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Elections in the Palestinian National Authority
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Elections in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) gives information on election and election results in the Palestinian territories allowed to hold elections.
Palestine elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The National Council has 133 members, with 66 members elected in 16 multi-seat constituencies, 66 elected proportional to the vote for each party, and the president as ex officio member. Palestine has a multi-party system, with numerous parties. In this system Fatah was the dominant party. Legislative and presidential election were held in 1996; local elections in January-May 2005, organized by PNA president Yasser Arafat before his death; the January 2005 presidential election, won by Mahmoud Abbas, preceded the Hamas victory during the legislative election in January 2006.
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| Alliances and parties | Votes (Proportional) | % (Proportional) | Seats (Proportional/District seats) |
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Change and Reform
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440,409 | 44.45 | 74 (29/45) |
| Fatah, harakat al-tahrīr al-filastīnī (Liberation Movement of Palestine) | 410,554 | 41.43 | 45 (28/17) |
| Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) (al-jabhah al-sha`biyyah li-tahrīr filastīn) | 42,101 | 4.25 | 3 (3/0) |
The Alternative (al-Badeel)
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28,973 | 2.92 | 2 (2/0) |
Independent Palestine
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26,909 | 2.72 | 2 (2/0) |
| Third Way | 23,862 | 2.41 | 2 (2/0) |
Freedom and Social Justice
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7,127 | 0.72 | 0 (0/0) |
| Freedom and Independence | 4,398 | 0.44 | 0 (0/0) |
| Martyr Abu Abbas | 3,011 | 0.30 | 0 (0/0) |
| National Coalition for Justice and Democracy (Wa'ad) | 1,806 | 0.18 | 0 (0/0) |
| Palestinian Justice | 1,723 | 0.17 | 0 (0/0) |
| Independents | - | - | 4 (0/4) |
| Total (turnout: 74.6%) | 990,873 | 100.0% | 132 (66/66) |
| Source: Central Election Commission, Preliminary results,Final tally amendments, 2006-01-29, Final results | |||
| Candidates - Nominating parties | Votes | % |
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| Mahmoud Abbas - Fatah or Liberation Movement of Palestine (Harakat al-Tahrâr al-Filistini) | 501,448 | 62.52 |
| Mustafa Barghouti- Independent | 156,227 | 19.48 |
| Taysir Khald- Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Al-Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah Li-Tahrir Filastin) | 26,848 | 3.35 |
| Abdel Halim al-Ashqar- Independent | 22,171 | 2.76 |
| Bassam al-Salhi - Palestinian People's Party (Hizb al-Sha'b al-Filastini) | 21,429 | 2.67 |
| Sayyid Barakah - Independent | 10,406 | 1.30 |
| Abdel Karim Shubeir - Independent | 5,717 | 0.71 |
| Invalid Ballots | 30,672 | 3.82 |
| Blank Ballots | 27,159 | 3.39 |
| Total (turnout %) | 802,077 | 100.0 |
| Source: Central Elections Commission | ||
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Palestinian presidential elections
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Municipal election are being held in a multistage process, the most recent of which occurred on December 23, 2005. On that day, elections were held in 26 municipalities that included over 140,000 eligible voters in Jericho and 25 villages in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority Election Tracker
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Pressure mounts on Hamas after win
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