  {"id":202562,"date":"2005-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202562"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:23:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:23:40","slug":"auto-insert-202562","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202562\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Elections Commission (CEC) announces final results of presidential elections &#8211; CEC press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The CEC announces the final results of the 2005 Presidential Election <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:5.5px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;color:#000000;padding-bottom:5.5px;text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>2005-01-12<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CEC announces the final results of the 2005 Presidential Election<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CEC held a meeting today at its headquarters in Ramallah to announce the final results of the 2005 presidential election which was held on the 9th of January 2005. The CEC had announced provisional results of the election on Monday the 10th of January. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Prior to the announcement, the CEC reviewed all complaints and observations addressed to the Electoral Committees of all electoral districts. The CEC also reviewed reports received from the same committees on the electoral process in each district. <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The vast majority of complaints involved the illegal election campaigning activities on Election Day, the actions of candidates&#39; representatives and the conduct of CEC staff. No complaints were reported on the counting procedures.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The CEC also heard from candidates representatives who attended the meeting and later announced the following results.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mahmoud Abbas: 501448 votes, 62.52%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mustafa Barghouthi: 156227 votes,19.48%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Tayseer Khaled: 26848 votes, 3.35 %<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Abd Alhalim Ashqar: 22171 votes, 2.76%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Basam Al Salhi: 21429 votes 2.67%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Assayed Barakeh:10406 votes,1.30%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Abd Al-Karim Shbair: 5717 votes,0.71%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Invalid Ballots: 30672 votes, 3.82%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Blank Ballots: 27159 votes,3.39%<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Total: 802077 votes <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Book Antiqua, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In accordance with Palestinian Law, the CEC delivered a certificate to Mahmoud Abbas ( Abu Mazen) indicating that he had received the highest number of votes in the second Palestinian Presidential Election. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News The CEC announces the final results of the 2005 Presidential Election 2005-01-12&nbsp; The CEC announces the final results of the 2005 Presidential Election The CEC held a meeting today at its headquarters in Ramallah to announce the final results of the 2005 presidential election which was held on the 9th of January 2005. 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