How the Palestinians voted and "not voted".

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Thursday May 05, 2005 20:28

by :-)

Keen readers will remember the day Northern Ireland celebrated its last elections prior to this great day, they shared the honour of exercising their right to democratic participation in the realm of HMG they happen to live in by accident of geography and history (a potent mixture) with el Peñon "Gibraltar".
Today the palestinian people of both Gaza and the West Bank went to the polls hoping for a written constitution and progress to full democracy, just like the Britons.

Exit polls carried out by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, indicate that President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah movement appeared to have beaten back a challenge by Hamas Islamic militants in Palestinian municipal elections in both Gaza and the West bank, where over 400,000 people were expected to vote.

And they weren't welsh about it.

At least 80% of them have exercised their right in Gaza and 70% in the West Bank.

More than 2,500 candidates vied for seats on 84 municipal councils.

If the Palestinian state enjoys the peace so many wish it, it may become one of best examples of democratic participation in the Mediterranean.

Here are the exit poll results :-
council :- Anata
seats 11
hamas 5
fateh 4
others 2

council :- Qabatia
seats 15
hamas 7
fateh 7
others 1

council :- Anabta
seats 13
hamas 2
fateh 5
others 6

council :- Howara
seats 11
hamas 1
fateh 6
others 4

council :- Qalqilai
seats 15
hamas 12
fateh 3
others 0

council:- Salfit
seats 15
hamas 2
fateh 13
others 0

council Beit Jala
13
0
3
8

council Beit Sahour
seats 13
hamas 0 (not popular in Beit sahour)
fateh 1
12 (others- beit sahour is the odd one out)

council Bethlehem
¨(where baby jesus was born) 15 seats
hamas 6
fateh 4
others 5

council:- Sair
total seats 13
5 hamas
8 fateh

council:- Beit Lahia
total seats 13
4 hamas
9 fateh

council:- al Bureij
total seats 13
13 seats for hamas "a hamas stronghold you could say"

council:- Abasan al Kabira
total seats 13

13 for Fateh, "a fateh stronghold you could say"

council:- Rafah
total seats 15
hamas 2
fateh 13

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Please bear in mind these are initial exit polls and the final results won't be on your indymedia site till tomorrow.

some selections from the series "how they voted and "not voted" -
Andorran general elections-

http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69542

Northern Cyprus presidential-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69439

El Peñon / gibraltar
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=62446

the Black Pope to end all popes.
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69460

We now glue ourselves to the screens of neighbouring wee Ulster and United Kollectives land to see the surprise election results of today's other poll. "the black PM to end all PMs"
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=69698

I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED & ONLINE TILL THE LAST MOMENT!