Talk:2006 Palestinian legislative election

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Deletion of exit polls

I suggest we delete the paragraph about exit-polls, as it is not very relevant now we have the final results. I'll do it in 24 hrs if no objections. Bertilvidet 17:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

The same for the pre-election poll paragraph, even though it obviously remains relevant to mention that previous polls suggest a new victory for Fatah. Bertilvidet 19:52, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

OPPOSE. It's still valid as a historical event describing what happened at the time. Obviously the final result is more important, but it is still a valid piece of information relating to the election. Suggest you instead move to teh end of teh article. AndrewRT 11:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Structure

Planning to add in some more info on the minor slates, but want to restructure first. Perhaps having a new section on lists/parties and moving the stuff abour Hamas, Fatah, Future to this section. What do you think? AndrewRT 13:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Fine with me. I created the article as pretty bare-bones, hoping others would flesh it out. --Jfruh 13:42, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Can somebody map it?

Anyone want to take a stab at drawing an election map based on this?

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/01/25/international/20060125_palestianELECTION_GRAPHIC.html

--Jfruh 14:51, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Results

Does anyone know when results will be available? Is there a deadline by which a coalition must be formed, if one is needed? Thanks. Hughcharlesparker 16:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Not sure about the results. The PNA govt. is a presidential system, with the PM appointed by the president, which means that strictly speaking a coalition isn't necessary to run the show even if no party or formal coalition has a majority on the PLC. However, Abbas has said that he would resign if the new PLC consistently blocks his legislation. --Jfruh 17:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

The initial preliminary results are due by 7:00 pm local time today, or 12:00 eastern time. I'll try to post something when those results are announced. --Alpharigel 16:51, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Offical results give 76 to Hamas, 43 to Fatah, with 13 to others.Xerex 18:26, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Final results are released today: 74 seats to Hamas, 45 to Fatah. Bertilvidet 17:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

future elections

im deletin this category seeing as it's already happened ... XYaAsehShalomX never mind...i didnt realise it would also delete the box at the top...

Why two tags?

Their are two tags on top of this article, one says it is a currently ongoing event the other says it about ongoing/upcoming elections. The second one renders the first one redundant, wouldn't it be better if instead of currently ongoing event, there were a tag linking this article to a wikinews article?

I've linked to the wikinews article. -- Avenue 11:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Arabic Names

Can someone give the Arabic names of Change and Reform and other lists? Adam 06:15, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Length of terms?

How long are they elected for? Does anyone know? Jeff

From the draft constitution which is the basis for these elections (and of Abu Mazen last year):

Members of the House of Representatives are elected for a five-year term. They may be re-elected more than once. It is impermissible to extend the term of the House of Representatives except in the case of necessity and by a law approved by two-third majority of the house members.

Ramallite ^(talk) 19:08, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, --Jeff 16:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry too much about the length of the terms since there doesn't seem to be much chance that Hamas will allow another election to take place. 6SJ7 09:52, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

That is absolutely uncalled for. And anyway, Hamas is in no position to allow or disallow elections any more than the current US Republican party is in a position to mess with US election dates. Plus, it doesn't have the required 2/3 majority anyway. Ramallite ^(talk) 16:51, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Resulting Government

I'd like to add a article/section on the new government that's forming. Can anyone suggest where's the best place to put it? Are there any precedents/naming conventions I can copy? Should it just be a section here, a linked article or what? AndrewRT 11:07, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Electoral system, NPOV

I'm not keen on the current edit.

"Hamas won 44 percent of the popular vote but 56 percent of the seats, while Fatah won 42 percent of the popular vote but only 34 percent of the seats." according to the New York Times [1].

This is a statement of fact not opinion and therefore I'm not happy with it being attributed to NYT.

Analysis of election results indicates that both factions won seats in proportion to their shares of the vote for the 66 list seats

Surely this is a statement of the obvious for a proportional system. Hamas and Fatah are parties or lists, not factions.

Hamas is overrepresented in the 66 district seats because it nominated more strategically than Fatah and did not have to compete with third parties and independents for the same voters' support.[2]

This is a statement of opinion (why Hamas is overrepresented) not fact, and therefore should be attributed. What evidence is presented to support this view? Why are third parties assumed to be competing with Fatah and not Hamas? AndrewRT 17:52, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

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Aftermath

I intend to add several new sub-sections since this topic pays insufficient attention to how Hamas was prevented from governing properly after its victory in the democratic 2006 PA elections, and how internal armed rivalry with Fatah developed. I will later reflect this in the Fatah–Hamas conflict. Since it is a major edit, I offer it in "Talk" for discussion prior to saving in the article. I repectfully request that the content be discusses based on facts and demonstrable support be provided for opinions, especially as to WP:POV and WP:RS: Erictheenquirer (talk) 10:45, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Having had a quick skim through, I have a couple of comments:

1. Some of the headings are misleading – specifically the two "impediments to the Democratic Election Process" bits. These refer to events after the election, so were impediments to the election.
2. Most of the information would be more appropriate in Palestinian government of March 2006, as they're more about the government that was created after the election.

Number 57 11:35, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

@Number 57:Indeed I hit the 'save' button too quickly - 'mea culpa'

Your comment is appreciated. I had some difficulty in naming these sections, so am quite willing to change them. Having said that, I believe that the titles are appropriate because 1) the actions WERE impediments to the governing process and 2) the governing process was meant to follow from the democratic elections.

I see them all as an Aftermath of the elections, and that is the section into which I put them.

I differ with you that most of these sections had to do with the actual implementation of government. They are not about how Hamas chose to or did govern.

