1955 Israeli legislative election
Elections for the third Knesset
Elections for the 3rd Knesset
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26 July 1955
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Turnout
82.8%
Party
Leader
Vote %
Seats
+/–
Mapai
David Ben-Gurion
32.2
40
−5
Herut
Menachem Begin
12.6
15
+7
General Zionists
Israel Rokach
10.2
13
−7
National Religious Front
Haim-Moshe Shapira
9.1
11
+1
Ahdut HaAvoda
Yitzhak Tabenkin
8.2
10
New
Mapam
Meir Ya'ari
7.3
9
−6
Religious Torah Front
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
4.7
6
+1
Maki
Shmuel Mikunis
4.5
6
+1
Progressive Party
Pinchas Rosen
4.4
5
+1
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs
Seif el-Din el-Zoubi
1.8
2
−1
Progress and Work
Salah-Hassan Hanifes
1.5
2
+1
Agriculture and Development
Faras Hamdan
1.1
1
0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister
before
Prime Minister after
Moshe Sharett
Mapai
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Prime minister
Moshe Sharett
votes
Elections for the third Knesset were held in
Israel
on 26 July 1955. Voter turnout was 82.8%.
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Dieter Nohlen
, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001)
Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I
, p124
ISBN
0-19-924958-X