Israeli Electoral History: Results of the 2003 Election

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)