1969 Israeli legislative election
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All 120 seats in the Knesset 61 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 81.7% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in
Parliament factions
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the
Name | Ideology | Symbol | Leader | 1965 result | Seats at 1968 dissolution | ||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
Labor | Social democracy Labor Zionism |
את | Golda Meir | 36.7% | 45 / 120
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54 / 120
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Gahal | National liberalism | חל | Menachem Begin | 21.3% | 26 / 120
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20 / 120
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Mafdal | Religious Zionism | ב | Haim-Moshe Shapira | 8.9% | 11 / 120
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11 / 120
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Rafi | Social democracy | כא | Moshe Dayan | 7.9% | 10 / 120
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0 / 120
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Mapam | Labor Zionism Socialism |
מ | Meir Ya'ari | 6.6% | 8 / 120
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8 / 120
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Free Centre | Liberalism | ט | Shmuel Tamir | - | 0 / 120
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6 / 120
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Independent Liberals | Liberalism | לע | Moshe Kol | 3.8% | 5 / 120
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5 / 120
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Agudat Yisrael | Religious conservatism
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ג | Yitzhak-Meir Levin | 3.3% | 4 / 120
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4 / 120
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Rakah | Communism Socialism |
ו | Meir Vilner | 2.3% | 3 / 120
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3 / 120
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Poalei Agudat Yisrael | Religious conservatism
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ד | Kalman Kahana | 1.9% | 2 / 120
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2 / 120
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Progress and Development | Arab satellite list
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רא | Seif el-Din el-Zoubi | 1.8% | 2 / 120
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2 / 120
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Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers | Arab satellite list
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יא | Diyab Obeid | 1.3% | 2 / 120
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2 / 120
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Meri | Socialism | ש | Uri Avnery | 1.2% | 1 / 120
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1 / 120
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Maki | Communism | ק | Shmuel Mikunis | 1.1% | 1 / 120
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1 / 120
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National List | Social liberalism | עמ | David Ben-Gurion | - | 0 / 120
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1 / 120
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Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Alignment | 632,035 | 46.21 | 56 | −7 | |
Gahal | 296,294 | 21.66 | 26 | 0 | |
National Religious Party | 133,238 | 9.74 | 12 | 1 | |
Agudat Yisrael | 44,002 | 3.22 | 4 | 0 | |
Independent Liberals | 43,933 | 3.21 | 4 | −1 | |
National List | 42,654 | 3.12 | 4 | New | |
Rakah | 38,827 | 2.84 | 3 | 0 | |
Progress and Development | 28,046 | 2.05 | 2 | 0 | |
Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 24,968 | 1.83 | 2 | 0 | |
Cooperation and Brotherhood | 19,943 | 1.46 | 2 | 0 | |
HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash | 16,853 | 1.23 | 2 | 1 | |
Free Centre | 16,393 | 1.20 | 2 | New | |
Maki | 15,712 | 1.15 | 1 | 0 | |
List for the Land of Israel | 7,591 | 0.56 | 0 | New | |
Peace List | 5,138 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | |
Young Israel | 2,116 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,367,743 | 100.00 | 120 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,367,743 | 95.78 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 60,238 | 4.22 | |||
Total votes | 1,427,981 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,748,710 | 81.66 | |||
Source: Israel Democracy Institute |
Aftermath
Golda Meir of the Alignment formed the fifteenth government, a national unity government including Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood. There were 24 ministers. Gahal resigned from the coalition on 6 August 1970 after the government had decided to adopt the Rogers Plan.
The seventh Knesset was one of the most stable, with only three MKs changing parties; Meir Avizohar left the National List in 1972 to sit as an independent, before joining the Alignment the following year; Avner Shaki left the National Religious Party in 1972 and sat as an independent; and Shalom Cohen left HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash in 1972.[2]
References
- ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset
External links
- Historical overview of the Seventh Knesset Knesset (in English)
- Election results Knesset
- The Seventh Knesset Knesset