Free Patriotic Movement candidate, Amal Abou Zeid, won in Jezzine by-elections to fill the vacant parliamentary post of the late MP Michel Helou.

Free Patriotic Movement candidate, Amal Abou Zeid, won in by-elections to fill the vacant parliamentary post of the late MP Michel Helou.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that  Abou Zeid won roughly 6489 ballots more than Ibrahim Azar, son of former MP Samir Azar.

Abou Zeid, who is also backed by the Lebanese Forces, the Kataeb Party and Hezbollah in the parliamentary by-elections, managed to garner 14,653 votes, compared to more the 7,759 votes for Azar.

He won by a wide margin against two other candidates challenging him.

Abou Zeid was the main candidate who competes with six others, including Michel Elias al-Helou, Jad Rizk, Patrick Rizkallah, Ibrahim Azar, Kamil Serhal, and Salah Jebran.

Earlier in the day, Interior ministry Nuhad Mashnouk said that 58349 eligible voters were to elect in Jezzine by-elections.

Head of FPM MP Michel Aoun had urged the people of Jezzine to participate in the by-election and vote in favor of Abou Zeid.

It is worth mentioning that MP Helou died on June 27, 2014.