Lebanese by-elections, 2007

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By-elections were held in Lebanon on 5 August 2007 to replace two assassinated MPs:

Matn District: Pierre Amine Gemayel of the Kataeb Party, killed 2006-11-21
Beirut 2nd District: Walid Eido of the Future Movement, killed 2007-06-13

The candidates were:

Beirut, 2nd

(Winner) Mohammad Amin Itani for the Future Movement (March 14 Alliance) — 22,988
Ibrahim Halabi for the People's Movement (March 8 Alliance) — 3,556
five others

The seat was easily won by Mohammed al-Amin Itani, a candidate of parliament majority leader Saad Hariri's Future Movement. The Hezbollah-led pro-Syrian opposition did not officially sponsor a candidate and turnout was just 19 per cent.

Matn

Former president Sheikh Amine Gemayel for the Kataeb Party (March 14 Alliance) — 39,116
(Winner) Camille Khoury for the Free Patriotic Movement (March 8 Alliance) — 39,534
Joseph Mansour Asmar, an independent — ≤1,000

Khoury won with 39,534 votes, against Gemayel's 39,116 votes. Gemayel accused March 8 of fraud. Turnout was 46 per cent.

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