Phalangist candidate wins 60% of vote
in poll for Metn MP
Sunday, 31 December, 2006 @ 5:04
PM
Beirut- A poll conducted by IPSOS-STAT shows that if elections were held today
for the replacement of former MP and Minister Pierre Gemayel then the winner would
be the Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate with 60 %
of the vote against 32 % for the candidate of General Aoun ( FPM). IPSOS
conducted the study , because the seat of the
assassinated MP and minister of industry Pierre Gemayel should have been filled
within 60 days from the date of his murder. The poll was conducted between
December 14 and Dec 23 using a random sampling of 1000 people over the age of
21 from 72 towns and villages in the northern Metn region of
IPSOS poll revealed the following breakdown:
60 % Phalangist ( Kataeb) party candidate
32 % General Aoun's candidate (FPM)
7 % undecided
1% declined to take part in the polls
IPSOS poll also revealed the following breakdown based on religious
affiliation:
Sunnites
74% Phalangist ( Kataeb) party candidate
15 % General Aoun's candidate
11% declined to take part in the polls
Shiites
9% Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
91 % General Aoun's candidate
Druze
78% Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
22 % General Aoun's candidate
Christian Maronites
69 % Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
27 % General Aoun's candidate
4 % undecided
Catholics
64 % Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
27 % General Aoun's candidate
9 % undecided
Rome Orthodox
47 % Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
47 % General Aoun's candidate
6 % undecided
Armenians
54 % Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
31 % General Aoun's candidate
14 % undecided
1% declined to take part in the polls
Minorities
71 % Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate
22 % General Aoun's candidate
7 % undecided
The results are a major blow for General Aoun , since it shows that by aligning
himself with Hezbollah he received the support of the Shiites but lost the
support of the majority of the Lebanese.
Source: LBC, Ya Libnan