Abstract
Lebanon’s complex consociational democracy has been the subject of intense scholarly debate, especially with regard to its outdated and controversial electoral system. This paper argues that the current majoritarian electoral lawsserves to undermine democracy and exacerbate sectarian tensions, as it now runs counter to the original integrationist goals for which it was designed. After exploring the numerous existing reform proposals within the broader debate on power sharing in divided states, an alternative electoral formula that accounts for Lebanon’s political geography and reform objectives shall be proposed. This multi-phased approach could in turn provide a framework for electoral engineering in other conflict-ridden, multi-ethnic states.
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