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1996 Elections: Statistics
| Number of eligible voters: |
3,933,250 |
| Number of Jewish voters: |
3,391,652 |
| Number of non-Jewish voters: |
541,598 |
| Number of new voters (including 240,000 new immigrants): |
640,000
(approx.) |
| Number of Jewish voters in Judea, Samaria and Gaza: |
72,115 |
| Number of Jewish voters on Golan Heights: |
10,000
(approx.) |
| Number of votes cast abroad: |
4,053 |
Number of polling stations in Israel
(+ 40 in prisons and 146 in hospitals): |
6,900 |
Number of polling stations abroad:
(102 in embassies/consulates + 19 on ships) |
121 |
| Total budget of the 1996 election campaign: |
NIS 86,799,000
(about $27 million) |
Statistical breakdown of eligible voters:
- 51.5% women; 48.5% men
- 19% aged 18-25; 15% aged 65+
- 54% born in Israel; 46% born abroad
Breakdown of voters by place of residence:
- 46.5% in large cities (over 100,000 population)
- 10.3% in Arab communities
- 9% in development towns
- 7.5% in rural villages, kibbutzim, moshavim
- 2% in Judea, Samaria and Gaza
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