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The Palestinian Legislative Council Elections Chronology of Events
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November 12 - December 2, 1995 Voters registration. 7000 teachers
going from door to door to register all persons over 17 years old.
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November 20, 1995 Advertising by the Palestinian National Authority
for applications for ID cards by Palestinians without cards e.g. those
holding foreign passports.
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December 3, 1995 Conclusion of computerizing the voters list in
the Palestinian central Bureau of Statistics.
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December 5, 1995 Final date for applications for ID cards.
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December 7, 1995 Palestinian Election Law Number 13 for the year
1995 was promulgated.
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December 10, 1995 Publication of the Draft Electoral Register.
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December 10-14, 1995 Period for the submission of objections and
appeals over the Electoral Register.
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December 13, 1995 Presidential decree Number 1, calling for elections
and determining January 20, 1996 as the election day, and setting the dates
for nominations starting on December 14, 1995 for nine days.
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December 14, 1995 Presidential Decree Number 2, setting the number
of seats for each constituency as well as the seats allocated for Christians.
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December 14-23, 1995 Nominations for the Palestinian Council to
be presented to the District Elections Commissions (DECs); nominations
for the President to be presented to the Central Elections Commission (CEC).
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December 21, 1995 Presidential Decree Number 3, announcing the establishment
of the Central Elections Commission and the names of its members.
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December 23, 1995 Presidential Decree Number 4, establishing a five
member Elections Appeals Court.
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December 24, 1995 Provisional Candidates List was published and
objections in its regard began.
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December 26, 1995 Final date for objections on the Provisional Candidates
List.
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December 28, 1995 Presidential Decree Number 5, calling for the
addition of four more seats, one for each of the following constituencies:
Jerusalem, Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Hebron, and opening the nomination
drive from the 29th till the evening of 31 December 1995.
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December 29, 1995 Law Number 16, amending the Palestinian Election
Law, and stipulating that the number of seats of the Council will be increased
to 88. It also states that “It is permissible for the President to
extend the period specified for nomination”.
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December 29, 1995 Presidential Decree Number 6, allocating five
seats to the following constituencies: Jerusalem (one seat), Gaza City
(two seats), Khan Younis (one seat), Hebron (one seat), and also setting
midnight of December 31, 1995 as the last period for nomination.
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December 30, 1995 - January 18, 1996 Election campaign.
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January 5, 1996 Announcement of the final Candidates List and publication
of the final Electoral Register.
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January 5, 1996 The campaign for the election of the first Palestinian
Legislative Council sets in motion.
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January 20, 1996 Polling Day.
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