I appreciate your contributions, and would welcome further comments. Once again my apologies for the quick trigger finger. Erictheenquirer (talk) 11:53, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

@Erictheenquirer: You are correct that they were impediments to governance after the elections (we don't differ on that), but the fact is that they were not impediments to the elections themselves, so the titles ("impediments to the Democratic election process") are not appropriate. Also, the Manual of Style requires that headings be in sentence case (only proper nouns should be capitalised). Number 57 12:20, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

@Number 57:Many thanks for all of that. I have a lot to learn still re Wiki protocol. How about "Post-election impediments" being worked into the various sub-headings? Erictheenquirer (talk) 13:48, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Implemented Erictheenquirer (talk) 15:26, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Haniya or Haniyeh?

Inconsistent spelling should be fixed. 177.170.130.27 (talk) 18:38, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Done. Cheers, Number 57 20:02, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Lists, not parties

The contest was between lists, not parties, if the table templates allow this. Utilisateur19911 (talk) 18:34, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

74 seats for Hamas in the PLC

The article (and its translations) claims Hamas to have gained 74 seats as a result of the elections. But that number does not match the quoted share of votes ist received (44%) and contradicts the cited source for the election results:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081029054121/http://www.elections.ps/pdf/Final_Results_PLC_Summary_Lists_Seats_2_En.pdf

stating 29 seats, actually. 84.174.148.237 (talk) 07:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

The 2006 Palestinian election utilized a mixed system where half of the seats were distributed proportionally through the votes percentage of national lists, while the other half was based on first-past-the-post district system.

Hamas won 29 seats through proportional national list and 45 seats through first-past-the-post national districts, giving the grand total of 74 seats. Brat Forelli🦊 09:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Perhaps that could be stated more clearly in the article. And why did they form a „grand coalition“ with Fatah? Shouldn’t have 74 seats be enough for a majority in a house 136 seats? Pardon my ignorance. 2003:DA:A70D:A209:DEB:6F46:6F64:F7AE (talk) 14:19, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

References

Edit request 21 May 2025

Description of suggested change:

I suggest adding a paragraph discussing the fact that The US pushed the presence of Hamas in the elections, which Israel, Fatah and other arab countries were against, fearing that the group would use violence to secure victory. See below

https://www.denverpost.com/2005/09/20/rice-urges-israelis-to-allow-palestinian-vote-with-hamas/

Years later, Condolezza Rice would come to regret the US pushing for Hamas

https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/05/16/former-us-secretary-of-state-condoleeza-rice-it-was-a-mistake-to-let-hamas-run-in-palestinian-elections-before-disarming/

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Graphene7813 (talk) 05:29, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. If you want a paragraph to be added, please open a new edit request with the exact text you propose. Day Creature (talk) 00:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Edit request 23 May 2025

Description of suggested change: Change "Palestiniain" in Israeli Obstruction para 3 to be spelt "Palestinian" Diff:

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Crelb (talk) 08:22, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 15:54, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Edit request 24 December 2025

Description of suggested change: Adding more information underneath ' It was fear of a Hamas victory that was largely credited with driving the reconciliation between the main Fatah list and the Al-Mustaqbal breakaway faction.[17]' instead of editing or removing text

More information on the Hamas electoral campaign.

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Hamas engaged in a range of activities that boosted their list's levels of support durring the campaign, with many of these benefits stemming from urban areas where the party performed best. Hamas made use of its image as a service provider in urban areas where its aligned charities largely operated. Hamas was effective in making use of generally weaker clan attachments in urban areas to encourage voters not vote along traditional clan lines, which favoured Fatah, a party with deeper ties to traditional elites. Hamas succeeded in recruiting local urban candidates to run on their lists; this recruitment was aided by the group's activities in more urban areas that drew local candidates to the group over Fatah .

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Hamas made heavy use of polling to understand the desires of the Palestinian population and build an electoral framework and platform around this. This included the group’s decision to run under the slogan Change and Reform with a platform that focused on lawlessness and corruption. This enabled the group to attack Fatah for poor governance and focus the election on domestic issues where the party was stronger and away from the peace process. This is seen as helping the party better attract moderate, pro-peace swing voters who were angry with how Fatah had been running Palestine, but were concerned with Hamas’ stance on the conflict. When campaigning was more focused on resistance, they were still aimed at domestic issues, such as the slogan ‘partners in blood, partners in decision making’. This was used by Hamas to highlight the party’s commitment to decentralisation whilst reminding voters of the group's role in resistance .

KurdistanNerd (talk) 15:29, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before posting an edit request. When creating the discussion to establish the consensus, make sure to also support your claims with reliable sources. 🍅 fx (talk) 03:14, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

How do I create a discussion? KurdistanNerd (talk) 10:30, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

This is one of the absurdities of the ARBCOM ruling on Israel-Palestine: 1. Non-EC members can only post edit requests on Talk pages, BUT 2. Edit requests must first require consensus (a discussion that a non-EC editor cannot start...) Yr Enw (talk) 18:31, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

It is rather simple: non-EC editors aren’t allowed to participate in contentious discussions in the topic whatsoever. If the edit requires consensus, then it is not their place to initiate discussion (or editing) to form consensus in the first place.

If there are obvious factual inaccuracies that can easily or must be remedied, that is what the edit request is for. Not for overhauling sections.

I am saying this as someone who has been on the other side of this stick (Non EC editor making requests) way too many times, and while it is annoying for the non-EC editor, I do now think it is fair from my current position as an EC editor.

Happy editing.

Ps: Yr Enw, you have the EC permission, so if you support the change requested, you are free to make and engage in the discussion for its implementation. But you would be doing so on your own behalf of course.

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