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Voters cast ballots on Saturday for municipal councils in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following a decade and a half of delays to Palestinian elections.
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians voted in local elections in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, less than a year after President Mahmoud Abbas called off parliamentary elections that would have likely loosened his party's grip on power.
Voters cast ballots Saturday for municipal councils in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a rare democratic exercise following a decade and a half of delays to Palestinian elections.It was the second phase of municipal polls after a first round of voting in December in 154 West Bank villages.Saturday's vote was held in 50 towns and cities, with many elections uncontested, or without any candidates in some cases.Turnout was 52.8 percent, according to the Central Elections Commission.
Palestinians are voting in local elections in the occupied West Bank
While the parliamentary elections were indefinitely postponed by President Abbas, a steady stream of voters was seen outside polling stations, in a second round of voting with more visible opposition to his Fatah party