Beirut (Reuters) - A Lebanese anti-Syrian alliance promised sweeping change early on Monday after winning a majority in the first parliamentary elections in three decades without Syrian troops in Lebanon.

An unofficial count for north Lebanon on Sunday night showed an alliance led by Saad al-Hariri sweeping all remaining 28 seats, while its rivals conceded they were heading for defeat.

The ballot, staggered by region over four weekends, is the first in three decades with no Syrian military presence after Damascus pulled its troops out in April.

"Final results show that we are ahead and show that the people have voted for change," said Hariri, the son of slain ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri who is backing the opposition slate.

"It was not possible that after the martyrdom of Rafik al-Hariri, the withdrawal of Syria, that nothing would change."

The victory means the 128-seat assembly has an anti-Syrian majority for the first time since the 1975-1990 civil war.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Azzam al-Jassem delayed casting his ballot in Lebanon's general elections on Sunday to the last minute, waiting "for whoever pays more" to secure his vote and those of his family.

Taking refuge from a merciless sun with his cousins inside a makeshift kiosk he rented for the elections, Jassem said he had turned down offers ranging between $5,000 and $7,000 for the 100 votes his family commands.

"Buying a goat would cost $100," he told Reuters. "My vote should not be cheaper than a goat."

Allegations of vote-buying have marred the last round of Lebanon's general elections in the north, where more than 100 candidates vie for the remaining 28 parliament seats.

In Lebanon's first election in three decades without a Syrian military presence, an anti-Syrian list backed by Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri is squaring off against an unlikely alliance of pro-Syrians and Damascus' erstwhile foe, Maronite Christian former general Michel Aoun.

Both campaigns have denied vote-buying. However, many people Reuters interviewed in the coastal town of Tripoli said campaigners from both slates offered them money for their votes.

June 19 (Bloomberg) — Lebanese voters in the north of the country started voting today in the fourth and final round of …