With the rise of revolutionary youths, driven by the existential need for deep change in the political arena, many traditional parties are reorganizing their electoral skills to face a tough challenge to their long-standing ruling status in parliament.
Lebanon’s elections are well known for their intricate political schemes and unorthodoxies. This time might not be different, other than the determination of the new free-voices rising from the misgovernance-created crises to bring radical changes.
Lebanon comprises 9 electoral districts, each with a varying number of seats for sectarian representation. Here’s the list of all candidates in the South I district (Saida, Jezzine) for a more detailed look at the status quo:
Note: In the list below, FPM stands for the Free Patriotic Movement of Gebran Bassil, and Amal for the Amal Movement of Nabih Berri who has been Speaker of the Parliament since 1992.
| Candidate Name | Sect | Electoral List |
| Elie Yousef Aboutas | Maronite | Capable |
| Emilio Tony Matar | Maronite | Capable |
| Ahmad Mohamad Walid al-Assi | Sunni | Capable |
| Ismail Mohamad Dib Hafouda | Sunni | Capable |
| Yousef Hanna Skaff | Greek Catholic | Moderation Is our Strength (Amal) |
| Ibrahim Samir Azar | Maronite | Moderation Is our Strength (Amal) |
| Nabil Mahmoud Eizel Dine Zaatari | Sunni | Moderation Is our Strength (Amal) |
| Ghada Khalil Ayoub | Greek Catholic | Our Unity in Saida and Jezzine |
| Saaed Sleiman Asmar | Maronite | Our Unity in Saida and Jezzine |
| Wissam Yousef al-Tawil | Maronite | Our Unity in Saida and Jezzine |
| Yousef Mohamad al-Nakib | Sunni | Our Unity in Saida and Jezzine |
| Joseph Milad Milade Yousef Mitri | Greek Catholic | The Voice of Change |
| Mohamad Ali Jamil Tahra | Sunni | The Voice of Change |
| Rana Walid El Tawil | Sunni | The Voice of Change |
| Salim Antoine Khoury | Greek Catholic | Together for Saida and Jezzine (FPM) |
| Amal Hekmat Abou Zeid | Maronite | Together for Saida and Jezzine (FPM) |
| Ziad Michel Aswad | Maronite | Together for Saida and Jezzine (FPM) |
| Ali Sadek al-Shaikh Ammar | Sunni | Together for Saida and Jezzine (FPM) |
| Mohamad Shakir Soheil Kawwas | Sunni | Together for Saida and Jezzine (FPM) |
| Jamil Iskandar Dagher | Greek Catholic | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Robert Elias al-Khoury | Greek Catholic | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Charbel Maroun Masaad | Maronite | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Joseph Elias Asmar | Maronite | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Kamil Farid Serhal | Maronite | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Sleiman Elias Malek | Maronite | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Abdel Rahman Bizri | Sunni | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Hania Hani Zaatari | Sunni | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Mohamad Fadi Zarif | Sunni | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
| Osama Maarouf Saad | Sunni | We Are the Change (Kataeb) |
