Parliament of Lebanon

The Lebanese Parliament (Arabic: مجلس النواب, romanized: Majlis an-Nuwwab, lit.'Chamber of Deputies') is the de factounicameral national legislature of the Lebanese Republic. According to Article 22 of the Constitution of Lebanon, amended after the Taif Agreement, this chamber, known as the Chamber of Deputies, is the de jure lower house of the Parliament which elects members on a non-sectarian basis while the Senate is the de jure upper house that elects its religious representatives on a sectarian basis as written in the National Pact.

There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constituencies, apportioned among Lebanon's diverse Christian and Muslim denominations but with half of the seats reserved for Christians and half for Muslims per Constitutional Article 24. Lebanon has universal adult suffrage. The parliament's major functions are to elect the President of the republic, to approve the government (although appointed by the President, the Prime Minister, along with the Cabinet, must retain the confidence of a majority in the Parliament), and to approve laws and expenditure.

The Parliament was most recently elected on 15 May 2022. While terms are four years long, parliaments can extend their own terms: the parliament elected in June 2009 did so on three occasions, delaying the next election until May 2018 while a new electoral law was prepared. According to the Lebanese constitution and the electoral law of 2017, elections are held on a Sunday during the 60 days preceding the end of the sitting parliament's mandate, with the next one due in May 2028.