Politics of The Palestinian National Authority - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

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

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