A voter in a polling station in Hadath, in the Baabda district, during the municipal elections in Lebanon, on May 4, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
BEIRUT — After more than two years of postponements, Lebanon held the first round of long-awaited municipal elections Sunday, May 4, across Mount Lebanon. It marked the first municipal vote in nine years and came nearly six months after a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel ended 13 months of war.Despite scattered incidents and violations, voting proceeded relatively smoothly.By the time polling stations closed at 7 p.m., turnout had reached 45.08 percent, according to the Interior Ministry — a slight drop from the 47.4 percent turnout in the 2016 elections. Voters were electing 333 municipal councils across six districts: Aley, Baabda, Chouf, Jbeil, Kesrouan and Metn. Read more In Mount Lebanon: Violations, fights and an arrest for buying votes 'A return to Lebanon’s sovereignty'For many voters, the day carried...
BEIRUT — After more than two years of postponements, Lebanon held the first round of long-awaited municipal elections Sunday, May 4, across Mount Lebanon. It marked the first municipal vote in nine years and came nearly six months after a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel ended 13 months of war.Despite scattered incidents and violations, voting proceeded relatively smoothly.By the time polling stations closed at 7 p.m., turnout had reached 45.08 percent, according to the Interior Ministry — a slight drop from the 47.4 percent turnout in the 2016 elections. Voters were electing 333 municipal councils across six districts: Aley, Baabda, Chouf, Jbeil, Kesrouan and Metn. Read more In Mount Lebanon: Violations, fights and an arrest for buying votes 'A return to Lebanon’s sovereignty'For many voters, the day carried...