Major results:

·        62% from among respondents believe that the second legislative elections will be conducted on its specified date.

·        58.4% from among respondents assert that the legislative elections will be democratic and fair; 30.8% say the opposite.

·        56.9% from among respondents see that the internal security conditions permit conducting legislative elections; 36.3% see the contrary.

·        82.4% from among respondents say that they trust the central Elections Committee.           

·        76.2% from among respondents say that they trust the local observers on elections.

·        72.3% from among respondents say that they trust the international observers on elections.

·        66.3% believe that the existence of international observers on elections is necessary.

·        82.8% say that they will participate in the elections.

·        18.7% from among respondent will not participate in the legislative elections because of religious reasons, 3% for political reasons, and 45.1% will not participate because in their view the elections will not change anything.

·        When respondents who say that they will not participate in the elections are asked about the factors that may make them change their opinion and participate, 7.2% say that they may change their opinion if they see a convincing elections program that meets their personal ambitions, 0.9% say if they are given financial incentives, 3% say if any of their relatives or acquaintances run for the elections, 16.6% say if they see an elections program that would respond to their national ambitions, and 47.2% say they will not participate under all circumstances.

·        The order of the running tickets according to the opinion of respondents came according to the following order:

·        30.9% from among respondents say that the basic principle which decides casting their votes in the coming legislative elections is the good reputation of the candidate, 23.3% say it is the patriotic history of the candidate and  11.3%say it is the candidate’s elections program.

·        As for elections on the basis of percentage electoral lists, 28.9% from among respondents say that the basic principle which makes them decide to whom they will give their vote in the coming legislative elections is the elections program of the candidate; 44.1% say it is the political orientations of the list.

·        19.1% from among respondents say that their priority on the local scale is alleviating poverty and unemployment, 19.7% say it is controlling the local security situation, 19.7% say it is freeing prisoners, 21% say it is fighting corruptions in public institutions, 8.8% say it is providing personal security for citizens, 3.1% say improving educational and health services, and 6.2% say it is putting an end to mediations (wasta) in appointments in public positions.

·        34.9% from among respondents say that they support the reopening of candidacy registration for the coming legislative elections.

·        As for political affiliation respondents give the following results:

The General Results

President Mahmoud Abbas ascertained that the legislative elections will be conducted on its appointed time in January of the next year (2006). Do you believe that the elections will be conducted on the appointed time?

Do you believe that the coming legislative elections will be democratic and fair?

There are people who see that the local security conditions allow for conducting democratic and fair legislative elections and there are those who see the opposite. What is your opinion?

How do you assess your trust in the Central Elections Committee?

There will be some supervision conducted by independent local observers on the legislative elections on the day they are held. How do you assess your trust in these observers?

There will be some supervision conducted by international independent observers on the legislative council elections on the day it is held. How do you assess your trust in these observers?