The following is based on non-final results:

Ariel Sharon: 1,618,110 valid votes or 62.5%

Ehud Barak: 967,760 valid votes or 37.4%

Number of Eligible Voters: 4,504,769

Total Ballots Cast: 2,664,255 (59.1%)

Invalid Ballots: 78,385

Valid Votes: 2,585,870



Near-final election results show that the television exit polls last night were way off the mark. Both channels predicted a 19% margin of victory for Sharon, while in fact the margin was more than 25%. The Jewish population in Israel voted for Sharon by an overwhelming 27% majority. Only 18-20% of the Arab public voted, and an estimated one-fifth of these did not vote for either candidate.



The following are the election results for various cities and locations:

Jerusalem: 77.8% Sharon, 22.1% Barak

Tel Aviv\\Jaffa: 48.0% Sharon, 51.9% Barak

Haifa: 49.9% Sharon 50.0% Barak

Holon: 62.1% Sharon, 37.8% Barak

Bat Yam: 66.4% Sharon, 33.5% Barak

Tzfat: 85.1% Sharon, 14.8% Barak

Be\'er Sheva: 70.7% Sharon, 29.2% Barak

Tiberias: 83.6% Sharon, 16.3% Barak

Ashkelon: 74.1% Sharon, 25.8% Barak

Ashdod: 75.4% Sharon, 24.5%

Caesarea 34.6% Sharon, 65.3% Barak

Katzrin (Golan): 67.6% Sharon, 32.3% Barak

Kokhav Ya\'ir (Barak\'s home): 45.1% Sharon, 54.8% Barak

Kiryat Shmonah: 74.8% Sharon, 25.1% Barak

Kiryat Arba: 98.2% Sharon, 1.7% Barak

Kibbutz Kineret: 10.0% Sharon, 89.9% Barak

Taiba (Arab): 6.3% Sharon, 93.6% Barak

Nazareth (Arab): 11.0% Sharon, 88.9% Barak

Givatayim: 41.1% Sharon, 58.8% Barak

Ramat HaSharon: 38.1 Sharon, 61.8 Barak