21 October 2012: Socio-Economic Profile of Voters, Evaluation of the Election, Reasons for Participation, Reasons for Selecting a List, Immediate Priorities, Campaign Material, Political Background of Voters and Voting Patterns

For more details, please see the following:

English Report                   English Results

Arabic Report                      Arabic Results

PowerPoint Presentation (Arabic and English)

Publication Date: 21 October, 2012
Fieldwork: 20 October, 2012
Sample Size: 820 Palestinians in the West Bank
Margin of error: + 3 %

Highlights:

• 92 percent say that the election was fair (76 percent), or somewhat fair (15 percent). Only 2 percent say that the election was unfair.

• 93 percent of the voters are satisfied (67 percent) or somewhat satisfied (26 percent) with the performance of the Central Election Commission. Only 4 percent are dissatisfied.

• 35 percent say that their immediate priority is to improve conditions to enable economic development and job creation

• Nablus: 50 percent of Fatah supporters voted for Nablus Al Wataniyeh al Mustaqelah (headed by Mr. Ghassan Shakaa), while 45 percent voted for the official Fatah list.

• Ramallah: Only 29 percent of Fatah supporters voted for the officially-endorsed unity list, while 58 percent voted for the alternative list (Abna’al Balad).

• Hebron: the official list received 85 percent of the Fatah vote.

• Self-identified Fatah supporters comprise 50 percent of voters, with Jenin registering the highest percent (70) among these voters.

• Independents comprise 28 percent of the vote.

• Supporters of Islamist groups comprise 10 percent of voters with 18 percent of the vote in Hebron (11 percent Hamas, 5 percent Hizb Tahrir and 2 percent Islamic Jihad). Leftist-leaning voters comprise 12 percent of voters.