General elections were held for the first time in the Palestinian territories on 20 January 1996 to elect the President of the Palestinian National Authority and members of the Palestinian Legislative
Leader of the PLO, Yasser Arafat, 1996 Dan Hadani Archive
Palestinians waiting in line to cast their vote.
A member of the election committee in the Gaza Strip.
People voting.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and Maoist organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dīmūqr
1996 Palestinian general election
…1996 Palestinian general election 20 January 1996 Presidential election Turnout 71.66% Candidate Yasser Arafat Samiha Khalil Party Fatah DFLP Popular vote 643,079 72,887 Percentage 89.82% 10.18% Results by governorate: Arafat: 75–80% 80-85% 85–90% 90–95% 95–100% President before election…
Founder and current head of the DFLP Nayef Hawatmeh, a Jordanian Christian.
PDFLP poster, the caption of which reads: "Solidarity with the people of the Middle East in their struggle against imperialism, feudalism, Zionism and Arab reaction"