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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 |
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| Number of valid votes for the Knesset: |
3,051,592 |
| Number of invalid votes: |
67,601 |
| Total number of votes cast: |
3,119,195 |
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| Voter turnout: |
79.3% |
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| Minimum number of votes for election to Knesset: |
45,774 |
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| Number of votes per Knesset seat: |
24,775 |
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