UNDP support to parliamentary by-elections in Tripoli
On 14 April, Lebanon held parliamentary by-elections in Tripoli to fill in the vacant fifth Sunni seat, which was annulled by the Constitutional Council following a successful challenge submitted after the parliamentary elections in 2018. The voter turnout in Tripoli reached 13.6% where the number of registered voters was 241,534. The citizens of Tripoli voted […]
By-elections in Tripoli: a call center to support the citizens
Aiming to support the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (MoIM), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Lebanese Elections Assistance Project (LEAP), funded by the European Union, established and facilitated the electoral hotline center at the premises of the ministry to receive calls from the Lebanese citizens be it voters, candidates, observers and polling […]
Training of polling officials for the Tripoli by-elections
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Lebanese Elections Assistance Project (LEAP), funded by the European Union, supported the Ministry of Interior and Muncipalities – Directorate General for Political Affairs and Refugees, to develop and conduct 8 training sessions for 730 polling officials on 4-5 April 2019 in Beirut. The sessions were conducted by […]
“Tripoli votes”: voter information campaign
In the context of engaging citizens and voters to participate in Tripoli’s by elections, the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, supported by UNDP through the Lebanese Elections Assistance Project, funded by the European Union, launched a voter information campaign on 2 April. It aimed at informing and encouraging the citizens of Tripoli, Lebanon, to participate […]