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Beirut II was described as a sort of 'buffer zone' between the Muslim West Beirut and the Christian East Beirut. As of 1960 it was estimated that Beirut II had 18,740 Sunni Muslim voters, 10,153 Shia Muslims, 3,103 Maronites, 1,153 Greek Orthodox, 1,168 Greek Catholic, 3,736 Armenian Orthodox, 2,435
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and Medawar. The issue of the delimitations of the Beirut constituencies had been contested, but an agreement between Christian and Muslim leaders was reached on February 23, 1960, by which there was agreement that Beirut II would be assigned two Muslim seats and one Maronite seat. The Election Law
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emerged victorious, probably with the support from the Christian voters. As-Solh defeated al-Hakim with a margin of just 75 votes. Rashid Baydoun won the Shia seat. Jubran retained the Minorities seat. In the
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had prompted the Muslim voters in Beirut II to back al-Hakim whilst most Christian voters had abstained. Moreover, al-Hakim was believed to have gotten support from leftwing Armenians sympathizing with the
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a list of al-Hakim, Jubran and Abd al-Majid az-Zayn (Shia) won the three seats and defeated the candidatures of Sami and Takieddin as-Solh.
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Beirut had been divided into two constituencies, and Dar El Mreisse, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura had been part of the same constituency as
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described Beirut II as a 'small "catch-all" district'. This constituency was used in the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 elections.
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Michael C. Hudson; Leonard Binder; Harvard University. Center for International Affairs (May 1985).
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Class & Client in Beirut: The Sunni Muslim Community and the Lebanese State, 1840-1985
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was passed in April 1960, with three seats for Beirut II (1 Sunni, 1 Shia, 1 Minorities).
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leader Al-Hakim won the Sunni seat, prominent liberal Muhsin Salim won the Shia seat and
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After the Civil War, a new set-up of constituencies was used ahead of the
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The constituency was established as part of the 1960 Election Law. In the
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Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934-2009
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Minorities, 952 Armenian Catholics, 731 Protestants and 863 Druze.
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The precarious republic: political modernization in Lebanon
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won the three seats, defeating notable leaders like
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Index


Lebanon
Zuqaq al-Blat
Michael Hudson
1960
Adnan al-Hakim
Farid Jubran
1964
Sami as-Solh
1968
1972
Rashid as-Solh
Mohammad Youssef Beydoun
1957 parliamentary election
Minet el Hosn
Port
Ras Beirut
1960 parliamentary election
Adnan al-Hakim
Rashid Baydoun
Moussa de Freige
Takieddin el-Solh
Najjadeh Party
Farid Jubran
Latin Catholic
Progressive Socialist Party
Kataeb
Mount Lebanon
Huntchak Party
1964 parliamentary election

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