Palestinian Legislative Election, 2006 - Results - Results and Turnout

Results and Turnout

see also Current members of Palestinian Legislative Council

The Central Elections Commission released the final results on Sunday, January 29, 2006, and announced that Hamas had won 74 of the 132 seats, while Fatah trailed with 45.

According to the results, Hamas won the large majority of the constituency seats but was more narrowly ahead on the lists. Fatah did beat Hamas in the constituencies in Qalqilya, Rafah, and Jericho. Jenin was split evenly, and Fatah won the seats reserved for Christians in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Ramallah.

The Central Elections Commission said turnout was 74.6%–76.0% in the Gaza Strip and 73.1% in the West Bank.


e • d Summary of the 25 January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election results
Alliances and parties Votes (Proportional) % (Proportional) Seats (Proportional/District seats)
Change and Reform
  • Hamas, harakat al-muqāwamah al-islāmiyyah (Islamic Resistance Movement)
 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)
  • Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (al-jabhah al-dīmūqrātiyyah li-tahrīr filastīn)
  • Palestinian People's Party (hizb al-sha'b al-filastīnī)
  • Palestine Democratic Union (al-ittihād al-dīmūqrātī al-filastīnī)
  • Independents
 28,973 2.92 2 (2/0)
Independent Palestine
  • Palestinian National Initiative (al-mubādara al-wataniya al-filastīniyya)
  • Independents
 26,909 2.72 2 (2/0)
Third Way 23,862 2.41 2 (2/0)
Freedom and Social Justice
  • Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (jabhat al-nidal al-sha'biyya al-filastiniyya)
 7,127 0.72 0 (0/0)
Freedom and Independence
  • Palestinian Arab Front
 4,398 0.44 0 (0/0)
Martyr Abu Abbas
  • Palestine Liberation Front
 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

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