Editing Elections in Lebanon (section)

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'''Elections in Lebanon''' are allotted to occur every four years. Every citizen is allowed to vote, but the positions are constitutionally allocated by religious affiliation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanon |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/lebanon/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}</ref> Lebanon was ranked second most electoral [[Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa|democracy in the Middle East]] according to [[V-Dem Democracy indices]] in 2023 with a score of 0.157 out of 1.<ref name="vdem_dataset">{{cite web |last=V-Dem Institute |date=2023 |title=The V-Dem Dataset |url=https://www.v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="vdem report">[https://www.v-dem.net/documents/29/V-dem_democracyreport2023_lowres.pdf Democracy Report 2023, Table 3, V-Dem Institute, 2023]</ref> Those who are above 21 and are non active military personnel are permitted to vote.

Elections in Lebanon are made up of loose coalitions, usually organized locally, which are formed for electoral purposes by negotiation among clan leaders and candidates representing various religious communities; such coalitions usually exist only for the election and rarely form a cohesive block in the [[Parliament of Lebanon|Parliament]] after the election. No single party has ever won more than 12.5 percent of the seats in the Parliament, and no coalition of parties has won more than 35 percent.