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Beirut: only 12% Lebanese cast votes in Tripoli by-election

Lebanese election registrars assist an elderly voter as he puts his checked ballot in the box while voting in the first parliamentary election in nine years.

Lebanese election registrars assist an elderly voter as he puts his checked ballot in the box while voting in the first parliamentary election in nine years. Source: Getty

It seems that less Lebanese went to the polling stations to cast their votes in the by-elections held in Tripoli.


SBS Arabic24's Beirut correspondent says that by-elections attract less participation compared the general elections.


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