With 99.5% of all votes counted, the final results are in, and it turns out the right and the left are absolutely even. Some changes are still possible after the soldier votes are counted.
5,656,705 people had the right to vote.
3,616,947 (63.31%) voted.
3,579,115 votes were good.
37,832 votes had to be thrown out.
The following parties made it into the Knesset:
Likud-Beitenu – 31 (42)
Yesh Atid (Yair lapid) – 19 (new)
Labor – 15 (13)
Jewish Home – 11 (7)
Shas – 11 (11)
Torah Judaism – 7 (5)
The Movement (Livni) – 6 (new)
Meretz – 6 (3)
Arabs – 12 (11)
Kadima – 2 (28)
Power for Israel did not make it into the Knesset, although it is the nearest a full 2-seats, with 1.68% of the votes. It is followed by Rabbi Amsalem (1.21%).
Right wing block – 60, Left wing with Arabs – 60
Some are still predicting that Likud will go up to 33, HaBayiy HaYehudi will go up to 12, Yesh Atid will drop to 18, and the Arab parties will also drop, once the soldier’s votes have been counted.
Party | : | Seats | Percent | . | Votes | |
Likud-Beytenu | : | 31 | 23.25% | 832,099 | ||
Yesh Atid: | : | 19 | 14.19% | 507,879 | ||
Labor | : | 15 | 11.45% | 409,685 | ||
Shas | : | 11 | 8.83% | 316,151 | ||
HaBayit HaYehudi | : | 11 | 8.76% | 313,646 | ||
UTJ | : | 7 | 5.31% | 189,931 | ||
HaTnua | : | 6 | 5.02% | 179,818 | ||
Meretz | : | 6 | 4.59% | 164,150 | ||
Raam/Taal | : | 3 | 3.80% | 135,830 | ||
Kadima | : | 2 | 2.09% | 74,735 | ||
Hadash | : | 4 | 3.12% | 111,685 | ||
Balad | : | 5 | 2.66% | 95,312 | ||
Otzma L’Yisrael | : | 0 | 1.73% | 61,825 |
For the list of all the individual candidates that made it in, click here.