Campaigning for the polling in the Palestinian Authority controlled West Bank areas has begun . The Palestinian Central Electoral Commission has allowed campaign time of 13 days for the Municipal elections which would be held on October 20. Half a million voters will decide the political fortunes of 4989 candidates in the fray including 1000 womens in these municipal elections. Most of the candidates belong to the nationalist Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas and the leftwing groups the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP).