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Israel 2015 legislative election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Likud won 30 of 120 seats with 23.4% of the vote; 72.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 4.6 points on 2013.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Likud30−123.4+0.1985,408
Alignment / Laborwith Hatnua24+918.7+7.3786,313
Ra'amwith Balad, New Communist List / Democratic Front and Arab Movement for Renewal13+910.6+7.0446,583
Yesh Atid11−88.8−5.5371,602
Kulanu107.5315,360
National Religious Party / The Jewish Home8−46.7−2.4283,910
Shas7−45.7−3.0241,613
Yisrael Beiteinu65.1214,906
United Torah Judaismwith Banner of the Torah and Agudat Yisrael6−15.0−0.2210,143
Meretz5−13.9−0.6165,529
Yachad03.0125,158
Ale Yarok001.10.047,180

± is the change against the Israel 2013 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Likud 985,408
  • Alignment / Labor 786,313
  • Ra'am 446,583
  • Yesh Atid 371,602
  • Kulanu 315,360
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 283,910
  • Shas 241,613
  • Yisrael Beiteinu 214,906
  • United Torah Judaism 210,143
  • Meretz 165,529
  • Yachad 125,158
  • Ale Yarok 47,180

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

72.3% of the 5,881,696 registered voters cast a ballot (4,254,738 ballots), up 4.6 points on 2013. 4,210,884 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1999 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Likud23.4% of votes25.0% of seats
  • Alignment / Labor18.7% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Ra'am10.6% of votes10.8% of seats
  • Yesh Atid8.8% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Kulanu7.5% of votes8.3% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home6.7% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Shas5.7% of votes5.8% of seats
  • Yisrael Beiteinu5.1% of votes5.0% of seats
  • United Torah Judaism5.0% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Meretz3.9% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Yachad3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.7 by votes and 6.9 by seats; Likud led Alignment / Labor by 4.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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