The Greens (Israel)
The Greens הירוקים | |
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Leader | 1997-2011: Pe'er Visner |
Founded | 1997 |
Election symbol | |
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Website | |
www.green-party.co.il | |
The Greens (
History
The Greens were established in 1997.[1] In the 1999 Knesset elections the party received 0.4% of the vote, failing to win a seat. They received the same share of the vote in the 2003 elections.
In the 2006 elections, the party received 47,595 votes (1.52%). However, it was not enough to pass the 2% threshold, and they were ultimately the largest party not to obtain seats in the Knesset (Balad, with 72,066 votes, was the smallest party to obtain seats). Had the electoral threshold not been raised from 1.5% in 2003, they would have won seats.
Substantial gains in the 2008 municipal elections saw the Greens win over 50 seats across 22 municipalities. In Haifa, where former Green candidate Yona Yahav was re-elected for a second mayoral term, the Greens won four seats, while in Tel Aviv, where Green Party chair Pe'er Visner was deputy mayor, the Greens won three seats.[2]
The Greens campaigned intensively for the
In the 2013 elections the party's vote share dropped to 0.2%, and again to 0.07% in the 2015 elections.
Election results
Election | Votes | % | seats |
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1999 | 13,292 | 0.4 | 0 |
2003 | 12,833 | 0.41 | 0 |
2006 | 47,595 | 1.52 | 0 |
2009 | 12,378 | 0.37 | 0 |
2013 | 8,190 | 0.22 | 0 |
2015 | 2,992 | 0.07 | 0 |
References
- ^ The Greens Israel Democracy Institute
- ^ "מפלגת הירוקים ירתה את יריית הפתיחה לבחירות הארציות" [Green Party fired the opening salvo in national elections] (in Hebrew). The Greens. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2015.