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Israel 1996 legislative election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 34 of 120 seats with 26.8% of the vote; 79.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.9 points on 1992.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Alignment / Labor34−1026.8−7.9818,741
Likud24−825.1+0.2767,401
Shas10+48.7+3.8259,796
National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9+37.8+2.8240,271
Meretz9−37.4−2.2226,275
Yisrael BaAliyah75.7174,994
New Communist List / Democratic Front5+24.2+1.8129,455
United Torah Judaismwith Agudat Yisrael and Banner of the Torah403.2−0.198,657
Third Way43.296,474
Ra'amwith Arab Democratic Party42.989,514
Moledet2−12.40.072,002
Largest party without seats00.722,741
Gesher5
Tzomet3−5

± is the change against the Israel 1992 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Alignment / Labor 818,741
  • Likud 767,401
  • Shas 259,796
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 240,271
  • Meretz 226,275
  • Yisrael BaAliyah 174,994
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 129,455
  • United Torah Judaism 98,657
  • Third Way 96,474
  • Ra'am 89,514
  • Moledet 72,002
  • Largest party without seats 22,741
  • Gesher
  • Tzomet

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

79.3% of the 3,933,250 registered voters cast a ballot (3,119,832 ballots), up 1.9 points on 1992. 3,052,130 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Alignment / Labor26.8% of votes28.3% of seats
  • Likud25.1% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Shas8.7% of votes8.3% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home7.8% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Meretz7.4% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Yisrael BaAliyah5.7% of votes5.8% of seats
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front4.2% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Third Way3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • United Torah Judaism3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Ra'am2.9% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Moledet2.4% of votes1.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 6.7 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Likud by 1.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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