{ "data": { "id": "palestine-legislative-2026", "country": "PS", "country_name": "Palestine", "date": "2026-11-28", "date_status": "declared", "kind": "legislative", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Asia/Hebron", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-09-24T20:42:18Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-24: CEC (elections.ps) - call decree of 9 Jul 2026 (Presidential Decree No. 4 of 2026), Decree-Laws No. 10 (14 Jun 2026), unnumbered (6 Aug 2026), No. 6 (10 Aug 2026) and No. 7 (26 Aug 2026), Decree-Law No. 1 of 2007 (EU translation), legal-periods news of 23 Jul 2026, Facts & Figures page (updated 24 Sep 2026), 2006 final-results news of 29 Jan 2006; WAFA and Al Jazeera 9 Jul 2026; Bernama 21 Sep 2026; Wikipedia", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/palestine-legislative-2026", "races": [ { "id": "plc", "key": "palestine-legislative-2026/plc", "name": "Palestinian Legislative Council", "body": "legislature-unicameral", "seats": 132, "polls_close_utc": "2026-11-28T17:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "ps-cec", "name": "Central Elections Commission - Palestine", "name_local": "لجنة الانتخابات المركزية", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.elections.ps/", "results_index": null, "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_expected": { "from": "2026-12-01T22:00:00Z", "by": "2026-12-22T21:59:59Z", "confidence": "estimate", "basis": "Decree-Law of 6 Aug 2026, new art. 103: lists, candidates and their agents may appeal CEC decisions \"within two days of the date of publishing the elections preliminary results\"; the Election Cases Court \"must adjudicate appeals within five days from the date of submission\"; \"Elections results become final after the Court ruling is issued and applied or after the conclusion of the appeal period without any submitted appeals.\" Earliest: preliminary results on 29 Nov (CEC timeline) plus the two-day appeal period, so from 2 Dec local. Latest by statute without re-runs: preliminary by about 1 Dec, appeals by 3 Dec, rulings by 8 Dec. The CEC may also re-run voting in individual centres \"within ten days, the latest, from the date of concluding the final tabulation process\" (new art. 98(3)). A re-run would delay finality by roughly a further two weeks. ESTIMATE: the window closes at the end of 22 Dec local, deliberately late. The law sets no separate date for the CEC to announce the final result. The 2007 law (art. 103) requires publication in the Official Gazette and detailed tables within two weeks of election day (12 Dec). Precedent: 2006, vote 25 Jan, CEC final results on 29 Jan 2006 (CEC news), under the previous law, where appeals followed the final results. The Court for this election was named by Decree-Law No. (7) of 2026 (26 Aug 2026). Its rulings come before finality, so there is no separate court stage. The election may not take place on this date: the 2021 elections were decreed (Presidential Decree No. (1) of 2021) and then postponed by decree (CEC decrees page)." }, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2026-11-28T17:00:00Z", "by": "2026-12-01T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Polls: 7 AM - 7 PM local (Decree-Law No. (1) of 2007, art. 78(2); CEC Facts & Figures page), i.e. 17:00 UTC (Palestine is on UTC+2 in November). The CEC may extend polling by up to two hours on a polling centre chair's request (art. 78(3)); in 2006 this was done in East Jerusalem. Preliminary results: the 6 Aug 2026 decree-law says the Central Electoral Office compiles them \"within forty eight hours from polling day\" (new art. 98(4)), and the CEC \"shall announce the preliminary results ... within (24) hours of its preparation\" (new art. 99(1)). That puts the legal outer limit about 72 hours after polling day. The window runs to the end of 1 Dec local time. The CEC timeline gives \"Results announcement 29 Nov 2026\". Precedent: 2006, vote 25 Jan, CEC preliminary results at a press conference on 26 Jan, based on 95% of the count (CEC news, 29 Jan 2006). No 2026 results page exists yet; it is not known whether the CEC will overwrite the preliminary figures on the same page, so no replacement time is set.", "source": null, "observedAt": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2026-12-01T22:00:00Z", "by": "2026-12-22T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "Decree-Law of 6 Aug 2026, new art. 103: lists, candidates and their agents may appeal CEC decisions \"within two days of the date of publishing the elections preliminary results\"; the Election Cases Court \"must adjudicate appeals within five days from the date of submission\"; \"Elections results become final after the Court ruling is issued and applied or after the conclusion of the appeal period without any submitted appeals.\" Earliest: preliminary results on 29 Nov (CEC timeline) plus the two-day appeal period, so from 2 Dec local. Latest by statute without re-runs: preliminary by about 1 Dec, appeals by 3 Dec, rulings by 8 Dec. The CEC may also re-run voting in individual centres \"within ten days, the latest, from the date of concluding the final tabulation process\" (new art. 98(3)). A re-run would delay finality by roughly a further two weeks. ESTIMATE: the window closes at the end of 22 Dec local, deliberately late. The law sets no separate date for the CEC to announce the final result. The 2007 law (art. 103) requires publication in the Official Gazette and detailed tables within two weeks of election day (12 Dec). Precedent: 2006, vote 25 Jan, CEC final results on 29 Jan 2006 (CEC news), under the previous law, where appeals followed the final results. The Court for this election was named by Decree-Law No. (7) of 2026 (26 Aug 2026). Its rulings come before finality, so there