2018 Lebanese general election in South III

In third southern electoral district 6 lists were registered.[2] The electorate is predominantly Shia (80.1%). 6.35% of the electorate is Sunni, 5.27% Maronite, 3.65% Druze, 2.45% Greek Orthodox, 1.8% Greek Catholic and 0.39% from other Christian communities.[3]

The Amal-Hezbollah coalition fielded the "Hope and Loyalty" list.[4] It includes a Baathist Sunni candidate, Kassem Hachem, who is fielded as Amal candidate and officially not sponsored by the Baath Party.[5][6]

The Future Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Democratic Party fielded a joint list called "The South is Worth It", a list that L'Orient Le Jour labelled "supplementary" to the Amal-Hezbollah list.[4][6] It includes a pro-Future independent Sunni candidate, Imad Khatib, who has business links to Amal leader Berri.[6] Three Shia candidates (Badruddin, Sharafuddin and Osseiran) were previously close to Hezbollah.[6] Two pro-FPM independent candidates were included in the list, Chadi Massaad (Greek Orthodox) and Mourhaf Ramadan (Shia).[6] Druze candidate Dr. Wissam Charouf is a member of the Political Council of the Lebanese Democratic Party.[7]

"A Vote for Change" list was fielded by the Lebanese Communist Party, the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon and independents.[4][8] It includes a pro-SSNP independent candidate, Hussein Baydoun.[6] The "National" coalition fielded a list with five candidates.[6]

The two remaining of the lists in the fray took a more confrontative approach towards the Hezbollah-Amal dominance of the local political scene.[6] The "Shibna Hakki" list was fielded by the Lebanese Forces and Shia dissidents, with the Shia journalist Ali Al-Amin on the list. Al-Amin had been publicly labelled as one of the "Shia of the [U.S.] Embassy" by Hezbollah general secretary Nasrallah.[4][6] Al-Amin and fellow candidate and journalist Imad Komeyha, had been signatories to the 2017 call for fresh elections to the High Shia Council.[9] Ahmed Assaad, leader of the Lebanese Option Party, fielded an anti-Hezbollah list of his own with candidates from his party.[6] The list included Al-Assaad's wife Abeer Ramadan.[6]