With nearly all the votes counted, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Likud Party won 37 Knesset seats in Tuesday’s elections. According to the tally, which did not include votes cast by soldiers and diplomats, Labor won 19 seats, while the secular Shinui Party won 15.
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