It covered three neighbourhoods (quartiers) of the capital; Dar El Mreisse, Zuqaq al-Blat and Bachoura.
The Election Law was passed in April 1960, with three seats for Beirut II (1 Sunni, 1 Shia, 1 Minorities).
[3] In the 1960 parliamentary election a list radicals led by Adnan al-Hakim won the three seats, defeating notable leaders like Rashid Baydoun, Moussa de Freige and Takieddin el-Solh.
[7] In the 1964 parliamentary election Sami as-Solh emerged victorious, probably with the support from the Christian voters.
[5] In the Lebanese general election, 1968 in Beirut II a list of al-Hakim, Jubran and Abd al-Majid az-Zayn (Shia) won the three seats and defeated the candidatures of Sami and Takieddin as-Solh.