Municipal election in the Lebanese capital Beirut was held on May 8, 2016. Election was held for 24 seats in the municipal council of the city. Some 470,000 persons were eligble to vote in the election. The population of Beirut is around four times larger than the electorate, as many Beirut residents remains in the electoral census of their ancestral home villages. Just around 20% of the eligble voters cast their ballots. Security was tight at polling stations, with armed forces deployed.