2005 Palestinian Presidential Election

After Arafat

9 January 2005 · Presidents of the Authority

The 2005 Palestinian Presidential elections were held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip of the Palestinian National Authority on Sunday, 9 January 2005 to elect the President of the Palestinian National Authority, to succeed Yasser Arafat, who had died on 11 November 2004.

Held two months after Yasser Arafat's death, with Hamas and Islamic Jihad boycotting. Abbas won a four-year term that has never been renewed at the ballot box: no presidential election has been held since.

President before

Rawhi Fattouh

Fatah

Elected President

Mahmoud Abbas

Fatah

Winning share

67.4%

Turnout

73.4%

The result

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Mahmoud Abbas

Fatah · 501,448 votes

67.38%

Mustafa Barghouti

Palestinian National Initiative · 156,227 votes

20.99%

Taysir Khalid

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine · 26,848 votes

3.61%

Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar

Independent · 22,171 votes

2.98%

Bassam as-Salhi

Palestinian People's Party · 21,429 votes

2.88%

Sayyid Barakah

Independent · 10,406 votes

1.40%

Abdel Karim Shubeir

Independent · 5,717 votes

0.77%


Mahmoud Abbas	Fatah	501,448	67.38%
Mustafa Barghouti	Palestinian National Initiative	156,227	20.99%
Taysir Khalid	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine	26,848	3.61%
Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar	Independent	22,171	2.98%
Bassam as-Salhi	Palestinian People's Party	21,429	2.88%
Sayyid Barakah	Independent	10,406	1.40%
Abdel Karim Shubeir	Independent	5,717	0.77%