Palestinian Legislative Council - Summary of 2006 Election Results

Summary of 2006 Election Results

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

Final results in arabic

Ahmed Qurei, former Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority from October 7, 2003 to January 26, 2006, when he resigned after Hamas' victory in the 2006 legislative election.

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