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|rowspan=1|[[2015 Israeli legislative election|2015]]
|rowspan=1|[[Isaac Herzog]] <br> [[Tzipi Livni]]
|rowspan=1|786,313 (#2)
|rowspan=1|18.7
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|rowspan=1|New party
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After the [[2015 Israeli legislative election|election]], the Zionist Union emerged as the second-largest party in the Knesset, with 24 seats. It triumphed in [[Tel Aviv]] and its prosperous suburbs, as well as other liberal areas.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/world/middleeast/abiding-rifts-within-israel-threaten-to-widen-with-netanyahu-win.html |title=Abiding Rifts Within Israel Threaten to Widen With Netanyahu Win |author=[[Isabel Kershner]] |newspaper=The New York Times |date=20 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4638423,00.html |title=Likud wins big across Israel, while Zionist Union makes massive gains on Gaza border |publisher=Ynetnews |date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Its success was mostly in affluent areas, and it won the highest number of votes in 28 of Israel's 33 wealthiest communities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/.premium-1.647729 |title=Netanyahu and Likud won by taking poorer Jewish towns, West Bank settlements |author=Or Kashti |newspaper=Haaretz |date=19 March 2015}}</ref>
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