The Palestinian Central Election Committee (CEC) announced here Wednesday the
final results of Sunday's presidential vote.
The ratings of the seven candidates came as follows:
Mahmoud Abbas 62.52 percent
Mustafa Barghouti 19.48 percent
Tayseer Khaled 3.35 percent
Abdel-Halim Al-Ashqar 2.76 percent
Bassam Al-Salhi 2.67 percent
Sayyed Hussein Barakeh 1.3 percent
Abdel-Karim Shbair 0.71 percent
The CEC said 802,077 Palestinian voters cast their ballots, accounting for 70
percent of all the eligible.