TNPSC Thervupettagam

Palestine Elections

January 20 , 2021 1400 days 976 0
  • Palestine is to hold first national elections after 14 years in 2021.
  • The three elections, parliamentary, presidential and National Council polls, will be conducted in the Palestine in 2021.
  • Two Palestinian groups - Hamas and Fatah - have been against each other ever since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip from its rival in 2007.
  • However, in September 2020, the two groups met in Turkey and agreed to hold parliamentary and presidential elections.
  • President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to stay on as President of Palestine until the next election.
  • But he is recognized as president only in the West Bank and not by Hamas controlled Gaza strip.
  • The first-ever legislative and presidential elections of Palestine were held in 1996.
  • The Palestinian National Authority has a multi-party system with Fatah being the dominant party.

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