Lebanese Cast Their Ballots in The Parliamentary Election
Lebanese Cast Their Ballots in The Parliamentary Election
Published May 15th, 2022 - 09:40 GMT
Many Lebanese are heading to the nearest poll station to cast their votes in the parliamentary election which is the first since the start of the economic crisis of 2019. According to the Ministry of Interior, the voter turnout reached 14.6% by 11:00 am. The Lebanese army was also deployed across the country to manage the parliamentary election process. The country's latest general election was in 2018 after being delayed three times. Following the 2018 elections, Lebanon fell into deeper economic woes due to the covid-19 which hit the country starting 2020 and followed by the Beirut Port blast in August of that year.
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A voters displays her ink-soaked thumb after casting her ballot in the parliamentary election at a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
A supporter of the Shiite group Hezbollah group drives around with a mock rocket launcher in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, as voters cast their ballots in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
Lebanese security forces deploy at Nur Square on the southern entrance of the northern port city of Tripoli during the parliamentary election, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)
The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
Voters queue outside a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, ahead of casting their vote in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Posters expressig support for the leader of Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, hang on a main road in the capital Beirut, on May 14, 2022, on the eve of parliamentary elections. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
A voters displays her ink-soaked thumb after casting her ballot in the parliamentary election at a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
A supporter of the Shiite group Hezbollah group drives around with a mock rocket launcher in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, as voters cast their ballots in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
Lebanese security forces deploy at Nur Square on the southern entrance of the northern port city of Tripoli during the parliamentary election, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)
The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
Voters queue outside a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, ahead of casting their vote in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Posters expressig support for the leader of Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, hang on a main road in the capital Beirut, on May 14, 2022, on the eve of parliamentary elections. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