is no separate court stage. The election may not take place on this date: the 2021 elections were decreed (Presidential Decree No. (1) of 2021) and then postponed by decree (CEC decrees page).", "source": null, "observedAt": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/Portals/0/GE2026_%20call%20EN.pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC English text of the Decree-Law \"Concerning the Call for Conducting Legislative Elections\", issued in Ramallah on 9 Jul 2026 by President Mahmoud Abbas. Art. 1 calls \"the Palestinian people in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip\" to legislative elections \"on Saturday, November 28, 2026\"; art. 2 gives the CEC charge of them. The PDF leaves the number blank; later decrees cite it as Presidential Decree No. (4) of 2026 (Decree-Law No. (6) and No. (7) of 2026). It takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette; the Gazette issue was not found or read. Listed on the CEC page 'Presidential decrees and Cabinet Decisions' (elections.ps tabid 288).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/tabid/1319/language/en-US/Default.aspx", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC 'Facts & Figures' page for the 2026 legislative elections (\"Data last updated: 24 September 2026\"): election day 28 Nov 2026, 132 Council seats, polling centre hours 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, timeline registration 15-19 Aug, exhibition and challenges 7-9 Sep, candidacy 26 Sep - 7 Oct, campaigning 6-26 Nov, polling 28 Nov, \"Results announcement 29 Nov 2026\". Eligible voters per the CEC: 1,591,980 West Bank, 1,239,652 Gaza, about 140,000 East Jerusalem. Polling centres are listed for 14 governorates, including Jerusalem, North Gaza, Gaza and Khan Yunis. No results page for 2026 exists yet (checked 24 Sep 2026).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/TabId/1083/ArtMID/9183/ArticleID/5335/The-CEC-announces-the-Legal-Periods-for-the-2026-Legislative-Elections.aspx", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC news, 23 Jul 2026: table of legal periods. Voter registration centres in the West Bank 15-19 Aug; nominations 26 Sep - 7 Oct; campaigning from 6 Nov for 21 days; silence on 27 Nov; early voting for security forces 26 Nov; polling for the general public Saturday 28 Nov 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/Portals/0/Decree-Law%20Amending%20the%20General%20Elections%20Law.pdf", "role": "calendar", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Decree-Law No. () of 2026 amending Decree-Law No. (1) of 2007 on General Elections, issued in Ramallah on 6 Aug 2026. Art. 1 cancels Decree-Law No. (10) of 2026 (14 Jun 2026), which had raised the Council to 200 members (its art. 2); the 6 Aug text does not restate a seat number, so art. 4(3) of the 2007 law, \"(132) members\", stands, matching the CEC's 132. Also: 1% threshold (art. 4), preliminary results compiled within 48 hours of polling day (art. 14, new art. 98), announced within 24 hours of preparation (art. 15, new art. 99), appeals and finality (art. 16, new art. 103), polling in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip (art. 17, new art. 115).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/Portals/0/pdf/Election_Law_(2007-Sept_02)-EN.pdf", "role": "calendar", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Decree-Law No. (1) of 2007 on General Elections (unofficial EU translation, CEC copy): art. 4 (full proportional representation, one national constituency, 132 members), art. 78 (polling 7 AM - 7 PM, extendable by up to two hours), art. 101 (Sainte-Laguë), art. 103 (final results published in the Official Gazette; detailed tables within two weeks of election day). Articles 97-99 and 103-104 were replaced on 6 Aug 2026 (see above).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/Portals/0/Decree%20-%20christian%20seats.pdf", "role": "calendar", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Decree-Law No. (6) of 2026, 10 Aug 2026: \"Seven seats - at least -\" of the Council are allocated to Christian citizens; cancels Presidential Decree No. (5) of 2026.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/TabId/146/ArtMID/9115/ArticleID/889/Default.aspx", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Precedent: CEC news of 29 Jan 2006, 'The final results of the second PLC elections' (vote 25 Jan 2006). It says the final results changed slightly from the preliminary results the CEC gave at a press conference on 26 Jan, which were based on 95% of the count. 2006 results tables: elections.ps tabid 237.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/9/palestinian-legislative-elections-set-for-november-28", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Al Jazeera, 9 Jul 2026: reports the decree and that Israel had not commented publicly; Israel would need to allow voting in East Jerusalem, and in 2021 the elections were called off after Israel did not guarantee voting there (Al Jazeera's account). It also reports logistical obstacles to voting in Gaza. See also WAFA, 9 Jul 2026 (english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/172518).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Palestinian_legislative_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "On 24 Sep 2026 Wikipedia gave 200 seats and cited the 2021 decree; the CEC gives 132, and the 6 Aug 2026 decree-law cancelled the 200-seat amendment.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.elections.ps/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/palestine-legislative-2026#plc" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-09-24.4702fd43", "built_at": "2026-09-24T22:42:10Z", "generated_at": "2026-09-24T22:55:37.802Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }