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Final update May 20, 16:45 local time:
This section was used for providing live election coverage during May 17th - 18th, and you are invited to browse through the breaking news stories, graphs and tables, photo gallery, and morning newspapers that provided readers with a blow-by-blow account of how elections day unfolded.
For details of the final results and the make-up of the new Knesset please go to our Elections99 'Results & 15th Knesset Guide'. Up-to-date Elections99">news articles and analysis relating to the Knesset elections and PM Ehud Barak's victory can be found in our main Elections99">Elections99 supplement, which includes our Elections Interactive tools. For additional background information on the elections and Israel's system of government go to our Elections99 Primer.
Final election results
The make up of the 15th Knesset
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Final Analysis:
The tie that was broken
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Read the breaking news from the election day
As it happens May 18th:
08:00 The Jerusalem Post Live Coverage team thanks all our readers and is now signing off.
07:30 97.5% of all votes counted; Barak - 56%, Netanyahu - 43.9%
07:00 96% of all votes counted
05:00 85.5% of votes for PM counted, 79.9% votes for Knesset counted
04:30 Statistics released:
Jerusalem: Barak - 34.7%, Netanyahu - 65.2%,
Tel Aviv: Barak - 64.7%, Netanyahu - 35%,
Haifa: Barak - 67.1%, Netanyahu - 32.8%
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