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⋯ Comparing the turnout of today at 18:30 (37.5%) and of 2018 (46.9%): lower in all regions.

South I and III are down by 10%, North I dropped by 18%, and Beqaa II by 33%. Only Mount Lebanon I is stable, down by 2.7%. In all constituencies of North Lebanon (I-II-III), it is down by 12%–26%.

The boycott by Hariri's Future Movement factored in this.

Update: The final voter turnout is 41.1%. In 2018, it was 49.7%.
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What's already known:

- Hezbullah will get #1 votes

What's interesting to know:

- If Hezbullah or allies will lose any seats in south Lebanon
- How many seats the "opposition" will get
- What will Christian party blocs look like (presidential elections soon)
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Hezbullah's MP Mohammad Raad has now 28,500 votes, with only several polling stations counted.

He got more than 40,000 votes in 2018 making him the MP with highest vote count. This will happen again this year.
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⋯ Voting concluded in Kfarsir.

Hezbullah and Amal: 2,537

Opposition: 158

Opposition (anti-Hezbullah with 14-March rhetoric) will likely get 1 seat in south Lebanon.
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⋯ Preliminary results in South Lebanon's third district (South ⁠III):

- Mohammed Raad: 35,115
- Hassan Fadlallah: 34,675
- Ali Fayyad: 21,907
- Hani Kobeisy: 14,096
- Ashraf Baydoun: 8,657
- Ali Hassan Khalil: 8,331
- Ayoub Hamid: 8,078
- Nasser Jaber: 4,754
- Elias Jaradeh: 4,397 (Orthodox seat)

Remaining votes: 46,438
⋯ If the opposition wins any seats in south Lebanon, it will be through Elias Jaradeh representing the Christian Orthodox seat.
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⋯ Initial voting results in South Lebanon & Rashaya for Hezbullah/Amal and allies.
⋯ So far in the Baalbek-Hermel

- Hezbullah & Amal: 106,255
- Lebanese Forces and Shia opposition: 14,184

51,000 votes still pending counting.

LF likely won the Christian seat, similar to 2018
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⋯ The most prominent losers in Beirut and Sidon elections so far are the lists backed by ex-Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
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⋯ Dr. Elias Jaradeh, an opposition candidate who might win a seat in South ⁠III (Nabatiyeh-‌Marjayoun-‌Hasbaya-‌Bint Jbeil) by defeating SSNP's candidate, was imprisoned for 8 ⁠months in the Israeli Khiam prison for distributing leaflets in support of the nationalist resistance in 1986.

By: @‌‌‎booklebanon
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⋯ Preliminary results in South Lebanon's third district (South ⁠III): - Mohammed Raad: 35,115 - Hassan Fadlallah: 34,675 - Ali Fayyad: 21,907 - Hani Kobeisy: 14,096 - Ashraf Baydoun: 8,657 - Ali Hassan Khalil: 8,331 - Ayoub Hamid: 8,078 - Nasser Jaber: 4…
South Lebanon's third district (South ⁠III):

- Mohammed Raad: 46,270
- Hassan Fadlallah: 39,541
- Ali Fayyad: 29,372
- Hani Kobeisy: 18,864
- Ali Hassan Khalil: 10,836
- Ashraf Baydoun: 9,689
- Elias Jaradeh: 6,175
- Ayoub Hamid: 5,835
- Nasser Jaber: 5,945
- Marwan Khair El-Din: 1,891
- Qassem Hashem: 1,015

Remaining votes: 11,757
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⋯ Beirut II:

- Amin Sherri: 12,735 (Hezbullah)
- Muhammad Khawaja: 2,940 (Amal)
Their list “Beirut united”: 18,557 as of now

Other lists:
- “Beirut the change”: 6,297
- “Beirut needs a heart”: 4,173
- “Beirut confronts”: 3,726
- “This is Beirut”: 3,833
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⋯ Semi-official by Al-Manar: Hezbullah and allies win 10 seats in south Lebanon's 3rd district.

Opposition wins one (Orthodox Christian seat)
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Twitter user: “Never ever let anyone rewrite history and equate all of southern resistance against Israel to just Hezbollah. Elias Jaradeh is Jnoub resistance.

Here's the golden rule: any anti-Hezbullah is a hypocrite, if he claims he is pro-resistance.

twitter.com/Bissan_Fakih/…
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⋯ Semi-official by Al-Manar: Hezbullah and allies win 10 seats in south Lebanon's 3rd district. Opposition wins one (Orthodox Christian seat)
Out of 488/531 polling stations in South ⁠II (Tyre-Zahrani):

- Hezbullah & allies' list “Hope and Loyalty”: 127,707
- List “The inclusive state”: 6,174
- List “The free decision”: 4,047
- List “Towards change”: 7,515
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⋯ Gebran Basil is talking now live on TV

Interesting & unique anti-American rhetoric.
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