ELECTION WATCH No. 18 Thursday, 7 February 2013 Israel Knesset Elections, 2013 Date: 22 January 2013 No. of Seats: 120 Knesset Seats National budget for the forthcoming election: 246, 781,000 Shekels Total number of registered voters: 5,659,560 No. of Eligible Voters: 5,656,705 No. of votes cast: 3,833,646 Total Votes: 67.77 per cent Valid Votes: 3,792,742 Disqualified Votes: 40,904 Number of voting stations across Israel: 10,235 No. of parties who participated in the Elections: 32 Threshold margin: Two per cent Middle East Institute @ New Delhi, www.mei.org.in 1 ELECTION WATCH‐18/CHAKRAVORTTY Official Result S. no Name of Party Percentage No. Of Number of Votes Seats 1. Likud Yisrael Beitenu 22.34 885,163 31 2. Yesh Atid 14.33 543,458 19 3. Israel Labour party 11.39 432,118 15 4. Habayit Hayehudi 9.12 345,985 12 5. Shas 8.75 331,868 11 6. United Torah Judaism 5.16 195,892 7 7. Hatenua 4.99 189,167 6 8. Meretz 4.55 172,403 6 9. United Arab List 3.65 138,450 4 10. Hadash 2.99 113,439 4 11. National Democratic Assembly 2.56 97,030 3 12. Kadima 2.08 78,974 2 13. Otzma Leyisrael 1.76 66,775 - 14. Am Shalem 1.20 45,690 - 15. Green Leaf 1.15 43,734 - 16. Eretz Hadasha 0.74 28,080 - 17. Koach Lehashpia 0.74 28,049 - 18. Havisraelim 0.50 18,939 - 19. The Green and Young 0.21 8,117 - 20. Dor Bonei Haaretz 0.16 5,975 - 21. Chaim Bekavod 0.10 3,640 - 22. Da-am - Workers Party 0.09 3,546 - 23. We Are Brothers 0.08 2,899 - 24. Tzedek Hevrati 0.08 2,877 - 25. Kulanu Haverim 0.06 2,176 - 26. The Pirates 0.05 2,076 - 27. The Economics Party 0.05 1,972 - 28. Mitkademet Liberalit Democratit 0.04 1,352 - 29. Light 0.03 1,027 - 30. Brit Olam 0.02 761 - 31. Hatikva Leshinui 0.02 649 - 32. Moreshet Avot 0.01 461 - Source: The Central Election Committee, Israel. Web link: http://www.knesset.gov.il/elections19/eng/list/results_eng.aspx Middle East Institute @ New Delhi, www.mei.org.in 2 ELECTION WATCH‐18/CHAKRAVORTTY Compiled by Dipanwita Chakravortty Dipanwita Chakravortty is pursuing her M Phil degree in School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Email: [email protected] As part of the policy, the MEI@ND standardizes spellings and date format to make the text uniformly accessible and stylistically consistent. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views/positions of the MEI@ND. Editor, MEI@ND: P R Kumaraswamy Middle East Institute @ New Delhi, www.mei.org.in 3 .