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 April 1998
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HAMAS WINS STUDENT ELECTION

MER - 4/12/98:

Birzeit is the largest and most prestigious university in occupied Palestine. It is also very much dominated by secular administration and faculty, with considerable effort made by the Arafat regime to keep everybody in line and provide support for those willing to "cooperate".

Even so, in the latest elections at Birzeit the "Islamic Bloc" associated with Hamas and opposition to the "Palestinian Authority" won the most seats in the University Student Council.
The following are the official election results released earlier this month by the University:


1998 BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY STUDENT ELECTION RESULTS "Towards a Democratic Future"

The following are the official results of the 1998 Birzeit University Student Council elections.

OFFICIAL BLOC NAME AFFILIATION VOTES SEATS % OF VOTE
Islamic Bloc pro-Islamic 1090 20 39.71%
Jerusalem Bloc pro-Fatah 1032 19 37.60%
Democratic Student Pole pro-left 530 10 19.31%
Change Bloc independent 93 2 3.39%
Bloc of the Martyr pro-Islamic 0 0 0.00%

 

Fathi Shiqaqi


Electorate: 3,259
Voter Turnout: 2,771 (85.03%)
Spoilt Papers: 26 (0.94%)
Eligible Votes: 2,745 (99.06%)

 

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06/16/98
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