Fatah estimates it won 46 pct, Hamas 30 - official
Reuters:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party estimated that it won 46 percent of the vote in Wednesday's parliamentary election, ahead of Hamas with over 30 percent, a Fatah official said.
The internal Fatah estimate was roughly in line with surveys ahead of the first parliamentary election in a decade. But pollsters have cautioned that their could be a large margin of error in their projections.
Hamas said it doubted the accuracy of the estimates and wanted to wait for the count.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party estimated that it won 46 percent of the vote in Wednesday's parliamentary election, ahead of Hamas with over 30 percent, a Fatah official said.
The internal Fatah estimate was roughly in line with surveys ahead of the first parliamentary election in a decade. But pollsters have cautioned that their could be a large margin of error in their projections.
Hamas said it doubted the accuracy of the estimates and wanted to wait for the count.
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