Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc

Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc
ChamberParliament of Lebanon
Member partiesHezbollah
PresidentMohammad Raad
Representation
15 / 128 (12%)

The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc (Arabic: كتلة الوفاء للمقاومة) is the political wing of Hezbollah in the Parliament of Lebanon.[1] Along with Amal, it dominates the March 8 Alliance and has held two seats in the Lebanese cabinet since 2012.[2][3] The party is currently led by Hezbollah member and prominent Shi'a politician Mohammad Raad.[4]

Historical membership

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Election Seats Change Ref
1992
12 / 128 (9%)
New [5]
1996
9 / 128 (7%)
Decrease 3 [5]
2000
12 / 128 (9%)
Increase 3 [5]
2005
14 / 128 (11%)
Increase 2 [6]
2009
13 / 128 (10%)
Decrease 1 [7]
2018
13 / 128 (10%)
Steady [8]
2022
15 / 128 (12%)
Increase 2 [9]

Affiliated MPs

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2009 election

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The Bloc won 13 of the 128 seats in the 2009 general election:[7]

Name Party/Bloc District Religion
Ali Ammar   Hezbollah Baabda Shia
Bilal Farhat   Hezbollah Baabda Shia
Mohammad Fneish   Hezbollah Tyre Shia
Nawwaf Moussawi   Hezbollah Tyre Shia
Hassan Fadlallah   Hezbollah Bint Jbeil Shia
Mohammad Raad   Hezbollah Nabatieh Shia
Ali Fayyad   Hezbollah HasbayaMarjeyoun Shia
Hussein Moussawi   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Hussein el Hage Hassan   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Nawwar el Sahili   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ali Mekdad   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Elwalid Succariyeh   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Sunni[10]
Kamel al-Rifai   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Sunni

2018 election

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The Bloc won 12 of the 128 seats in the 2018 general election:[8][11]

Name Party/Bloc District Religion
Ali Ammar   Hezbollah Baabda Shia
Amin Sherri   Hezbollah Beirut II Shia
Nawwaf Moussawi   Hezbollah TyreZahrani Shia
Hussein Jashi   Hezbollah TyreZahrani Shia
Hassan Fadlallah   Hezbollah Bint Jbeil Shia
Mohammad Raad   Hezbollah Nabatieh Shia
Ali Fayyad   Hezbollah HasbayaMarjeyoun Shia
Anwar Jomma   Hezbollah Zahle Shia
Hussein el Hage Hassan   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ibrahim Mousawi   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ali Mekdad   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ihab Hamadeh   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia

2022 election

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Name Party/Bloc District Religion
Ali Ammar   Hezbollah Baabda Shia
Amin Sherri   Hezbollah Beirut II Shia
Raed Berro   Hezbollah Jbeil Shia
Hassan Ezzidine   Hezbollah TyreZahrani Shia
Hussein Jashi   Hezbollah TyreZahrani Shia
Hassan Fadlallah   Hezbollah Bint Jbeil Shia
Mohammad Raad   Hezbollah Nabatieh Shia
Ali Fayyad   Hezbollah HasbayaMarjeyoun Shia
Rami Hamdan   Hezbollah Zahle Shia
Yanal Al Solh   Independent BaalbeckHermil Sunni
Melhem Houjari   Independent BaalbeckHermil Sunni
Hussein el Hage Hassan   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ibrahim Mousawi   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ali Mekdad   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia
Ihab Hamadeh   Hezbollah BaalbeckHermil Shia

References

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  1. ^ "Fadlallah Hits Back at March 14 over Karam Release, Marouni Slams "Treason Accusations"". Naharnet. April 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Members of Lebanon's new government". The Daily Star. February 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Lebanon announces cabinet line-up under chairmanship of Hariri". Kuwait News Network. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  4. ^ "Hezbollah's Raad slams UN chief". Now Lebanon. January 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  6. ^ https://www.eods.eu/library/FR%20LEBANON%202005_en.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ a b "March14 - March 8 MPs". Now Lebanon. June 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Interior Ministry releases numbers of votes for new MPs". The Daily Star. May 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  9. ^ Research, Alma (2022-05-18). "The Lebanese Parliament Elections (May 15, 2022) - Initial Results and Implications". Alma Research and Education Center. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  10. ^ "Final Report on the Lebanese Parliamentary Election" (PDF).
  11. ^ "The official results of the 2018 Lebanese parliamentary election". the961.com. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-17.