BEIRUT , Lebanon ( CNN ) -- Supporters and opponents of Lebanon 's pro-Western government appeared to split seats on Sunday as Lebanese voters went to the polls to replace two ruling-party lawmakers assassinated in recent months . Lebanese women wait in line to cast their votes in Beirut . Voters in Beirut sent pro-government candidate Mohammed al-Amin Itani to parliament to replace Walid Eido , who was killed in a June bombing . Both Eido , a Sunni Muslim , and Itani are members of the bloc led by Saad Hariri -- the son of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , whose 2005 killing triggered Lebanon 's current wave of political upheaval . But in Metn , a Maronite Christian suburb east of the capital , anti-government candidate Camille Khouri upset former President Amin Gemayel by a few hundred votes , Lebanese television network LBC reported . Khouri is a member of the Free Patriotic Movement , the anti-government party led by former Lebanese Army Gen. Michel Aoun . Aoun has said he will run for president of Lebanon -- and since the post is chosen by members of parliament , Sunday 's results were closely watched . Gemayel was seeking the seat held by his son Pierre , who served as industry minister in the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora before being gunned down in his car in November 2006 . He served as president from 1982 to 1988 , during the civil war in Lebanon . His brother , Bashir Gemayel , was elected president in 1982 but was assassinated before he could take office . Eido and Gemayel were among several Lebanese political figures killed since the February 2005 killing of the elder Hariri . All were critical of Syria 's influence in Lebanon , and their supporters blamed Damascus for their deaths -- allegations the Syrians and their allies in Lebanon denied . Hariri 's killing triggered a wave of protests against Syria known as the `` Cedar Revolution , '' which brought Siniora 's government to power and forced Syria to withdraw the garrison it kept in Lebanon for three decades . E-mail to a friend . CNN 's Nada Husseini contributed to this report .
Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel won by a few hundred votes . He will replace legislator Pierre Michel and businessman Pierre Eido . Both were allies of U.S.-backed Lebanese Forces and opponents of Syria .