2006 Palestinian legislative election

2006 Palestinian legislative election

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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 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by governorate Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Ahmed Qurei Fatah Ismail Haniyeh Hamas

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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 May 2024, no new elections have been held since this one.