1996 Palestinian general election
Presidential election

1996 Palestinian general election

Section Title: Presidential election
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	Votes	%

Yasser Arafat	Fatah	631,482	88.2

Samiha Khalil	DFLP	82,336	11.5

Total valid votes	715,966	97

Turnout	736,825	71.66

Registered	1,028,280

Source: Central Elections Commission, Results of first General election, 1996

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Arafat won the election with 88.2 percent of the vote to Khalil's 11.5 percent.

final_sentence: Arafat won the election with 88.2 percent of the vote to Khalil's 11.5 percent.