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January 09, 2005
Palestine | Exit Polls: Abbas Wins 66 Percent of Vote
Early results showed the moderate candidate Mahmoud Abbas overwhelmingly winning the Palestinian presidential election Sunday with 66 percent of the vote, an exit poll said.

Such a margin of victory would give the 69-year-old Abbas, popularly known as Abu Mazen, a clear mandate to renew peace talks with Israel (search), rein in militants and reform the corruption-riddled Palestinian Authority.

Abbas' main challenger, Mustafa Barghouti, won 19.7 percent of the vote, according to the exit poll conducted by the independent Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research.

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