Final election results indicated that the violent Hezbollah organization in Lebanon and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, while independents made unexpected gains.

The findings show a fractured and politicized parliament split between pro-and anti-Hezbollah legislators who would likely find it difficult to collaborate.

The result marked a turning point in a country plagued by an enduring financial crisis and growing poverty.

New reformist faces who joined the parliamentary campaign on the principles of a 2019 anti-establishment revolt performed better than expected.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Al-Bukhari tweeted that the result “proves the inevitability that the logic of the state will win against the absurd excesses of the statelet disrupting political life and stability in Lebanon.”

In the words of a political observer, “neither Hezbollah nor the Free Patriotic Movement is controlling parliament.”

The next parliament session begins on May 22, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s Cabinet will become a caretaker administration.

In the lack of parliamentary agreement to reelect existing speaker Nabih Berri, who has held the job since 1992, the new house is anticipated to elect a new speaker.

On Tuesday morning, Beirut witnessed the burning of a “Revolution Fist” that had been built up in Martyrs’ Square as a symbol of public protest against the ruling elite.

Furthermore, the black market exchange rate of the US dollar versus the Lebanese pound topped 30,000 Lebanese pounds for the first time since the elections.

The presidential palace announced that President Michel Aoun was transferred to Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital in Beirut “to undergo some medical tests and X-rays.” They reassured the public that Aoun “will leave the hospital in the next few hours when the tests are done.”

The elected parliament does not resemble any of the six previously elected parliaments since the Taif Agreement in 1989. According to political observers, “it reflects the political turmoil the country is going through.”

The loss of several veteran political figures was remarkable in the election. Minister of Information Ziad Makkari said that those forces and figures “should reconsider the work they’ve done for their people.”

He added: “We hope that the forces of change that have reached the parliament seriously contribute to the rise of the country because it can’t endure any longer.”

Surprisingly, Hezbollah and its supporters gained 59 seats out of 128. The Amal Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Tachnag party, and the Al-Ahbash Association are among the group’s supporters, as are Jihad Al-Samad, Farid Al-Khazen, and Hassan Mourad.

The Amal Movement, led by Nabih Berri, gained 15 Shiite seats, the majority of which are currently held by lawmakers, including two accused in the Beirut port explosion case.

Hezbollah won 13 Shiite seats, including current deputies and two new ones.

One Shiite and two Sunni deputies allied with Hezbollah also won.

The Lebanese Forces won 20 seats, including one Sunni deputy who was running on a list supported by the party.

The Free Patriotic Movement won 18 seats.

The Progressive Socialist Party, headed by Walid Jumblatt, won nine seats.

The Lebanese Phalangist Party won five seats, including an Armenian deputy.

The Independence Movement won two seats.

The Marada Movement won two seats, while Al-Ahbash won two seats — one in Beirut and one in Tripoli.

The Islamic Group won one seat.

Camille Dory Chamoun from the National Liberal Party won one seat. The party announced on Tuesday that “they will be part of the bloc that includes the Lebanese Forces and their allies.”

The elections also witnessed the victories — mostly in the north — of six former members of the Future Movement who left the party following former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s decision to suspend his political activity.

Eleven independent candidates won, including some fiercely opposed to Hezbollah, such as Achraf Rifi in Tripoli and Fouad Makhzoumi in Beirut.

Fifteen deputies from civil society and the 2019 revolution won, including doctors, engineers, scientists, lawyers, businessmen, and academicians. Their victory breaks the monopoly of the conventional political parties and reflects voters’ revolt against their traditional leaders.

The winners include Rami Fanj, a candidate for the Sunni seat in Tripoli. He ousted deputy Faisal Karami, who comes from a veteran political family.

Eight out of 155 women candidates were able to break the parliament’s overwhelming male dominance.

Three of these female winners were already deputies, including Inaya Ezzedine from the Amal Movement, Paula Yaacoubian, who resigned amid the 17 October revolution, and Sethrida Geagea of the Lebanese Forces.

The remaining women deputies are Nada Boustani, former minister of energy affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement, Ghada Ayoub from the Lebanese Forces, and Cynthia Zarazir, Najat Saliba, and Halima Kaakour from the civil society movement.

For the latest International News Follow BOL News on Google News. Read more on Latest International News on oldsite.bolnews.com