2026 Palestinian local elections
election in the Palestinian territories
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. Domestic civil society organizations, private individuals, and international journalists were permitted to apply to become observers of the elections.
The voter registration process, also subject to observation, took place in January. Registrants must be:
of Palestinian nationality
aged 17 or older (born on or before January 24, 2009)
a resident of the local authority of registration for at least six months before the election
of full legal capacity
Individuals applied for registration online via the Central Elections Commission website, in person at a voter registration center, or at a District Electoral Office (with exceptions).
The fifteen-member Election Cases Court was created on December 25, 2025, by presidential decree-law.
Supporters of president Abbas won a majority of contested seats including some in Gaza's Deir al-Balah. One of the Deir al-Balah lists, largely seen as Hamas-aligned, won only two of the 15 seats contested in Gaza.
Timeline
The Central Elections Commission describes the electoral process in five stages.
Council seats by locality type
The Ministry of Local Government published a list of localities for which elections are scheduled by council type and number of seats, in addition to summary seat counts by governorate and council type.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q137944708. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2026, 2009 and 2025.
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