Beirut, June 6, SPA -- Hezbollah and allies have won all23 seats in south Lebanon, the Interior Minister saidMonday. Giving, the official results of Sunday's vote, MinisterHassan Sabei said the alliance of Hezbollah and Amalhad won, by a wide margin, all 17 of the contested seats.The ticket had already been declared the winner of sixother seats in the south where there were no challengers. Sunday's vote increased Hezbollah's legislators in southLebanon from four to five. Hezbollah has already won a seatin Beirut in the first round of Lebanon's staggeredelections that began on May 29. The parliamentary elections in Lebanon, which run throughJune 19, are the first national polls to be conducted sinceSyria withdrew all its troops from Lebanon in April, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA1402 Local Time 1102 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/267789
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