Kadima and Likud strongest parties in the Knesset
Feb 18, 2009
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| Tzipora Livni, chair of Kadima
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On 10th of February 2009 Israelian voters elected their new parliament, the Knesset. Today the official election results were published.
Final election results
Voter turnout: 65.2%
Number of votes cast: 3,416,587
Number of valid votes: 3,373,490
Number of invalid votes: 43,097
Party
No. of votes
No. of seats
Kadima
758,032
28
Likud - Ahi
729,054
27
Yisrael Beytenu
394,577
15
Labor
334,900
13
Shas
286,300
11
United Torah Judaism
147,954
5
United Arab List - Ta'al
113,954
4
National Union
112,570
4
Hadash
112,130
4
Meretz and The New Movement
99,611
3
Habayit Hayehudi - The New National Religious Party (NRP)
96,765
3
Balad
83,739
3
The remaining lists did not win enough votes to enter the 18th Knesset.