RAMALLAH, 11 February, 2021 (TON): 2.3 million voters have been registered to cast their ballots in the upcoming general elections, says the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (PCEC).

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the PCEC said, that 2.8 million people in the Palestinian territories have the right to vote, adding that 82 percent of them have already been registered, reports Xinhua news agency.

The PCEC opened its election registration offices in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, one day after 14 Palestinian factions agreed to hold the legislative and presidential elections as scheduled.

According to the PCEC statement, Palestinian citizens in East Jerusalem, who hold Israeli identity cards, will participate in the general elections without being registered in the Commission's voter registry.

It added that the registration process will continue until 15 February, 2021.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced in a presidential decree issued last month that the legislative elections will be held on 22 May, presidential elections on 31 July, and the Palestinian National Council elections on 31 August this year. .

The Islamic Hamas movement won a majority during the last Palestinian presidential elections held in March 2005 and the legislative elections in January 2006.