1988 Israeli legislative election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Elections for the 12th Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November 1988. Voter turnout was 79.7%.[1]
Parliament factions
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 11th Knesset.
Name | Ideology | Symbol | Leader | 1984 result | Seats at 1988 dissolution | ||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
Alignment | Social democracy Labor Zionism |
אמת | Shimon Peres | 34.9%[a] | 38 / 120
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38 / 120
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Mapam | Labor Zionism Socialism |
מפם | Yair Tzaban | 6 / 120
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5 / 120
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Likud | National liberalism | מחל | Yitzhak Shamir | 31.9% | 41 / 120
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43 / 120
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Tehiya | Ultranationalism Revisionist Zionism |
ת | Yuval Ne'eman Rafael Eitan |
4.0% | 5 / 120
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4 / 120
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Mafdal | Religious Zionism | ב | Yosef Burg | 3.5% | 4 / 120
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5 / 120
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Hadash | Communism Socialism |
ו | Meir Vilner | 3.4% | 4 / 120
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5 / 120
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Shas | Religious conservatism
Populism |
שס | Yitzhak Peretz | 3.1% | 4 / 120
|
3 / 120
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Shinui | Liberalism Centrism |
הן | Amnon Rubinstein | 2.7% | 3 / 120
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4 / 120
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Ratz | Social democracy Secularism |
רצ | Shulamit Aloni | 2.4% | 3 / 120
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4 / 120
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Yahad
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Centrism | ט | Ezer Weizman | 2.2% | 3 / 120
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0 / 120
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PLFP | Pro-peace
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פ | Mohammed Miari | 1.8% | 2 / 120
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2 / 120
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Agudat Yisrael | Religious conservatism
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ג | Avraham Yosef Shapira | 1.7% | 2 / 120
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2 / 120
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Morasha | Social Conservatism
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עד | Haim Drukman | 1.6% | 2 / 120
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1 / 120
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Tzomet | Agrarianism Zionism |
ץ | Rafael Eitan | - | 0 / 120
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1 / 120
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Tami | Economic egalitarianism
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ני | Aharon Abuhatzira | 1.5% | 1 / 120
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0 / 120
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Kach[b]
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Religious Zionism Kahanism |
כך | Meir Kahane | 1.2% | 1 / 120
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1 / 120
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Ometz | National liberalism | יש | Yigal Hurvitz | 1.2% | 1 / 120
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0 / 120
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Mada | Israeli Arab Interests
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ע | Abdulwahab Darawshe | - | 0 / 120
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1 / 120
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Independent | - | - | - | - | 0 / 120
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1 / 120
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Debates
Date | Organizer | Moderator | P Present I Invitee N Non-invitee | |||||||||||||
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Likud | Alignment | Refs | ||||||||||||||
P Yitzhak Shamir |
P Shimon Peres |
[2] |
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Likud | 709,305 | 31.07 | 40 | −1 | |
Alignment | 685,363 | 30.02 | 39 | −5 | |
Shas | 107,709 | 4.72 | 6 | +2 | |
Agudat Yisrael | 102,714 | 4.50 | 5 | +3 | |
Ratz | 97,513 | 4.27 | 5 | +2 | |
National Religious Party | 89,720 | 3.93 | 5 | +1 | |
Hadash | 84,032 | 3.68 | 4 | 0 | |
Tehiya | 70,730 | 3.10 | 3 | −2 | |
Mapam | 56,345 | 2.47 | 3 | New | |
Tzomet | 45,489 | 1.99 | 2 | New | |
Moledet | 44,174 | 1.93 | 2 | New | |
Shinui | 39,538 | 1.73 | 2 | −1 | |
Degel HaTorah | 34,279 | 1.50 | 2 | New | |
Progressive List for Peace | 33,695 | 1.48 | 1 | −1 | |
Arab Democratic Party | 27,012 | 1.18 | 1 | New | |
Pensioners | 16,674 | 0.73 | 0 | New | |
Meimad | 15,783 | 0.69 | 0 | New | |
Derekh Aretz | 4,253 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Or Movement | 4,182 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
Movement for Social Justice | 3,222 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
Yishai – Tribal Israel Together | 2,947 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
Movement for Moshavim | 2,838 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
Tarshish | 1,654 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Silent Power | 1,579 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Movement for Demobilised Soldiers | 1,018 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Yemenite Association | 909 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Unity | 446 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,283,123 | 100.00 | 120 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,283,123 | 99.03 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 22,444 | 0.97 | |||
Total votes | 2,305,567 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,894,267 | 79.66 | |||
Source: IDI, Nohlen et al. |
Aftermath
Likud's Yitzhak Shamir formed the twenty-third government on 22 December 1988, including the Alignment, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah in his coalition, with 25 ministers.
In 1990
Several defections occurred during the Knesset term; five members of Likud left to form the Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea. After two of them returned, the party was renamed the New Liberal Party. Yitzhak Peretz left Shas and established Moria. Eliezer Mizrahi left Agudat Yisrael and established Geulat Yisrael. Efraim Gur left the Alignment to establish Unity for Peace and Immigration, which later merged into Likud.
The Twelfth Knesset saw the rise of the ultra-orthodox religious parties as a significant force in Israeli politics, and as a crucial "swing" element which could determine which of the large two secular parties (Likud, Alignment) would get to form the coalition government. Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui merged into Meretz, while Black Panthers broke away from Hadash.
Notes
References
- ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ "עימות בחירות 1988". YouTube.
External links
- Historical overview of the Twelfth Knesset Knesset website (in English)
- Election results Knesset website