Israeli Election Results- May 1996

Israeli Election Results- May 1996

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     ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL MAY 1996
     
      Israeli Election May 1996
    Final Results


    PRIME MINISTER:
    Binyamin Netanyahu 1,501,023 (50.4%)
    Shimon Peres 1,471,566 (49.5%)



    KNESSET:
    LIST No. of seats % of vote No. of votes
    Labor 34 (26.8%) 818,570
    Likud 32 (25.1%) 767,178
    Shas 10 (8.5%) 259,759
    National Religious Party 9 (7.8%) 240,224
    Meretz 9 (7.4%) 226,257
    Yisrael Ba'aliya 7 (5.7%) 174,928
    Hadash 5 (4.2%) 129,455
    United Torah Judaism 4 (3.2%) 98,655
    The Third Way 4 (3.1%) 96,457
    United Arab List 4 (2.9%) 89,513
    Moledet 2 (2.3%) 71,982


    Note: The rest of the lists obtained less than the required minimum for election.



    ELECTION STATISTICS:

    Number of valid votes for prime minister: 2,972,589
    Number of invalid votes (mostly blank slips): 148,681
    Total number of votes cast: 3,121,270

    Number of valid votes for the Knesset: 3,051,592
    Number of invalid votes: 67,601
    Total number of votes cast: 3,119,195

    Voter turnout: 79.3%

    Minimum number of votes for election to Knesset: 45,774

    Number of votes per Knesset seat: 24,775

     
     
     
    Elections in Israel 1996