Category: Political, from Wikidata’s class “public election”
1996 Palestinian general election
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: public election (all its classes: Wikidata item)
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 (PNA) and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislative arm of the PNA. They took place in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. A new government was formed following the elections, headed by President Yasser Arafat.
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1996 Palestinian general election. (2026, August 9). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_Palestinian_general_election&oldid=1368568729
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“1996 Palestinian general election.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Aug. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_Palestinian_general_election&oldid=1368568729.
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