page_title: Minorities (Lebanon)
hierarchical_section_title: Minorities (Lebanon)
caption_attribution_description: English: Districts where population of Minorities is 4-5% of the registered voters. Based on File:Lebanon districts Matn.png
context_page_description: In Lebanese politics Minorities is a term that includes six different Christian sects; Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholics, Latin Catholics and Coptic Orthodox. 1 of the 128 seats in the national parliament is allocated to Minorities. The Minorities' seat is elected from Beirut III electoral district, an electoral district with a large Sunni Muslim majority.
  According to data released by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in 2011, there were 42,715 registered Minorities voters. Electoral districts with significant Minorities populations were Beirut I 10,063 voters, Beirut III 8,181 voters, Metn 7,802 voters, Zahle 7,225 voters and Beirut II 3,529 voters. In the capital Beirut Minorities represented 4.83% of the registered voters.
context_section_description: In Lebanese politics Minorities (Arabic: أقليات‎ ’Aqaliyāt) is a term that includes six different Christian sects; Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholics, Latin Catholics and Coptic Orthodox. 1 of the 128 seats in the national parliament is allocated to Minorities (all seats in the Lebanese parliament are allocated to different confessional groups). The Minorities' seat is elected from Beirut III electoral district, an electoral district with a large Sunni Muslim majority (65.25% of the registered voters).
  According to data released by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities in 2011 (not an official census as such), there were 42,715 registered Minorities voters (1.28% of all registered voters in the country). Electoral districts with significant Minorities populations were Beirut I 10,063 voters (11.0% of the registered voters in the electoral district, overwhelmingly Syriac Catholics), Beirut III 8,181 voters (3.18%), Metn 7,802 voters (4.56%), Zahle 7,225 voters (4.51%) and Beirut II 3,529 voters (3.44%). In the capital Beirut (all three districts combined) Minorities represented 4.83% of the registered voters.
caption: Districts where 4–5% of the registered voters belong to Minorities.
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