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2026 Palestinian local elections
Elections for 403 local authorities in Palestine were held on April 25, 2026. These elections took place in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; since 2006, they were the first Palestinian elections to include the Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas, as well as being the first elections to take in this region, despite its destruction in the ongoing Gaza war. The main competition took place in the city of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. Domestic civil society organizations, private individuals, and international journalists were permitted to apply to become observers of the elections. Supporters of Fatah president Mahmoud Abbas won a majority of seats. The Deir al-Balah list seen as Hamas-aligned won only 2 of the 15 seats contested in Gaza, while 6 were won by candidates described either as aligned with Fatah or with Fatah dissidents discontent with the Palestinian authority; the rest were taken by nonpartisan lists.
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