Palestine Arab Congress

The Palestine Arab Congress (Arabic: المؤتمر العربي الفلسطيني al-mu’tamr al-‘arabī al-falasṭīnī) is the national unicameral legislative assembly of the Republic of Palestine. It is a directly-elected assembly of 233 seats, each representing a single electoral district of roughly equal population (~130,000 in the September 2017 election). The Palestine Arab Congress meets in the Copenhagen Mall Building in the borough of Sheikh Badr, Jerusalem.

Elections to the Palestine Arab Congress are held every three years, with every second election coinciding with a presidential election. The Council of Ministers, the executive branch of government, is accountable to the Palestine Arab Congress, which has the power to dissolve the Council of Ministers and force the resignation of the Prime Minister of Palestine by a vote of no confidence.