Editing Politics of Lebanon (section)

==Legislative branch==
[[Image:BeirutParliament.jpg|thumb|The Lebanese parliament building at Place de l'Étoile in Beirut|alt=]]
Lebanon's [[List of national legislatures|national legislature]] is called the [[Parliament of Lebanon|Assembly of Representatives]] (''Majlis al-Nuwab'' in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]). Since the elections of 1992, the first since the reforms of the [[Taif Agreement]] of 1989 removed the built-in majority previously enjoyed by Christians and distributed the seats equally between Christians and Muslims, the Parliament has had 128 seats. The term was four years, but has recently been extended to five.

Seats in the Parliament are ''confessionally distributed'' but elected by ''[[universal suffrage]].'' Each religious community has an allotted number of seats in the Parliament. They do not represent only their co-religionists. All candidates in a particular constituency, regardless of religious affiliation, must receive a plurality of the total vote, which includes followers of all confessions. The system was designed to minimize inter-sectarian competition and maximize cross-confessional cooperation: candidates are opposed only by co-religionists, but must seek support from outside of their own faith in order to be elected.

The opposition [[Qornet Shehwan Gathering]], a group opposed to the former pro-[[Syria]]n government, has claimed that constituency boundaries have been drawn to allow many [[Shi'a Islam in Lebanon|Shi'a]] Muslims to be elected from Shi'a-majority constituencies, where the [[Hezbollah]] Party is strong, while allocating many Christian members to Muslim-majority constituencies, forcing Christian politicians to represent Muslim interests. Similar charges, but in reverse, were made against the [[Camille Chamoun|Chamoun]] administration in the 1950s.

The following table sets out the confessional allocation of seats in the Parliament before and after the [[Taif Agreement]].

{{Reserved seats in Lebanon}}

===Current parliament===
{{Main|2022 Lebanese general election}}
[[File:Lebanon Parliament 2022.svg|Lebanon Parliament 2018]]

====[[Third Cabinet of Najib Mikati|March 8 Alliance]] {{small|(caretaker government)}} (60)====
* [[Strong Lebanon|Strong Lebanon Bloc]] (16)
** {{Color box|#FF6000|border=silver}} [[Free Patriotic Movement]] (16)
* [[Development and Liberation|Development and Liberation Bloc]] (15)
** {{Color box|#008000|border=silver}} [[Amal Movement]] (14)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region}}|border=silver}} [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] (1)
* [[Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc]] (15)
** {{Color box|#F7DF19|border=silver}} [[Hezbollah]] (13)
** {{Color box|#888888|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (2)
* [[March 8 Alliance|March 8 Affiliates]] (10)
** {{Color box|#888888|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (5)
** {{Color box|#ADFF2F|border=silver}} [[Marada Movement]] (2)
** {{Color box|Gold|border=silver}} [[Al-Ahbash]] (2)
** {{Color box|{{party color|Popular Nasserist Organization}}|border=silver}} [[Popular Nasserist Organization|PNO]] (1)
** {{Color box|#000000|border=silver}} [[Union Party (Lebanon)|Union Party]] (1)
** {{Color box|#AA0B02|border=silver}} [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon|ARF]] (3)

====[[March 14 Alliance]] (38)====
* [[Strong Republic (Lebanon)|Strong Republic Bloc]] (22)
** {{Color box|#F0001C|border=silver}} [[Lebanese Forces|LF]] (19)
** {{Color box|{{party color|National Liberal Party (Lebanon)}}|border=silver}} [[National Liberal Party (Lebanon)|NLP]] (1)
* [[Renewal Bloc]]
** {{Color box|#d92025|border=silver}} [[Independence Movement (Lebanon)|Independence Movement]] (2)
** {{Color box|#888888|border=silver}} [[Rifi Bloc|Sanad Movement]] (1)
** {{Color box|red|border=silver}} [[National Dialogue Party]] (1)
* {{Color box|#007FFF|border=silver}} [[Future Movement|Ex-Future Movement]] (8)
* {{Color box|#228B22|border=silver}} [[Kataeb Party]] (5)
* {{Color box|{{party color|Islamic Group (Lebanon)}}|border=silver}} [[Islamic Group (Lebanon)|Islamic Group]] (1)

====Other opposition (30)====
* {{Color box|purple|border=silver}} [[Forces of Change]] (13)
** {{Color box|darkgray|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independent]] (4)
** {{Color box|#65c308|border=silver}} [[Taqaddom (Lebanon)|Taqaddum]] (2)
** {{Color box|#5ac5cb|border=silver}} [[National Alliance (Lebanon)|Tahalof Watani]] (1)
** {{Color box|red|border=silver}} [[Lebanese Communist Party|LCP]] (1)
** {{Color box|#f50025|border=silver}} [[ReLebanon]] (1)
** {{Color box|#1e40dd|border=silver}} [[Beirut Tuqawem]] (1)
** {{Color box|#d60303|border=silver}} [[Khatt Ahmar]] (1)
** {{Color box|#006f66|border=silver}} [[Lana (political party)|Lana]] (1)
** {{Color box|#004eff|border=silver}} [[Osos Lebanon]] (1)
* [[Democratic Gathering (Lebanon)|Democratic Gathering Bloc]] (9)
** {{Color box|#860111|border=silver}} [[Progressive Socialist Party|PSP]] (8)
** {{Color box|#888888|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (1)
* {{Color box|#888888|border=silver}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (8)