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Israel 2013 legislative election

What was the result of the 2013 legislative election in Israel?

Likud won 31 of 120 seats with 23.3% of the vote. 67.8% 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 : Likud won 31 of 120 seats with 23.3% of the vote; 67.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.1 points on 2009.

  • Likud 31 +4 seats 23.3% +1.7 points
  • Yesh Atid 19 14.3%
  • Alignment / Labor 15 +2 seats 11.4% +1.5 points
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 12 +9 seats 9.1% +6.2 points
  • Shas 11 0 seats 8.8% +0.3 points
  • United Torah Judaism 7 +2 seats 5.2% +0.8 points
  • Hatnua 6 5.0%
  • Meretz 6 +3 seats 4.5% +1.6 points
  • Ra'am 4 0 seats 3.6% +0.3 points
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 4 0 seats 3.0% −0.3 points
  • Balad 3 0 seats 2.6% +0.1 points
  • Kadima 2 −26 seats 2.1% −20.4 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 2009 legislative election, party by party.

61 of 120 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 23.3%

    Share of the vote won by Likud and its allies

    Likud and its allies won 31 of 120 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +9 seats

    Seats gained by National Religious Party / The Jewish Home

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2009. Kadima lost 26 seats.

  3. 67.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 3.1 points on 2009.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Likudwith Yisrael Beiteinu31+423.3+1.7885,163
Yesh Atid1914.3543,458
Alignment / Labor15+211.4+1.5432,118
National Religious Party / The Jewish Home12+99.1+6.2345,985
Shas1108.8+0.3331,868
United Torah Judaismwith Agudat Yisrael and Banner of the Torah7+25.2+0.8195,892
Hatnua65.0189,167
Meretz6+34.5+1.6172,403
Ra'amwith Arab Movement for Renewal403.6+0.3138,450
New Communist List / Democratic Front403.0−0.3113,439
Balad302.6+0.197,030
Kadima2−262.1−20.478,974
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Otzma Yehudit01.866,775
Am Shalem01.245,690
Ale Yarok01.143,734

± is the change against the Israel 2009 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Likud 885,163
  • Yesh Atid 543,458
  • Alignment / Labor 432,118
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 345,985
  • Shas 331,868
  • United Torah Judaism 195,892
  • Hatnua 189,167
  • Meretz 172,403
  • Ra'am 138,450
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 113,439
  • Balad 97,030
  • Kadima 78,974
  • Otzma Yehudit 66,775
  • Am Shalem 45,690
  • Ale Yarok 43,734

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?

67.8% of the 5,656,705 registered voters cast a ballot (3,833,646 ballots), up 3.1 points on 2009. 3,792,742 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2003 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Likud23.3% of votes25.8% of seats
  • Yesh Atid14.3% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Alignment / Labor11.4% of votes12.5% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9.1% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Shas8.8% of votes9.2% of seats
  • United Torah Judaism5.2% of votes5.8% of seats
  • Hatnua5.0% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Meretz4.5% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Ra'am3.6% of votes3.3% of seats
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front3.0% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Balad2.6% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Kadima2.1% of votes1.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.7 by votes and 7.3 by seats; Likud led Yesh Atid by 9.0 points of the vote.

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