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⋯ Sayed Hasan Nasrallah's father and the mother of Hezbullah's late chief-of-staff Sayed Mustafa Badreddin at the polling stations today.

The father of Hezbullah's first martyrdom bomber Ahmad Qasir (Tyre-1982) was also present.
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⋯ LADE observers were harassed in Chouf, Batroun, Matn, Tyre, and other areas around Lebanon.
⋯ The delegates of the Lebanese Forces party assaulted a number of women in the Al-Maala center in Zahle.

Lebanese Forces supporters assaulted the supporters of candidate Eid Azar in Our Lady of Lourdes school center in Zahle.
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⋯ Baalbek: The election was stopped in the polling station № ⁠33 in Al-Ram. The papers from the registers 34 to 50 were damaged due to a scuffle among voters.
⋯ The campaign office of pro-Lebanese-Forces party candidate Abbas Al-Jawhari “defects”, declaring its support to Hezbullah in Beqaa.

Source: twitter.com/LbElection/st…
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⋯ A number of voters who vote for the Lebanese Forces party voted in favor of the opposition.

This leak caused tensions at the campaign office of the party.
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⋯ Candidate Pierre Abu Assi was subjected to a ramming attempt.
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⋯ Security forces arrested 3 people from the Phalange Party (Kataeb) while distributing bribes in El-Jadida (VDL).
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⋯ The voter turnout in Baalbek-Hermel reached 40%, while it did not exceed 23% in the south Lebanon.

Video of the traffic congestion towards Baalbek-Hermel at Dahr Al-Baydar.
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⋯ Turnout in Beirut's suburbs in the Baabda District so far:

- Ghobeiry: 27.66%
- Burj Al-Barajneh: 28.99%
- El-Hadath: 32.36%
- Haret Hreik: 31.53%
- Furn El-Shebbak: 25.56%
- Chiyah: 26.77%
- Tahouitat Al-Ghadir: 35.15%
- Baabda-Louaizeh: 27.31%
- Abadieh: 26.54%
- Ras El-Matn: 27.11%

In other areas:
- South II: 32.95%
- South III: 31.85%
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⋯ These were the voter turnouts in Lebanon in 2018:

Beirut I: 31.50%
Beirut II: 37.15%
Beqaa I: 47.82%
Beqaa II: 63.31%
Beqaa III: 47.27%
South I: 46.18%
South II: 44.71%
South III: 48.59%
North I: 48.95%
North II: 52.30%
North III: 45.62%
Mount Lebanon I: 52.76%
Mount Lebanon II: 47.64%
Mount Lebanon III: 44.50%
Mount Lebanon IV: 46.19%
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🚨 Voting ends at 7:00 pm if you plan to vote you have to be inside the polling station before 7.

Else you will be DENIED entry to vote. Make sure to arrive ahead of time!
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PSP asks its supporters to give votes ONLY to Taimour Joumblat, son of the party leader, from now till the polls end.
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⋯ Lebanese Forces MP Habahi accuses the internal security forces (ISF - Lebanese Police) of working with Hezbullah in polling stations.
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⋯ Lebanese Forces MP Habahi accuses the internal security forces (ISF - Lebanese Police) of working with Hezbullah in polling stations.
Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbullah Sheikh Naem Qassem monitoring the election process through Hezbullah's “electoral machine” (campaign office).
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🚨 Polls closed at 7:00 pm around Lebanon.

Voting continues for those inside the polling stations only.
⋯ Lebanese parliamentary elections: NNA reported that the ballot boxes in the second district of Beirut closed and reached the turnout of 40% as of 6:30 pm.

This is higher than 2018's turnout of 37% and it's important to factor that fewer sunnis voted this year.
⋯ Voter turnout as of 7:00 pm:

- Nabatiyeh: 55.1%
- Zahrani: 51.2%
- Jezzin: 42.2% (Saida city: 29.5%)
- Western Beqaa: 39.4%
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