Palestine election polls 2027
Parliamentary election 11 Sept 2027, in 10 months.
Fatah leads the polling average with 31.9%, 2.4 points ahead of Hamas.
Average
Updated 34 minutes ago
PFLPPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
17.7
+7.7
Trend
FatahHamasPFLP
Stances
FatahHamasPFLP
Immigration3 unplaced
ExpandRestrictRemigration
Economy
Free marketState-directed
Abortion1 unplaced
Broad accessProtect unborn life
Marriage & family
Individual choiceTraditional
National culture
CosmopolitanPreserve heritage
Technology1 unplaced
Light-touchRein in Big Tech
Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology
Why these scores
Economy
- Fatah: 5 of 10 PA development plans are private-sector-led with a large public payroll; Abbas suspended the social security law in 2019
- Hamas: 5 of 10 No economic programme; Gaza rule funded by local taxes, Qatari and Iranian transfers, and Islamic charities
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 8.5 of 10 Marxist-Leninist since 1969; programme's stated goal is 'a socialist society free of exploitation'
Islamic identity
- Fatah: 6 of 10 Abbas's 2026 draft constitution: Islam official religion, sharia principles a primary legislative source; religious courts govern marriage
- Hamas: 9 of 10 Holds Islamic law as the desired standard; Gaza rule saw hijab directives, Virtue Committee patrols, mixed-bathing closures
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 1.5 of 10 Secular and anti-clerical; seeks a democratic state with equal rights regardless of belief
Abortion
- Fatah: 8 of 10 Fatah-run PA keeps 2004 Public Health Law allowing abortion only to save the woman's life
- Hamas: 8.5 of 10 Kept Gaza's law allowing abortion only to save the woman's life; no liberalising proposal under its rule
Marriage & family
- Fatah: 7 of 10 Draft constitution defines family as man-woman marriage; PA banned LGBT group alQaws in 2019, later withdrawn
- Hamas: 9 of 10 Gaza rule promoted gender segregation and polygamy, barred women from the 2013 marathon and from public hookah smoking
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 4 of 10 Programme demands full equality regardless of sex; no stated position on LGBT rights or personal status law
National culture
- Fatah: 6.5 of 10 Draft constitution pledges to protect Palestinian identity and culture 'with its authentic Arab character' and heritage
- Hamas: 8 of 10 2017 charter calls Palestine an Arab Islamic land; Gaza banned 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations as offending traditions
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: 5.5 of 10 Pan-Arab roots: platform treats liberating Palestine as a step to Arab unity, within Marxist internationalism
Subsidiarity
- Fatah: 3 of 10 Abbas rules by decree, dissolved the Legislative Council in 2018, appoints governors and reshaped the judicial council
- Hamas: 3 of 10 Ruled Gaza alone from 2007 without elections, keeping files on critics; resigned civil administration July 2026
Technology
- Fatah: 5.5 of 10 PA's 2018 cybercrime law criminalises broad online content; courts blocked 59 news sites in 2019; no AI rules
- Hamas: 7 of 10 Ordered Paltel in 2008, then all Gaza internet providers, to block pornographic websites; monitors critics online
Recent polls
| Date | Pollster | Fatah | Hamas | PFLP |
|---|
| 8 Aug | PCPSR | 32 | 29 | 18 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | PCPSR | 30 | 44 | 10 |
| 4 May 2025 | PCPSR | 28 | 43 | 8 |
| 7 Sept 2024 | PCPSR | 27 | 45 | 5 |