All 132 seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council 67 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
Current seats
Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh
73
Fatah
Mahmoud Abbas[a]
43
PFLP
Ahmad Sa'adat[b]
3
PNI
Mustafa Barghouti
2
Third Way
Salam Fayyad
2
DFLP
Nayef Hawatmeh[c]
1[d]
PPP
Bassam Al-Salhi
1[e]
Independent
–
4
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Mohammad Shtayyeh Fatah
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The next Palestinian legislative election was scheduled for 22 May 2021, according to a decree by President Mahmoud Abbas on 15 January 2021, but was indefinitely postponed on 29 April 2021.[1][2]
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