Israel 2009 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Kadima won 28 of 120 seats with 22.5% of the vote; 64.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.2 points on 2006.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kadima | 28 | −1 | 22.5 | +0.5 | 758,032 |
| Likud | 27 | +15 | 21.6 | +12.6 | 729,054 |
| Yisrael Beiteinu | 15 | +4 | 11.7 | +2.7 | 394,577 |
| Alignment / Labor | 13 | −6 | 9.9 | −5.2 | 334,900 |
| Shas | 11 | −1 | 8.5 | −1.0 | 286,300 |
| United Torah Judaismwith Agudat Yisrael and Banner of the Torah | 5 | −1 | 4.4 | −0.3 | 147,954 |
| Ra'amwith Arab Movement for Renewal | 4 | 0 | 3.4 | +0.4 | 113,954 |
| National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party | 4 | −5 | 3.3 | −3.8 | 112,570 |
| New Communist List / Democratic Front | 4 | +1 | 3.3 | +0.6 | 112,130 |
| Meretz | 3 | −2 | 3.0 | −0.8 | 99,611 |
| National Religious Party / The Jewish Home | 3 | 2.9 | 96,765 | ||
| Balad | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | +0.2 | 83,739 |
| Meimad | 0 | 0.8 | 27,737 |
± is the change against the Israel 2006 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Kadima 758,032
- Likud 729,054
- Yisrael Beiteinu 394,577
- Alignment / Labor 334,900
- Shas 286,300
- United Torah Judaism 147,954
- Ra'am 113,954
- National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party 112,570
- New Communist List / Democratic Front 112,130
- Meretz 99,611
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 96,765
- Balad 83,739
- Meimad 27,737
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
64.7% of the 5,278,985 registered voters cast a ballot (3,416,587 ballots), up 1.2 points on 2006. 3,313,490 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Kadima22.5% of votes23.3% of seats
- Likud21.6% of votes22.5% of seats
- Yisrael Beiteinu11.7% of votes12.5% of seats
- Alignment / Labor9.9% of votes10.8% of seats
- Shas8.5% of votes9.2% of seats
- United Torah Judaism4.4% of votes4.2% of seats
- Ra'am3.4% of votes3.3% of seats
- National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party3.3% of votes3.3% of seats
- New Communist List / Democratic Front3.3% of votes3.3% of seats
- Meretz3.0% of votes2.5% of seats
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home2.9% of votes2.5% of seats
- Balad2.5% of votes2.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.4 by votes and 6.8 by seats; Kadima led Likud by 0.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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