President of the PLO Executive Committee
President of the Palestinian National Authority
 

Having reviewed:

Article 3/2 of the General Elections Law of 2005,
Statistics of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS),
Statistics of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) and,
Based upon the powers bestowed upon me
 
I hereby decree the following:

• Article (1)

  Members of the PLC shall be allocated to the 16 electoral districts stipulated in article 2/A of the General Elections Law of 2005 as per the number of population therein as follows:

  Electoral District	No of Seats	Christian Seats
  Jenin	4
  Tubas	1
  Tulkarem	3
  Qalqilyah	2
  Salfit	1
  Nablus	6
  Jericho	1
  Ramallah & al-Bireh	5	1
  Jerusalem	6	2
  Bethlehem	4	2
  Hebron	9
  North Gaza	5
  Gaza	8	2
  Deir al-Balah	3
  Khan Younis	5
  Rafah	3

• Article (2)

  All competent authorities, each within its own jurisdiction, shall implement this Decree. The Decree shall enter into force upon its issuance and shall be published in the Official Gazette.

Issued in the city of Gaza on 15/09/2005

Mahmoud Abbas
President of the PLO Executive Committee
President of the Palestinian National Authority