Election Results

An Nahdah Celebrations

Voting finished in the Birzeit Student Council Elections at 4pm, Wednesday. The following results were announced by Dr. Hanna Nasir, President of Birzeit University, to a crowd of several thousand students at 5:50pm Wednesday 24 March, 1999.

Election Results 1999 (order as on ballot paper)
OFFICIAL BLOC NAME	AFFILIATION	Number of Votes	Percentage of Votes	Number of Seats
Jerusalem Bloc	pro-Fatah	1074	35.96%	19
Democratic Student Pole	pro-left	550	18.41%	9
An Nahdah	Islamic	1332	44.59%	23
Change	Independent	31	1.04%	0

Number of Votes Cast =3071 , Number of Blank Ballots=74, Number of Spoilt Papers=8, Manually Counted=2, Total Valid Votes = 2987

University President Hanna Nasir (right) viewing the results	Ziad Izzat, Director of Student Affairs
In the counting room	Watching the votes being counted