The ruling Mapai Party received 55.42 percent of the votes in the country-wide elections held two week for ago for Histadrut, the Israel Federation of Labor, according to final tabulations completed here today.
The figures showed that: Achdut Avodah got 17.03 percent of the vote; Mapam, 13.92 percent; Progressive Party, 5.77 percent; General Zionists 3.48 percent; Communist Party, 2.8 percent; Religious Workers, 1.57 percent.
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