Polls open in Lebanese parliamentary election -Breaking
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© Reuters. Election workers queue up to get into a polling station in Beirut before the facility opens for the parliamentary elections, which will be held May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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© Reuters. Election workers queue up to get into a polling station in Beirut before the facility opens for the parliamentary elections, which will be held May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir2/3
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Polls open Sunday for Lebanon’s first parliamentary vote since the country’s economic collapse.
Voting began at 7 am (0400 GMT) across 15 electoral areas, and candidates were competing to win 128 seats. The votes will be split between 11 religious groups using a sectarian power sharing system.
Hezbollah, a Shi’ite group heavily armied and supported by Iran won 71 seats in the last election of 2018.
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