[8] Kalpakian had served as the chairman of the Lebanon Executive Board of the Hunchnak Party for thirteen years.

He had left this position and emigrated to Australia, but ahead of the 2009 polls he returned to Lebanon to run for parliament.

[13] According to media sources this move was done on behalf of Hizbullah in order to ease tensions between Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement over candidatures in Jezzine and Baabda.

[8] The main contenders for the Sunni seat were Nouhad Machnouk of the Future Movement and Adnan Arakji from the March 8 alliance.

But just a few days ahead of the polls the party declared that it would call for a vote for Machnouk, as per the Doha Agreement.

Port, Bachoura and the two Muslim seats merged into the Muslim-dominated Beirut III district (henceforth known as 'Beirut II').