Template:Israeli legislative election, 2006

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Summary of the 28 March 2006 Knesset of Israel election results
Parties Votes % Seats +/-
Kadima 1 690,901 22.02% 29 new
Labour-Meimad 2 472,366 15.06% 19 -2
Shas 299,054 9.53% 12 +1
Likud 3 281,996 8.989% 12 -15
Yisrael Beiteinu 4 281,880 8.985% 11 +8
National Union - National Religious Party 5 224,083 7.14% 9 -1
Gil 185,759 5.92% 7 new
United Torah Judaism 147,091 4.69% 6 +1
Meretz-Yachad 118,302 3.77% 5 -1
United Arab List-Ta'al 94,786 3.02% 4 +2
Hadash 86,092 2.74% 3 0
Balad 72,066 2.30% 3 0
Green Party 47,595 1.52% 0 0
Ale Yarok 40,353 1.29% 0 0
Jewish National Front 24,824 0.79% 0 0
Tafnit 18,753 0.60% 0 0
Hetz 6 10,113 0.33% 0 new
Shinui 7 4,675 0.16% 0 -15
Other parties 36,375 1.16% 0 0
Total 3,137,064 100% 120  

Eligible voters: 5,014,622
Total votes cast: 3,186,739 (Turnout 63.6%)
Spoiled ballots: 49,675 (1.56% of votes cast)
Valid ballots: 3,137,064
Threshold (2%): 62,741
Votes per seat: 24,620

1 14 Knesset members joined Kadima in November 2005, 13 of them from Likud.
2 One Nation (3 Knesset members) merged with Labour (19 Knesset members) in 2004.
3 Israel Ba-Aliya (2 Knesset members) merged with Likud (38 Knesset members) in 2003, 13 MKs split and joined Kadima in 2005.
4 Israel Beytenu (3 Knesset members) split from the National Union (7 Knesset members) in 2003.
5 National Religious Party (6 Knesset members) joined the National Union (4 Knesset members after the split 4) prior to the election.
6 9 Knesset members split from Shinui and joined Hetz prior to the elections.
7 Only 2 Knesset members were left from the original faction after the split6 prior to the elections.