All 132 seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council 67 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh
44.45
74
New
Fatah
Farouk Kaddoumi
41.43
45
−5
PFLP
Ahmad Sa'adat
4.25
3
New
The Alternative
Qais Abd al-Karim
2.92
2
New
Independent Palestine
Mustafa Barghouti
2.72
2
New
Third Way
Salam Fayyad
2.41
2
New
Independents
–
–
4
−31
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Legislative elections were held in the Palestinian territories on 25 January 2006 in order to elect the second Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The result was a victory for Hamas, contesting under the list name of Change and Reform, which received 44.45% of the vote and won 74 of the 132 seats, whilst the ruling Fatah received 41.43% of the vote and won 45 seats.[1]
The newly elected PLC met for the first time on 18 February 2006.[2] Incumbent Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei tendered his resignation on 26 January 2006, but remained interim Prime Minister at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas. On 20 February, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was nominated to form a new government. The new government with Haniyeh as Prime Minister was sworn in on 29 March. As of April 2024, no new elections have been held since this one.
^Central Elections Commission (CEC)
^Excerpts from President Mahmoud Abbas’ Speech to the Opening of the PLC. Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol 13 No. 1, May 2006
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