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Presidential Elections Final Results

The number of Palestinians who voted reached 775,146 citizens in the West Bank (including Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip, and the compiling of all results of sorting in the various stations (2,838 stations) came as follows:

Fatah candidate Mahmoud Abbas got 483,039 votes (62.32%)

Independent candidate Mustafa Barghouthi got 153,516 votes (19.80%)

DFLP candidate Taysir Khaled got 27,118 votes (3.5%)

PPP candidate Bassam Al-Salhi got 20,844 votes (2.69%)

Independent candidate Abdul Haleem al-Ashqar got 20,774 votes (2.68%)

Independent candidate Sayyed Barakeh got 9,809 votes (1.27%)

Independent candidate Abdul Kareem Shubeir got 5,874 votes (0.76%)

Void ballot papers reached 29,366 papers (3.79%)

White ballot papers reached 24,806 papers (3.02%)

The voters’ turnout, the ratio of those who voted reached 71% of the voters' register which has been prepared recently by the Central Elections Commission while only 12% participated in the elections from the civil register which is issued by the Interior Ministry.

It should be noted that around 1.8 million who are above 18 are entitled to vote, but those who registered reached 1,282,524 Palestinians according to the figures published by the Central Elections Commission.

It should be noted that 26,365 Jerusalemite Palestinians voted out of 120,000 persons who have the right to vote.

It should be noted that 70% of the citizens registered in the voters register which has been prepared in the past three months and more than 30% of the Palestinians did not register.

* Source: Central Elections Commission, CEC

Number of Polling Stations in the Electoral Districts - 2005

	Voters Centers	Civil Registry Voter Center	Total No. of Registrations Centers	No. of Stations (Voters List)	No. of Stations (Civil Registry Voters)	Total No. of Stations	Total No. of Employees
Jerusalem	48	4	52	69	19	88	544
Jenin	98	6	104	192	50	242	1,418
Tulkarem	61	4	65	127	35	162	940
Tubas	15	1	16	38	7	45	257
Nablus	103	9	112	241	66	307	1,759
Qalqilya	37	3	40	65	20	85	505
Salfit	24	2	26	50	8	58	342
Ramallah	110	9	119	191	55	246	1,468
Jericho	16	1	17	31	9	40	234
Bethlehm	68	4	72	130	25	155	919
Hebron	158	10	168	340	80	420	2,436
North Gaza	48	3	51	147	20	167	937
Gaza	86	6	92	273	60	333	1,849
Deir al Balah	34	3	37	118	20	138	764
Khan Yunis	50	3	53	155	30	185	1,031
Rafah	34	2	36	104	20	124	692
Total	900	70	1,060	2,271	524	2,795	16,095

Source: Central Elections Commission - (CEC) - Palestine

Seven candidates for the Presidential Elections

The candidates who registered are:
1- Mahmoud Abbas, Fatah Movement candidate
2- Taysir Khaled, DFLP candidate
3- Bassam al-Salhi, PPP candidate
4- Mustafa Barghouthi, Palestinian National Initiative candidate
5- Abdul Karim Shbeir, Independent
6- Sheikh Sayed Barakeh, Independent
7- Abdul Halim Ashqar, Independent

General Information Concerning the Electorate in the Local Elections

The number of voters for the initial stage of voting in the West Bank and Gaza Strip across 36 constituencies is approximately 237,640 voters.
The largest constituency is Dier Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, which amounts to a total of 31.292 voters. Whereas in the West Bank, the Jericho constituency has an estimated 20,745 voters.
The smallest constituency is Al-Masdar in the Gaza Strip which amounts to 802 voters, while in the West Bank Al-New’mah and Al-Dyook constituencies’ amount to 1045 voters.
The largest constituency of females exists in Jericho, amounting to 10,608 female from the 51.14% voters in the West Bank. In Gaza, Dier Al-balah, the number of female voters amounts 15.784 from 50.44% voters.
The percentage of voters between the ages of 18 - 25 in the West Bank (26 election circles) is 27.15%. In the Gaza Strip it is 30.77% (10 election circles).
The percentage of females, who have the right to vote in the (36 different constituencies) West Bank and Gaza Strip is 49.63%. While the percentage of males with the right to vote is 50.37%.
The total number of candidates is 1005. Of which 849 are males and 156 females.

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