OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS
(Communicated by Central Elections Committee Spokesman)

Following are the official results of the 1999 elections for prime minister and the 15th
Knesset, as issued by the Central Elections Committee:

Total number of ballot boxes counted: 7,218
Total number of registered voters: 4,285,428
Total number of voters: 3,372,952
Total number of eligible ballots: 3,193,494
Total number of disqualified ballots: 179,458

For Prime Minister: Total Votes Knesset Seats
Ehud Barak 1,791,020 (56.08%) --
Benjamin Netanyahu 1,402,474 (43.92%) –

For 15th Knesset:

Labor 670,484 (20.2%) 26
Likud 468,103 (14.1%) 19
Shas 430,676 (13.0%) 17
Meretz 253,525 ( 7.6%) 10
Yisrael B'Aliyah 171,705 ( 5.1%) 6
Shinui 167,748 ( 5.0%) 6
Center Party 165,622 ( 5.0%) 6
National Religious Party 140,307 ( 4.2%) 5
United Torah Judaism 125,741 ( 3.7%) 5
Arab Democratic Party 114,810 ( 3.4%) 5
National Union 100,181 ( 3.0%) 4
Hadash 87,022 ( 2.6%) 3
Israel, Our Home 86,153 ( 2.6%) 4
National Democratic Alliance 66,103 ( 1.9%) 2
One Nation 64,143 ( 1.9%) 2
Penina Rosenblum 44,953 ( 1.3%) --
Power to the Pensioners 37,525 ( 1.1%) --
Green Leaf 34,029 ( 1.0%) --
Third Way 26,290 ( 0.7%) --
Green Party 13,292 ( 0.4%) --
Hope 7,366 ( 0.2%) --
Casino 6,540 ( 0.1%) --
Lev -- Immigrants for Israel 6,311 ( 0.1%) --
Negev Party 4,324 ( 0.1%) --
Tzomet 4,128 ( 0.1%) --
Natural Law Party 2,924 --
Progressive Center Party 2,797 --
Democratic Action Organization 2,151 --
The New Arab 2,042 --
Rights of Man in the Family 1,257 --
Tradition of the Fathers 1,164 --