Israeli legislative election, 2003

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Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003.

[edit] Table of votes and seats by party

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Summary of the 28 January 2003 Israeli Knesset Israeli election results

Party	Ideology	Votes	%	Seats
Likud ליכוד ("Consolidation")	Conservatism	925,279	29.39%	38
Labour העבודה (Ha-Avoda)	Social Democracy	455,183	14.46%	19
Shinui שינוי ("Change")	Liberalism	386,535	12.28%	15
Mifleget Ha-Sfaradim Shomrei Torah מפלגת הספרדים שומרי תורה ("Sephardi Religious Party", "Shas")	Jewish/Sectarian Democracy	258,879	8.22%	11
National Union האיחוד הלאומי (Ha-Ihud Ha-Leumi) Moledet מולדת ("Homeland") Tkuma תקומה ("Revival") Yisrael Beytenu ישראל ביתנו ("Our Home Israel")	Right-wing	173,973	5.52%	7
Meretz מרצ ("Vigor")	"Left"/Zionist	164,122	5.21%	6
National Religious Party מפלגה דתית לאומית-מפד"ל (Miflaga Datit Le'umit or Mafdal)	Sectarian Zionism	132,370	4.20%	6
United Torah Judaism יהדות התורה (Yahadut Ha-Torah also Achdut HaTorah HaMeuchedet) Agudat Israel אגודת ישראל ("Union of Israel") Degel HaTorah דגל התורה ("Banner [of] the Torah")	Union of Religious Factions	135,087	4.29%	5
Ha-Chazit Ha-Demokratit le-Shalom ule-shivyon החזית הדמוקרטית לשלום ולשוויון ("Democratic Front for Peace and Equality")	Left-wing/Anti-zionist	93,819	2.98%	3
Am Ehad עם אחד ("One Nation")	Socialism	86,808	2.76%	3
Brit Leumit Demokratit ברית לאומית דמוקרטית al-Tajamu' al-Watani al-Dimuqrati) ("National Democratic League")	Arab/Secular Democratic	71,299	2.26%	3
Israel Ba-Aliya ישראל בעלייה	immigration/Secular Democratic	67,719	2.15%	2
United Arab List רשימה ערבית מאוחדת-רע"ם (Reshima Aravit Me'uchedet or Ra'am)	Israeli Arab	65,551	2.08%	2
Others	N/A	128,740	4.09%	0
Total		3,145,364	100%	120

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• Adam Carr's Election Archive

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