Beirut - Lebanon announced Monday that upcoming parliamentary elections will be held on June 7, 2009 throughout all the country's constituencies.

Another decree is to be issued at a later date setting the schedule for presenting nomination documents, the Lebanese Interior Ministry said.

Holding elections in all constituencies on the same day was a demand by the anti-Syrian ruling majority.

Lebanon last held parliamentary elections in May 2005, when the anti-Syrian ruling majority swept the votes.

The elections in June will witness a heavy race between the Western-backed ruling majority and the pro-Syrian opposition which is led by the Shiite movement Hezbollah. (dpa)