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Key Events
Palestinian Parliamentary Elections (25 January 2006)
On 25 January, Palestinians will go to the polls to elect 132 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Council members will choose a cabinet to serve with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. He was chosen in an election held in January 2005. This section includes analyses, opinions, the laws, and other relevant links and updates.
Results
Final results for the electoral lists (PDF)
Final results for the electoral districts (PDF)
Votes for the list per districts (PDF)
The final distribution of seats in the PLC (PDF)
On Sunday 29th January 2006 in the presence of representatives of the electoral lists, the Central Elections Commission verified the protocols of the preliminary count.
The list of Change and Reform obtained 74 seats; the Fatah Movement obtained 45 seats; the list of the Martyr Abu Ali Mustapha obtained 3 seats; the Alternative received 2 seats; Independent Palestine received 2 seats; the Third Way received 2 seats; and the Independents list obtained 4 seats. These results represent a slight change in the preliminary results released by the CEC at its press conference on 26th January which were based on only 95% of the count. The final results gave Fatah two extra seats � 1 in the electoral lists and 1 in the district of Khan Younis.
Final Turnout on Elections Day (25 January 2006)
The Central Elections Commission indicated that the number of voters reached 1,011,992. The total number of registered voters reached 1,332,396. The voting percentage reached 74.64%. 414 candidates competed for the 16 electoral districts and there were 11 electoral lists with 314 candidates competing nationwide.
Hamas Wins Palestinian Parliamentary Elections
A Parliament of Prisoners, Toufic Haddad (4 February 2006)
The End of a Political Fiction? Adam Hanieh (2 February 2006)
The Hamas Victory: Green Dawn, Red Dusk?, Toufic Haddad (31 January 2006)
Palestine�s New Paradigm, Sam Bahour (31 January 2006)The Hamas victory: democratization � but not what the US expected, Laurie King-Irani (28 January 2006)
Hamas election victory: A call for good governance and respect of Palestinian rights, BADIL (28 January 2006)
Hamas Election Victory: A Vote for Clarity, Ali Abunimah (26 January 2006)
Hamas and the PA at loggerheads, Yasser Abu Moailek (11 October 2005)
Background and Analysis
The Hamas Victory: Green Dawn, Red Dusk?, Toufic Haddad (31 January 2006)
Palestine's New Paradigm, Sam Bahour (31 January 2006)
Palestinian Elections: Forcing the West to awake to the voices of the people, E�in Murray (26 January 2006)
Polls close in Palestinian elections, PCHR (25 January 2006)
Palestinian Elections: Imposing a sense of normalcy on a highly abnormal situation, Rifat Odeh Kassis (25 January 2006)
Palestinian refugees will hold mock PLO elections in Brussels and Paris, BADIL (24 January 2006)
Palestinians' time of choice, E�in Murray (25 January 2006)
Illusion of democracy: The Palestinian Elections, Saree Makdisi (23 January 2006)
Palestinian legislative elections: A vote for law and order, Maureen Clare Murphy (23 January 2006)
Palestinian Elections: The need for social justice, Rami al-Meghari (21 January 2006)
Turning the page, again, Sam Bahour, This Week in Palestine, issue 93 (January 2006)
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| A general view over Al Manara roundabout adorned with posters for the electoral campaign one day before the legislative elections, in the West Bank town of Ramallah January 24, 2006. (MAANnews/Charlotte de Bellabre) |
The Palestinian Legislative Council, the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 88 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the occupied Palestinian territories. The last legislative elections were in 1996 and the PLC�s term was supposed to have expired in May 1999. The election of 1996 resulted in the following distribution: Fatah - 68 seats (47 official, 21 unofficial, classed as �Independent�);
Secular non-affiliated - 12 seats;
Islamist non-affiliated - 7 seats;
Palestinian Democratic Union - 1 seat. The Palestinian Legislative Council passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.
