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national elections since 2006, keeping the Fatah-ruled PA in power in the West Bank
national votes, with no legislative elections held since 2006. In cities across the occupied West Bank
West Bank [AFP] The elections come as the Palestinian Authority (PA) seeks to project reform and legitimacy amid [growing public frustration](/features/2026/4/25/west-bank-scepticism-as-palestinians-doubt-local-elections-will-change-much) over corruption, political stagnation and the absence of national elections since 2006
since 2006. Elections are taking place across the occupied West Bank, as well as in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza where Hamas operates. Hamas was not allowed to stand in the election and several
since the first government formation after the 2003 US-led invasion, the presidency goes to the Kurds, the speakership to Sunni Arabs and the post of prime minister to Shia Arabs. On April 11, Nizar