Lebanon Election Results Announced, Hezbollah Expected to Lose Majority

A muslim cleric casts his vote at a polling station, during the parliamentary election, in Khiam, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon on May 15, 2022. Aziz Taher/Reuters

Lebanon’s interior minister Bassam Mawlawi announced on Monday (May 16) most of the official results for the parliamentary election, the first since the economic meltdown and a huge port explosion rocked the capital.

Mawlawi announced the winning candidates in 12 out of 15 electoral districts and the remaining results are expected on Tuesday (May 17).