EL BIREH, West Bank, Jan. 22 -- The following are the partial results of the first Palestinian elections held on Jan. 20 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as supplied by the Palestinian Central Election Commission. Results are for the balloting for president of the Palestinian Authority andfor members of the 88-member Palestinian Council. Voters chose the candidates from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Presidency candidates: Yasser Arafat, Samiha Khalil. Popular vote: Arafat (88.1 percent), Khalil (9.3 percent) (spoiled ballots 2.6 percent) Presidential vote -- partial results by district: In the West Bank: Bethlehem: Arafat 32,080 (89.6 percent), Khalil 3,721 (10.4 percent); Jericho: Arafat 9,334 (93.3 percent), Khalil 666 (6.7 percent); Tubas: Arafat 10,613 (88.8 percent), Khalil 1,330 (11.2 percent); Tulkarem: Arafat 35,018 (87.5 percent), Khalil 4,999 (12.5 percent); Election for the 88-member Palestinian Council: Total number of candidates: 672. Winning candidates and affiliation: In the West Bank: Bethlehem (30 candidates for 4 seats): Assad Duleiman Hassan Abdel Kader Salah El Tamary (Independent), Daoud Hasan Mohammad Al-Zeer (Independent), Bishara Salleba Suleiman Daoud (Independent-Christian), Mitry Tunnas Jiries Abu'Aitah (Independent-Christian). Hebron (72 candidates for 10 seats): Sharid Ali Hussein Masha'l (Fatah), Mousa Yasin Issa Abu Subha (Fatah), Jamal Abdel-Latif Saleh El- Shobaki (Fatah), Nabil Mohammad Yousef Amer (Fatah), Mohammad Abdel- Fatah Mohammad El-Hourani (Fatah), Rafiq Shaker Darwish El-Natshah (Fatah), Zahran Khalil Saleh Abu-Qbeitah (Independent), Ali Mohammad Hussein Abu El-Rish (Independent), Suleiman Mahmoud Mousa Abu-Sneineh (Fatah), Ali Ibrahim Ghazal El-Qawasmi (Fatah).
Jenin (36 candidates for 6 seats): Burhan Jarar (Fatah), Jamal al- Hindi (Fatah), Azamn Najib Mustafa El-Ahmed (Fatah), Hikmat Hashim Lutfi Zeid (Independent), Ahmad Suleiman Ahmad Rashid (Fatah), Mohammed Farid Asad Abu Al-Rab (Fatah). Jericho (6 candidates for 1 seat): Saeb Erekat (Fatah). Jerusalem (52 candidates for 7 seats): not yet available. Nablus (55 candidates for 8 seats): not yet available. Qalqilya (12 candidates for 2 seats): Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud D'ass (Fatah), Outhman Hassan Ghashash (Independent). Ramallah (46 candidates for 7 seats): Abdel Jawad Saleh (Independent), Qadoura Faris (Independent), Abdel Fatah Hamael (Independent), Jamil Tarifi (Fatah), Azmi Shouabi (FIDA), Marwan Barghouti (Fatah), Ghazzi Hanania (Fatah-Christian). Salfit (11 candidates for 1 seat): Ahmad El-Diek (Fatah). Tubas (12 candidates for 1 seat): Hisham Daragmeh (Independent). Tulkarem (38 candidates for 4 seats): Tayeb Abdel Rahim (Fatah), Moufid Abed Rabo (Fatah), Hakam Balawi (Fatah), Hassan Khreija (Independent). In the Gaza Strip: Gaza Center, Deir El Balah (50 candidates for 5 seats): Freih Abu Medein (Fatah), Saadi el-Karnazz (Fatah), Jamila Seidum (Fatah), Jallal el-Maasdar (Independent), Ibrahim Haabash (Independent). Gaza City (92 candidates for 12 seats): Haydar Abdelshaafi (Palestinian Peoples Party), Fahkri Shakura (Fatah), Nahed Rayyas (Fatah), Intissar al-Wazir (Fatah), Riyad Zanoun (Independent), Ziyad Abu Amr (Independent), Waji Yaaghi (Independent-Islamist), Moussa Zaabout (Independent-Hamas), Marwan Kanafani (Fatah), Yousef Shanti (Independent), Sayeed Al Mishal, Faraj Atharas (Fatah-Christian). Gaza North, Jabaliya (67 candidates for 7 seats): Yousif Abu-Safia (Fatah), Foad Eid (Fatah), Hisham Abdel-Raziq (Fatah), Abdel-Rahman Hamad (Fatah), Karam Zarandah (Independent), Mohammad Akasha (Independent), Khader Abu-Nadi (Independent). Gaza South, Khan Younis (66 candidates for 8 seats): Jawad Khalil Hassan El-Teibi (Fatah), Nabil Ali Rashid Sha'ath (Fatah), Raefat Othman Ali El-Najjar (Independent), Ahmad Abdel-Fatah Ahmad Naser (Fateh), Hassan Mohammad Ahmad Asfour (Fatah), Ibrahim Mousa Ibrahim Abu El-Naja (Fatah), Ahmad El-Abed Mohammad El-Sheibi (Fatah), Abdel-Kareem Mahmoud Muslim Abu-Salah (Independent). Rafah (27 candidates for 5 seats): Abed Raba Abu Oan (Fatah), Muhammed Hajazi (Fatah), Salim El-Roumi (Independent), Rouhi Fatouh (Fatah), Abu Ali Shaheen (Fatah). In Bethlehem, Fatah Party candidate Issa Muhammed Abbas Azeh received 9,153 ballots and finished third in overall voting. However, two seats from the town were reserved for Christians. Da'oud and Abu'Aitah won the two slots with 5,916 and 5,916 votes, respectively, and Azeh was denied a seat on the council.