PLC Elections, PCHR (January 2006)
Candidates for the electoral lists (PDF)
Candidates for the district lists (PDF)
Democracy under Occupation: Jerusalem and the 2006 PLC Elections (PDF) NAD-PLO (January 2006)
The right to vote: Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem (PDF) NAD-PLO (January 2006)
Israeli Obstructions of the Palestinian Electoral Process, 3 January - 22 January 2006 (PDF) NAD-PLO (23 January 2006)
Palestinian Legislative Council
Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in January 1996
BY TOPIC: Palestinian Authority
Electoral Process Violations
Palestinian Elections: PA vehicles used in election campaign, PCHR (22 January 2006)
Severe Restrictions on Movement in the West Bank Impact the Election Campaigns, PCHR (17 January 2006)
PA accused of obstructing Palestinian elections, PCHR (5 January 2006)
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| Posters of different electoral lists running for the Palestinian Legislative Elections are stuck in the streets at the West Bank town of Ramallah January 4, 2006. (MAANnews/Charlotte de Bellabre) |
Central Elections Commission
Updates from the CEC
Results & Statistics
The Electoral System
Elections under Occupation
Foreign Interference
EU and US disrupt Palestinian elections, Arjan El Fassed (4 January 2006)
US Corporate Media Erases Israeli Role in Rise of Hamas, Patrick O'Connor (19 December 2005)
Solana exposes European bias towards Israel once again, Arjan El Fassed (18 December 2005)
Annan urges Palestinians to vote in upcoming elections, UN News (21 January 2006)
Internal Crisis
Gunmen kill Fatah activist, PCHR (24 January 2006)
Palestinian legislative elections: A vote for law and order, Maureen Clare Murphy (23 January 2006)
Unidentified armed men target UN club in Gaza, PCHR (2 January 2006)
Al Mezan calls for immediate relase of kidnapped worker and family in Gaza, Al Mezan (29 December 2005)
Gunmen break into Rafah elections office, Al Mezan (14 November 2005)
Human rights group concerned about security in Gaza Strip, PCHR (19 October 2005)
"Palestinian armed groups must stop endangering civilians", Amnesty International (4 October 2005)
Violent Clashes in Gaza, PCHR (3 October 2005)
More on Internal Clashes and Crises
Voting of security forces
Palestinian Elections: Third day voting of the security forces, PCHR (24 January 2006)
Palestinian Elections: Second day voting of the security forces, PCHR (22 January 2006)
Palestinian Elections: First day voting of the security forces, PCHR (21 January 2006)
Jerusalem
Jerusalem voters mount pressure on PA and Israel to allow free elections, Jerusalem Coalition (14 Jerusalem 2006)
PLC candidates protest against Jerusalem arrangements, PLCE (11 January 2006)
Arrangements of Jerusalem vote draws criticism, Jerusalem Coalition (8 January 2006)
Electoral System
The new Palestinian electoral system (Powerpoint Presentation)
The electoral system
On the Palestinian Road to Elections: The System, Arjan El Fassed (24 November 2004)
Legislation
Elections Law No 9 of 2005 (PDF)
Elections Law No 13 of 1995 (PDF) and Amendments (PDF)
Election Monitors
Observations Carter Center
Annan congratulates Palestinian people on peaceful and orderly elections, UN News (26 January 2006)
Preliminary Assessment of Polling and Vote Count Processes from Monitors, PCHR (26 January 2006)
International observers arrive for Palestinian elections, NDI/Carter (22 January 2006)
EU Election Observation Mission for Palestinian Legislative Council Elections
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy
Multimedia
Photostory: Palestinian Elections (25 January 2006)
Photostory: Palestinian Elections Campaign (24 January 2006)
Photostory: Campaigning begins for Palestinian elections (5 January 2006)
Related Websites
Central Elections Commission
PLC Elections, PCHR (January 2006)
Palestinian Presidential Elections (9 January 2005)
BY TOPIC: Palestinian Authority
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