PSP Leader's seat None Chouf Last election 7 seats 5 seats Seats won 10 6 Seat change 3 1 Prime Minister before election Selim Hoss Independent Elected Prime Minister Rafic Hariri Independent

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General elections were held in [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon) between 27 August and 3 September 2000[1] to elect the 128 members of the [Parliament of Lebanon](/source/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%.[2]

## Results

Party Votes % Seats +/– Hezbollah 10 +3 Amal Movement 10 +2 Progressive Socialist Party 6 +1 Syrian Social Nationalist Party 4 –1 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 3 +1 Kataeb Party 2 +2 National Bloc 2 New Armenian Revolutionary Federation 2 0 Social Democrat Hunchakian Party 1 0 Armenian Democratic Liberal Party 1 +1 Popular Nasserist Organization 1 0 Islamic Group 0 –1 Toilers League 0 –1 Promise Party 0 –1 Arab Democratic Party 0 –1 Al-Ahbash 0 –1 Independents 86 –8 Total 128 0 Total votes 1,112,776 – Registered voters/turnout 2,746,528 40.52 Source: Nohlen et al.

Of the 86 independent MPs, 48 were considered to be members of various blocs:[3]

- 26 in the [Hariri](/source/Rafic_Hariri) bloc

- 6 in the [Berri](/source/Nabih_Berri) bloc (plus the ten Amal Movement MPs)

- 6 in the [Jumblatt](/source/Walid_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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Dieter Nohlen](/source/Dieter_Nohlen), Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) *Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I*, p183 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-19-924958-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-924958-X)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nohlen et al., p184

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Nohlen *et al*., p190

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