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palestine**

H.E. Hanna Nasser,
Chairman, CEC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Palestinian territories Gaza Strip (Qita Ghazzah),
WestBanks 1. Structure of National Legislature:
Unicameral
2. Government
Limited civilian jurisdiction by the Palestinian Na- 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
tional Authority the interim administrative organi- Legislative Council
zation that nominally governs parts of the Pales- 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
tinian territories of Gaza strip and West Bank nominated

3. Head of State Designation It currently comprises 132 members, elected from
President Mahmoud ABBAS 16 electoral districts of the Palestinian Authority.
The PLC has a quorum requirement of two-thirds,
4. Head of government Designation and since 2006 Hamas and Hamas-affiliated
Prime Minister Rami HABDALLAH * members have held 74 of the 132 seats in the PLC.

5. Capital 4. Popular House
Ramallah Legislative Council

6. Currency 5. Type of Electoral System
New Israeli Shekel(ILS); Jordanian Dinar (JOD); US Closed List Proportional Representation
Dollar
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7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) ELECtorAL sYstEM
Palestinian Arab Jewish

8. Date of Independence (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
15 November 1988
1. Name of the EMB(S)
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
28 May 1964 Central Elections Commission (CEC)
10. Language (s) 2. Website Address
Arabic, Hebrew(spoken by Israeli settlers and many www.elections.ps
Palestinians), English(widely understood)
3. Nature of EMB
11. Literacy Levels Independent
Total: 91.1%

**Draft. EMB has been requested to update the draft. Response awaited. AS-16 266

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