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Setback for Hezbollah in Lebanese Elections

Elections in Lebanon have produced a surprising result. The ruling coalition supported by the US and other western countries appears to have defeated an opposition challenge led by Hezbollah. Lebanon’s parliament has 128 seats, and a big turnout of voters seems to have delivered 70 seats to the ruling coalition.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Elections in Lebanon have produced a surprising result. The ruling coalition supported by the US and other western countries appears to have defeated an opposition challenge led by Hezbollah. Lebanon’s parliament has 128 seats, and a big turnout of voters seems to have delivered 70 seats to the ruling coalition. That doesn’t mean that forming a new government will be easy. Nicholas Blanford is based in Beirut for the Christian Science Monitor.