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Live blog update| Lebanon Votes

Polls close!

That's it, polls have closed in Lebanon's 2022 parliamentary elections.

We're waiting to see what the final turnout was, but it seems to have been low. There are some allegations that some people were waiting until the last moment to vote in order to increase the amount of money they are offered by parties and candidates, so perhaps there will be some increase in the voting rate late on.

There are still lines of people outside some polling stations, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati said they will be allowed to cast their vote.