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Israel 2006 legislative election

What was the result of the 2006 legislative election in Israel?

Kadima won 29 of 120 seats with 22.0% of the vote. 63.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Israel
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Kadima won 29 of 120 seats with 22.0% of the vote; 63.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 4.3 points on 2003.

  • Kadima 29 22.0%
  • Alignment / Labor 19 0 seats 15.1% +0.6 points
  • Shas 12 +1 seat 9.5% +1.3 points
  • Likud 12 −26 seats 9.0% −20.4 points
  • Yisrael Beiteinu 11 9.0%
  • National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party 9 +2 seats 7.1% +1.6 points
  • Dor 7 5.9%
  • United Torah Judaism 6 +1 seat 4.7% +0.4 points
  • Meretz 5 −1 seat 3.8% −1.4 points
  • Ra'am 4 +2 seats 3.0% +0.9 points
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 3 0 seats 2.7% −0.3 points
  • Balad 3 0 seats 2.3% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Israel 2003 legislative election, party by party.

61 of 120 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 22.0%

    Share of the vote won by Kadima

    Kadima won 29 of 120 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2003. Likud lost 26 seats.

  3. 63.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 4.3 points on 2003.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Kadima2922.0690,901
Alignment / Laborwith Meimad19015.1+0.6472,366
Shas12+19.5+1.3299,054
Likud12−269.0−20.4281,996
Yisrael Beiteinu119.0281,880
National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party9+27.1+1.6224,083
Dor75.9185,759
United Torah Judaismwith Agudat Yisrael and Banner of the Torah6+14.7+0.4147,091
Meretz5−13.8−1.4118,302
Ra'amwith Arab Movement for Renewal4+23.0+0.994,786
New Communist List / Democratic Front302.7−0.386,092
Balad302.30.072,066
The Greens01.547,595

± is the change against the Israel 2003 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Kadima 690,901
  • Alignment / Labor 472,366
  • Shas 299,054
  • Likud 281,996
  • Yisrael Beiteinu 281,880
  • National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party 224,083
  • Dor 185,759
  • United Torah Judaism 147,091
  • Meretz 118,302
  • Ra'am 94,786
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 86,092
  • Balad 72,066
  • The Greens 47,595

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

63.5% of the 5,014,622 registered voters cast a ballot (3,186,739 ballots), down 4.3 points on 2003. 3,137,064 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1949.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Kadima22.0% of votes24.2% of seats
  • Alignment / Labor15.1% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Shas9.5% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Likud9.0% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Yisrael Beiteinu9.0% of votes9.2% of seats
  • National Union--Tkuma / Religious Zionist Party7.1% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Dor5.9% of votes5.8% of seats
  • United Torah Judaism4.7% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Meretz3.8% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Ra'am3.0% of votes3.3% of seats
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front2.7% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Balad2.3% of votes2.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 9.0 by votes and 7.8 by seats; Kadima led Alignment / Labor by 6.9 points of the vote.

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