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Elections for the second Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), were held on 25 January 2006. The result was a victory for Change and Reform (Hamas), who won with 74 seats of the 132 seats, whilst the ruling Fatah won just 45. In terms of votes received, Change and Reform took 44.45% of the vote, whilst Fatah received 41.43%〔(Central Elections Commission (CEC) )〕 and of the Electoral Districts, Change and Reform party candidates received 41.73% and Fatah party candidates received 36.96%. The parliament was inaugurated on 18 February 2006.〔(Excerpts from President Mahmoud Abbas’ Speech to the Opening of the PLC ). Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol 13 No. 1, May 2006. (Also as pdf )〕 The Prime Minister, Ahmed Qurei, resigned, but at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas, remained as interim Prime Minister until 19 February 2006, when Change and Reform and Hamas leader Ismail Haniya formed a new government. ==Background== The election of 2006 marked the second time Palestinians elected members to the Palestine Legislative Council; the previous general election had taken place in 1996. Elections had been postponed for many years due to discord between Fatah and Hamas. An agreement in March 2005 produced the Palestinian Cairo Declaration, which called for legislative elections with a mixed voting system (the 1996 elections had been based on the majority electoral system with multi-member constituencies.〔(1995 Elections law ), 7 December 1995.〕 Palestinian voters in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) were eligible to participate in the election. Earlier, the 2005 municipal elections and the 9 January 2005 presidential election had taken place. After the resounding victory of Hamas in these elections, Mahmoud Abbas unilaterally changed the voting system into a full proportional representation system by presidential decree, bypassing the disfunctional PLC.〔(''PCHR Position on the Presidential Decree on the Election Law'' ). PCHR, 4 September 2007〕 The United States had spent $2.3 million in USAID on support for the Palestinian elections, allegedly designed to bolster the image of President Abbas and his Fatah party. USAID’s Offices used discretionary spending accounts for various projects, including tree planting, schoolroom additions, a soccer tournament, street cleaning, and computers at community centers. USAID removed its usual branding requirement on its sponsored activities. The US was charged with trying to influence the outcome of the election.〔(U.S. ''Aid to the Palestinians'' ), pp. 3-5. Jeremy M. Sharp, CRS Report for Congress, 2 February 2006 (RS22370)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palestinian legislative election, 2006」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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