The Palestinian parliamentary elections scheduled for July 2005 were postponed until January 2006. The Carter Center went to observe this election.
The same voting difficulties arose in East Jerusalem as in previous elections, but there were few problems in other locations. Hamas won 74 of 132 parliamentary seats. Members of the Fatah government immediately resigned.
Hamas tried to convince Fatah members to take some cabinet positions, but had to fill the positions with Hamas members when they were turned down.
The Hamas government announced they were willing to talk with the opposition.
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