Is voting compulsory in Lebanon?
Voluntary
Compulsory voting was repealed by 1996.
Lebanon is one of 153 countries classified “Voluntary” for compulsory voting — 87% of the 176 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Israel
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Palestine
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Syria
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Cyprus
- Voluntary Cyprus repealed compulsory voting in 2017 after being inactive for many years.
- Jordan
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Turkey
- Compulsory (enforced) Turkey has compulsory voting with fines for abstaining without justification, enforced since 1983.
Other laws in Lebanon
- Voting Age
- 19+
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