Political parties and elections Palestinian National Authority
from establishment of palestinian authority in 1993 until death of yasser arafat in late 2004, 1 election had taken place. other elections deferred various reasons.
a single election president , legislature took place in 1996. next presidential , legislative elections scheduled 2001, delayed following outbreak of al-aqsa intifada. following arafat s death, elections president of authority announced 9 january 2005. plo leader mahmoud abbas won 62.3% of vote, while dr. mustafa barghouti, physician , independent candidate, won 19.8%.
on 10 may 2004, palestinian cabinet announced municipal elections take place first time. elections announced august 2004 in jericho, followed municipalities in gaza strip. in july 2004 these elections postponed. issues voter registration said have contributed delay. municipal elections took place council officials in jericho , 25 other towns , villages in west bank on 23 december 2004. on 27 january 2005, first round of municipal elections took place in gaza strip officials in 10 local councils. further rounds in west bank took place in may 2005.
elections new palestinian legislative council (plc) scheduled july 2005 acting palestinian authority president rawhi fattuh in january 2005. these elections postponed mahmoud abbas after major changes election law enacted plc required more time palestinian central elections committee process , prepare. among these changes expansion of number of parliament seats 88 132, half of seats competed in 16 localities, , other half elected in proportion party votes nationwide pool of candidates.
the following organizations, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent popular elections inside palestinian authority:
democratic front liberation of palestine (al-jabhah al-dimuqratiyah li-tahrir filastin)
fatah or liberation movement of palestine (harakat al-tahrâr al-filistini)
hamas or islamic resistance movement (harakat al-muqawamah al-islamiyah)
palestine democratic union (al-ittihad al-dimuqrati al-filastini, fida)
palestinian national initiative (al-mubadara al-wataniya al-filistiniyya)
palestinian people s party (hizb al-sha b al-filastini)
popular front liberation of palestine (al-jabhah al-sha abiyah li-tahrir filastin)
october 2006 polls showed fatah , hamas had equal strength.
on 14 june 2007, after battle of gaza (2007), palestine president mahmoud abbas dismissed hamas-led government, leaving government under control 30 days, after temporary government had approved palestinian legislative council.
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