Local Government
The city of Nablus is the muhfaza (seat) of the Nablus Governorate, and is governed by a municipal council made up of fifteen elected members, including the mayor.
The two primary political parties in the municipal council are Hamas and Fatah. In the 2005 Palestinian municipal elections, the Reform and Change list representing the Hamas faction won 73.4% of the vote, gaining the majority of the municipal seats (13). Palestine Tomorrow, representing Fatah, gained the remaining two seats with 13.0% of the vote. Other political parties, such as the Palestinian People's Party and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine failed to gain any seats in the council, though they each received over 1,000 votes.
Elected Candidates of the Nablus municipal elections of 2005
| Rank | List | Candidate name |
| 1 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Adly Yaish |
| 2 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Hafez Shaheen |
| 3 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Nihad Masri |
| 4 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Mahdi Hanbali |
| 5 | Palestine Tomorrow (Fatah) | Yahya Arafat |
| 6 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Kholood Masri |
| 7 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Majeda Fadda |
| 8 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Rula Kanaan |
| 9 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Husam Eddine Kataloni |
| 10 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Anan Ghazal |
| 11 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Ghassan Johari |
| 12 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Mazen al-Sharif |
| 13 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Fayyad Aghbar |
| 14 | Reform and Change (Hamas) | Abdel Jabbar Adel Musa "Dweikat" |
| 15 | Palestine Tomorrow (Fatah) | Sa’id Hindiyyeh |
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