Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria went overwhelmingly for the Likud and Ichud Haleumi (National Union) parties in the 2009 elections. Of note is the dramatic increase in support for the Likud, and a drop in support for Ichud Haleumi, in comparison with the 2006 results. 
Livni received more support in Judea and Samaria (8.5 percent of the vote) than did either of the right-wing parties Yisrael Beiteinu (8) and Habayit Hayehudi.
Likud, led by Knesset Member Binyamin Netanyahu, received over 26 percent of the vote in Judea and Samaria this year. Right behind Likud was Ichud Haleumi with 20 percent. The next highest levels of support were for the Hareidi-religious United Torah Judaism party (13.5 percent) and its Sephardic Hareidi counterpart Shas (11.2).
The left-wing Kadima party, under Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, received more support in Judea and Samaria (8.5 percent of the vote) than did either of the right-wing parties Yisrael Beiteinu (8) and Habayit Hayehudi, also billed as the New National Religious Party (7.8).
The Labor party, led by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, garnered 2.3 percent of the Judea and Samaria vote. The far-left Meretz party took 0.5 percent, along with similar or less support for the left-wing-religious-environmentalist combined list of the Green Movement-Meimad and for the pan-Arab Ra'am-Ta'al party.
The high levels of support for the Hareidi-religious parties is due in part to large Hareidi cities located in Judea and Samaria, such as Modiin Illit and Beitar. Also contributing to their electoral success were strong undercurrents of support among some national-religious voters for United Torah Judaism and among some traditionalist, but non-Orthodox, Sephardic Jews for Shas.
Likud the Big Winner
While the Hareidi-religious parties essentially maintained their levels of support among Judea and Samaria communities from 2006 to 2009, the results for the center-right Likud party showed dramatic change.
In 2006, Likud managed to scrape together 12 percent of the vote in Judea and Samaria; while in 2009, the party became the clear leader in those regions. In 2006, it was Ichud Haleumi-NRP that was indisputably the leading party among Judea and Samaria voters, with 31 percent support and a 17 percent lead over the next most popular party, United Torah Judaism. As noted above, 2009 saw the Ichud Haleumi drop to second place behind Likud.
Kadima and Yisrael Beiteinu both lost about 1 percent of support in these elections as compared to what they had in Judea and Samaria in 2006. Labor-Meimad went from 4 percent in 2006, when it was one faction, to about 3 percent in 2009, when Labor and Meimad ran separately. Meretz held its position, while several tiny parties took a total of 11 percent of the vote in 2006.
Ariel: From Lieberman to Likud
The largest city in Judea and Samaria, Ariel, shifted dramatically from Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party to Likud this election cycle.
The Likud party took Ariel by storm, with 45 percent of the vote. Next was Yisrael Beiteinu with almost 32 percent support, followed by Kadima (10) and Ichud Haleumi (5). In 2006, however, Yisrael Beiteinu was in front, with 35 percent, and Likud garnered 24 percent of the vote. Kadima had 12 percent and Ichud Haleumi-NRP had 9 percent last time around. The "New NRP", running alone in 2009, received 1 percent support in 2009 - as much as the marijuana advocacy movement Aleh Yarok.
Bringing up the rear in 2009, but ahead of Habayit Hayehudi, was Shas with 3 percent of the Ariel vote and Labor, with 2 percent. Shas lost a percentage point in Ariel as compared with the 2006 results, while Labor's support was cut in half. The far-left Meretz party went from 1 percent support in Ariel in 2006 to zero in 2009.