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Israeli Electoral History: Elections to the 18th Knesset

(February 2009)

Valid votes
3,373,490
Qualifying threshold (2%)
67,470
Votes per seat
28,112

Political Party
Valid Votes
% of Total
Seats Won
Kadima
758,032
22.5%
28 (-1)
Likud
729,054
21.6
27 (+15)
Yisrael Beiteinu
394,577
11.7
15 (+4)
Labor
334,900
9.9
13 (-6)
Shas
286,300
8.5
11 (-1)
United Torah Judaism
147,954
4.4
5 (-1)
United Arab List (Ta'l)
113,954
3.4
4 (n/a)
National Union
112,570
3.3
4 (n/a)
Hadash
112,130
3.3
4 (+1)
Meretz
99,611
3.0
3 (-2)
The Jewish Home
96,765
2.9
3 (n/a)
Balad
83,739
2.5
3 (n/a)

Sources: The Knesset