Lebanon

Population Statistics

6,184,701

Total Population

927,705

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

14 June 2007

Signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Lebanon's 2017 Parliamentary Election Law

Updated: June 2018

 Article 3 states: 

Every resident or non-resident, male or female Lebanese citzen may exercise their right to vote, provided that they have atained the legal age stpulated in the Consttuton, enjoy their civil and politcal rights and are not in any of the non-eligibility situatons set forth in the present law.

Excerpt from Lebanon's Parliamentary Election Law (2017)

Lebanese Constitution (1926, last amended 1995)

Updated: June 2015

Article 12 states:

Every Lebanese shall have the right to hold public office, no preference shall be made except on the basis of merit and competence, according to the conditions established by law. A special statute shall guarantee the rights of civil service in the departments to which they belong.

 

Article 21 states:

Every Lebanese citizen who has completed his twenty-first year is an elector provided he fulfills the conditions stated by the electoral law.

 

Excerpts from the Lebanese Constitution (1926, last amended 1995)