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#Palestine #GazaStrip #Ramalla #Elections

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Central Election Commission (PCEC) declared that 2,57 million voters had already been registered in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the upcoming general elections.

In a statement, the PCEC said the registration of voters in the Palestinian territories is scheduled to end on Tuesday at midnight.

Eastern Jerusalem Palestinian citizens carrying Israeli identification cards can participate in general elections without being registered in the voting list of the PCEC, it noted. 2.8 million Palestinians have the right to vote in the Palestinian territories.

On Feb. 10, the day after 14 Palestinian factions negotiated in Egypt's capital Cairo to hold the legislative and presidential elections as scheduled and decreed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in mid-January,

the PCEC opened its election registration offices in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In a decree, Abbas declared that the general elections of 2021 will include the legislative elections to be held on 22 May,

the presidential elections on 31 July and the elections to the Palestinian National Council on 31 August.

-FYI

In the Palestinian territories, the last legislative elections were held in late 2006, when Hamas won a majority of 74 out of 132 seats. In 2005, Abbas was elected chairman of the Palestinian Authority.
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In 2007, when Hamas forcefully took over the Gaza Strip from Fatah, the internal Palestinian division between Hamas and Fatah started. Since then, the Palestinian territories have been divided into the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, and the West Bank, ruled by Fatah.
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