Voter rolls close in the West Bank with 87.2% registered
More than 32,000 names were added in the final days, pushing the register past 1.62 million. It goes on public display from 7 to 9 September, the last point at which an entry can be corrected. Gaza residents and Jerusalem ID holders are outside the figure.
The Central Elections Commission said registration for the 2026 legislative elections has closed with 87.2% of eligible voters in the West Bank on the rolls, after a late addition of more than 32,000 names. The register now holds over 1.62 million voters across all West Bank districts, the commission said on Thursday, a day after the registration stage ended.
It said about 410,000 people used the online service while registration was open, mostly to check or complete their own entry, and read that as a sign of how closely voters were following their status on the list.
The figures cover West Bank districts alone. Residents of the Gaza Strip and holders of Jerusalem identity cards are not counted in them, the commission said, because their right to take part is preserved without any need to register.
What follows is the stage that matters to anyone whose name is missing or recorded wrongly. The final register goes on display at local authority offices across the West Bank from 7 to 9 September, three days set aside for public review and for lodging challenges. Data entry for the newly registered began on Thursday morning to prepare it.
A registration rate measures how complete the roll is, not how many people will vote. It is one marked point in the calendar of legal periods the commission published for the election, and the September display is the last moment at which an ordinary voter can correct what that roll says about them.