2006 Palestinian Legislative Election
The Hamas landslide25 January 2006 · The Palestinian Authority · 132 seats, 67 for a majority
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).
Judged free and fair by international observers — and never repeated. The Hamas victory triggered an international boycott, the 2007 Fatah–Hamas split, and the indefinite postponement of every election since; the PLC was dissolved in 2018 without ever being re-elected.
Prime Minister before
Ahmed Qurei
Fatah Ismail Haniyeh
Prime Minister after
Ismail Haniyeh
Hamas
Largest force
Hamas
74 of 132 seats
Turnout
71.2%
The result
Hamas
Ismail Haniyeh · 44.5% of votes
74
seats
Fatah
Farouk Kaddoumi · 41.4% of votes · -5 seats
45
seats
Independents
-31 seats
4
seats
PFLP
Ahmad Sa'adat · 4.3% of votes
3
seats
The Alternative
Qais Abd al-Karim · 2.9% of votes
2
seats
Independent Palestine
Mustafa Barghouti · 2.7% of votes
2
seats
Third Way
Salam Fayyad · 2.4% of votes
2
seats