sentences:  In 2005, he unsuccessfully ran for the Maronite seat of Byblos, longtime stronghold of his party, winning 32,125 votes against 50,840 for the Maronite candidate of the Free Patriotic Movement .He also ran unsuccessfully for the Maronite seat in Kesserwan in the 2009 elections and also lost to the Free Patriotic Movement candidate.Edde has not been active politically since 2009.