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Israel Elections Results Update
Paz Itzhaki-Weinberger, 18-March-2015
Just a quick real-time update
about the actual results of the elections held in Israel yesterday - number of
seats in the Israeli parliament (the "Knesset") consisting of 120
members:
LIKUD - 30 seats [Center / Right-Wing. led by Benjamin Netanyahu]
ZIONIST UNION - 24 seats [Center / Left-Wing, led by Itzhak Hertzog & Zippi Livni]
THE JEWISH HOME -
8 seats [Right-Wing &
Religious, led by Naftali Bennet]
YESH ATID - 11 seats [Center, led by Yair
Lapid]
ISRAEL BEITENU - 6 seats [Right-Wing, led by Avigdor Liberman]
KULANU - 10 seats [Center & Social, led by Moshe Kahlon]
JOINT ARAB LIST - 14 seats [Arab & Extreme Left-Wing, led by Ayman Ouda]
UNITED TORAH JUDAISM- 6 seats [Western Ultra-Orthodox Religious,
led in rotation]
SHAS - 7 seats [Eastern Ultra-Orthodox Religious,
led by Arieh Deri]
MERETZ - 4 seats [Extreme Left-Wing, led by Zehava
Galon]
Basic Per Sector Analysis:
Center Parties -
74 seats
Right Wing Parties - 44 seats
Left Wing Parties - 42 seats
Arab Parties - 14 seats
Jewish Religious Parties - 21 seats
Only time will tell what
these results actually mean and what sort of change (if any) will occur in
Benjamin's Netanyahu's government in Israel, also how powerful or fragile will
the new coalition formulated be - it seems at this stage a more stable
coalition can be formed.