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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Palestine_election_results_2006.svg/334px-Palestine_election_results_2006.svg.png) Results by governorate
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On 25 January 2006,
Palestinians
voted for the
Palestinian Legislative Council
(PLC), the legislature of the
Palestinian National Authority
(PNA). Without counting the
2005 municipal elections
and the
9 January 2005 presidential election
, this was the first election to the PLC
since 1996
; since then, elections had been delayed several times due to the continuing
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
. Palestinian voters in the
Gaza Strip
and the
West Bank
, including
East Jerusalem
, were allowed to participate in the election.
Final results show that
Hamas
won the election with 74 seats. The ruling party,
Fatah
, only got 45, giving Hamas the majority of the 132 available seats and the chance to form a
majority government
on their own.
[1]
Analysis of election results shows that the number of seats each party won agrees with their percentage of the vote for the 66 list seats. Hamas is overrepresented in the 66 district seats because it was nominated more strategically than Fatah and did not have to compete with third parties and independents for the same voters' support.
[2]
The
Prime Minister
,
Ahmed Qurei
, resigned, but at the request of
President
Mahmoud Abbas
, remained as
interim
Prime Minister until February 19, when Hamas leader
Ismail Haniya
formed the new government. The
Quartet
threatened to cut funds to the Palestinian Authority following the elections.
Template:Palestinian elections
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Pre-2006
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2006
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2007
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