Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc

The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc (Arabic: كتلة الوفاء للمقاومة) is the political wing of Hezbollah in the Parliament of Lebanon.^[1] Along with Amal, it dominates the March 8 Alliance and has held two seats in the Lebanese cabinet since 2012.^[2][3] The party is currently led by Hezbollah member and prominent Shi'a politician Mohammad Raad.^[4]

Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc
Chamber	Parliament of Lebanon
Member parties	Hezbollah
President	Mohammad Raad
Representation	15 / 128 (12%)

Historical membership

Election	Seats	Change	Ref
1992	12 / 128 (9%)	New	[5]
1996	9 / 128 (7%)	3	[5]
2000	12 / 128 (9%)	3	[5]
2005	14 / 128 (11%)	2	[6]
2009	13 / 128 (10%)	1	[7]
2018	13 / 128 (10%)		[8]
2022	15 / 128 (12%)	2	[9]

Affiliated MPs

2009 election

The Bloc won 13 of the 128 seats in the 2009 general election:^[7]

Name	Party/Bloc	District	Religion
Ali Ammar	Hezbollah	Baabda	Shia
Bilal Farhat	Hezbollah	Baabda	Shia
Mohammad Fneish	Hezbollah	Tyre	Shia
Nawwaf Moussawi	Hezbollah	Tyre	Shia
Hassan Fadlallah	Hezbollah	Bint Jbeil	Shia
Mohammad Raad	Hezbollah	Nabatieh	Shia
Ali Fayyad	Hezbollah	Hasbaya–Marjeyoun	Shia
Hussein Moussawi	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Hussein el Hage Hassan	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Nawwar el Sahili	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ali Mekdad	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Elwalid Succariyeh	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Sunni[10]
Kamel al-Rifai	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Sunni

2018 election

The Bloc won 12 of the 128 seats in the 2018 general election:^[8][11]

Name	Party/Bloc	District	Religion
Ali Ammar	Hezbollah	Baabda	Shia
Amin Sherri	Hezbollah	Beirut II	Shia
Nawwaf Moussawi	Hezbollah	Tyre–Zahrani	Shia
Hussein Jashi	Hezbollah	Tyre–Zahrani	Shia
Hassan Fadlallah	Hezbollah	Bint Jbeil	Shia
Mohammad Raad	Hezbollah	Nabatieh	Shia
Ali Fayyad	Hezbollah	Hasbaya–Marjeyoun	Shia
Anwar Jomma	Hezbollah	Zahle	Shia
Hussein el Hage Hassan	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ibrahim Mousawi	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ali Mekdad	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ihab Hamadeh	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia

2022 election

Name	Party/Bloc	District	Religion
Ali Ammar	Hezbollah	Baabda	Shia
Amin Sherri	Hezbollah	Beirut II	Shia
Raed Berro	Hezbollah	Jbeil	Shia
Hassan Ezzidine	Hezbollah	Tyre–Zahrani	Shia
Hussein Jashi	Hezbollah	Tyre–Zahrani	Shia
Hassan Fadlallah	Hezbollah	Bint Jbeil	Shia
Mohammad Raad	Hezbollah	Nabatieh	Shia
Ali Fayyad	Hezbollah	Hasbaya–Marjeyoun	Shia
Rami Hamdan	Hezbollah	Zahle	Shia
Yanal Al Solh	Independent	Baalbeck–Hermil	Sunni
Melhem Houjari	Independent	Baalbeck–Hermil	Sunni
Hussein el Hage Hassan	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ibrahim Mousawi	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ali Mekdad	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia
Ihab Hamadeh	Hezbollah	Baalbeck–Hermil	Shia

References

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2. "Members of Lebanon's new government". The Daily Star. February 15, 2014.
3. "Lebanon announces cabinet line-up under chairmanship of Hariri". Kuwait News Network. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
4. "Hezbollah's Raad slams UN chief". Now Lebanon. January 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.
5. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p183 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
6. https://www.eods.eu/library/FR%20LEBANON%202005_en.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
7. "March14 - March 8 MPs". Now Lebanon. June 11, 2009. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
8. "Interior Ministry releases numbers of votes for new MPs". The Daily Star. May 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
9. Research, Alma (2022-05-18). "The Lebanese Parliament Elections (May 15, 2022) - Initial Results and Implications". Alma Research and Education Center. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
10. "Final Report on the Lebanese Parliamentary Election" (PDF).
11. "The official results of the 2018 Lebanese parliamentary election". the961.com. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-17.