el birah, west bank x x x (qalailya) ghashash (independent). --Ramallah (46 candidates for 7 seats): Abdel Jawad Saleh (Independent), Qadoura Faris (Independent), Abdel Fatah Hamael (Independent), Jamil Tarifi (Fatah), Azmi Shouabi (FIDA), Marwan Barghouti (Fatah), Ghazzi Hanania (Fatah-Christian). --Salfit (11 candidates for 1 seat): Ahmad El-Diek (Fatah). --Tubas (12 candidates for 1 seat): Hisham Daragmeh (Independent). --Tulkarem (38 candidates for 4 seats): Tayeb Abdel Rahim (Fatah), Moufid Abed Rabo (Fatah), Hakam Balawi (Fatah), Hassan Khreija (Independent).
In the Gaza Strip: --Gaza Center, Deir El Balah (50 candidates for 5 seats): Freih Abu Medein (Fatah), Saadi el-Karnazz (Fatah), Jamila Seidum (Fatah), Jallal el-Maasdar (Independent), Ibrahim Haabash (Independent). --Gaza City (92 candidates for 12 seats): Haydar Abdelshaafi (Palestinian Peoples Party), Fahkri Shakura (Fatah), Nahed Rayyas (Fatah), Intissar al-Wazir (Fatah), Riyad Zanoun (Independent), Ziyad Abu Amr (Independent), Waji Yaaghi (Independent- Islamist), Moussa Zaabout (Independent-Hamas), Marwan Kanafani (Fatah), Yousef Shanti (Independent), Sayeed Al Mishal, Faraj Atharas (Fatah- Christian). --Gaza North, Jabaliya (67 candidates for 7 seats): Yousif Abu-Safia (Fatah), Foad Eid (Fatah), Hisham Abdel-Raziq (Fatah), Abdel-Rahman Hamad (Fatah), Karam Zarandah (Independent), Mohammad Akasha (Independent), Khader Abu-Nadi (Independent). --Gaza South, Khan Younis (66 candidates for 8 seats): Jawad Khalil Hassan El-Teibi (Fatah), Nabil Ali Rashid Sha'ath (Fatah), Raefat Othman Ali El-Najjar (Independent), Ahmad Abdel-Fatah Ahmad Naser (Fatah), Hassan Mohammad Ahmad Asfour (Fatah), Ibrahim Mousa Ibrahim Abu El-Naja (Fatah), Ahmad El-Abed Mohammad El-Sheibi (Fatah), Abdel-Kareem Mahmoud Muslim Abu-Salah (Independent). --Rafah (27 candidates for 5 seats): Abed Raba Abu Oan (Fatah), Muhammed Hajazi (Fatah), Salim El-Roumi (Independent), Rouhi Fatouh (Fatah), Abu Ali Shaheen (Fatah).
In Jerusalem, Emil Jargou'i finished 10th overall, but was given the 7th position from the town, as two seats were reserved for Christians. In Bethlehem, Fatah Party candidate Issa Muhammed Abbas Azeh received 9,153 ballots and finished third in overall voting. However, two seats from the town were reserved for Christians. Da'oud and Abu'Aitah won the two slots with 5,916 and 5,916 votes, respectively, and Azeh was denied a seat on the council. In Nablus, Salom Al-Kahen received 2,430 ballots and finished 11th in overall voting, but was given the 8th town seat, which was reserved for Samaritans.
