The final count in the voting in the Histadrut elections on May 13 gave the Labor Alignment 69.3%, Likud 23.5%, Hadash (Communist) Party 4.5%, and the Citizens Rights Party 2.3%. Earlier partial counts gave the Alignment 66.7%, Likud 21.4%, Hadash 4.1%, and Citizens Rights Party 2.7%. Slightly more than 56% of the eligible voters cast their ballots.
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