Description of Electoral System

The president is elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term. In the National Assembly (Majlis Alnuwab) 128 members are elected by popular vote on the basis of sectarian proportion to serve 4-year terms
 

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Parliamentary Elections

The 2005 Lebanese General Elections were the first elections in thirty years without a Syrian military or intelligence presence in Lebanon. The Lebanese elected 128 MPs, with equal representation for Christians and Muslims. These elections were the first in Lebanese history to be won outright by a single electoral block and were also the first to be monitored by the United Nations

(United Nations, October 26, 2005 S/2005/673).