Totals

Total number of ballot boxes counted: 7,697

Total number of registered voters: 4,720,074

Total Ballots: 3,200,773

Invalid Ballots: 52,409

Valid Ballots: 3,148,364

Number of votes for qualifying threshold: 44,750

Number of votes per Knesset seat: 23,860

Votes by Party List

LIST No. of seats No. of votes % of votes

Likud 38 925,279 29.4%

Labor-Meimad 19 455,183 14.5%

Shinui 15 386,535 12.3%

Shas 11 258,879 8.2%

National Unity 7 173,973 5.5%

Meretz 6 164,122 5.2%

National Religious Party 6 132,370 4.2%

Torah and Shabbat Judaism 5 135,087 4.3%

Hadash 3 93,819 3.0%

Am Ehad 3 86,808 2.8%

National Democratic Assembly (Balad) 3 71,299 2.3%

Yisrael Ba'aliya 2 67,719 2.2%

United Arab List 2 65,551 2.1%

The remaining lists obtained less than the required minimum for election (1.5% of the total vote):

LIST No. of votes % of votes

Green Leaf Party 37,855 1.0%

Herut 36,202 1.1%

Progressive National Alliance 20,571 0.7%

Green Party 12,833 0.4%

Yisrael Aheret 7,144 0.2%

Ahavat Yisrael 5,468 0.2%

Tzomet 2,023 0.1%

Center Party 1,961 0.1%

Organization for Democratic Action 1,925 0.1%

Citizen and State 1,566 <0.1%

Men's Rights in the Family 1,284 <0.1%

Lahava 1,181 <0.1%

Za'am 894 <0.1%

Leeder 833 <0.1%

Coalition Possibilities

Party Ideology Leader Seats 1999 Seats 2003
(change)

Center-Right and Religious Bloc: 69

Center-Right Parties 47

Likud Will talk peace with Palestinians only after a cessation of violence Ariel Sharon 19 38
(+19)

National Union No Palestinian state Avigdor Lieberman 7 7

Yisrael b'Aliyah Palestinian state only if democratic Natan Sharansky 6 2
(-4)

Center-Right Religious Parties 22

Shas Ultra-Orthodox and traditional Sephardim Eli Yishai 17 11
(-6)

United Torah Judaism Ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazim Yaakov Litzman 5 5

National Religious Party Religious Zionism, emphasizing army service and the Land of Israel Effi Eitam 5 6
(+1)

Center, Center-Left, and Arab Party Bloc: 51

Center-Left Parties 25

Labor Resume talks on Palestinian statehood before end to violence Amram Mitzna 26 19
(-7)

Meretz Withdrawal to 1967 borders Yossi Sarid 10 6
(-4)

Center Parties 18

Shinui Separation of religion and state Yosef Lapid 6 15
(+9)

Am Ehad - One Nation Workers' rights Amir Peretz 2 3
(+1)

Arab Parties 8

United Arab List-Ra'am Dominated by Islamic movement, supports Palestinian state Abdulmalek Dehamshe 5 2
(-3)

Hadash-Ta'al Formerly Communist party, supports Palestinian state Mohammad Barakeh 4 3
(-1)

Balad Cultural autonomy for Arabs, supports Palestinian state Azmi Bishara 1 3
(+2)

Source: Israeli Foreign Ministry;
The Knesset;
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, (January 29, 2003)

Israeli Electoral History: Results of the 2003 Election