A poll conducted by IPSOS-STAT shows that if elections were held today for the replacement of former MP and Minister Pierre Gemayel then the winner would be the Phalangist ( Kataeb ) party candidate with 60 % of the vote against 32 % for the candidate of General Aoun ( FPM). IPSOS conducted the study , because the seat of the assassinated MP and minister of industry Pierre Gemayel should have been filled within 60 days from the date of his murder.The poll was conducted between December 14 and Dec 23 using a random sampling of 1000 people over the age of 21 from 72 towns and villages in the northern Metn region of Mount Lebanon. IPSOS poll revealed the following breakdown:
60 % Phalangist ( Kataeb) party candidate
32 % General AounÂ’s candidate (FPM)
7 % undecided
1% declined to take part in the polls