1965 Israeli legislative election

1965 Israeli legislative election
Israel
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All 120 seats in the Knesset
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.86% (Increase 4.29pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Labor Alignment Levi Eshkol 36.74 45 −5
Gahal Menachem Begin 21.29 26 −8
Mafdal Haim-Moshe Shapira 8.95 11 −1
Rafi David Ben-Gurion 7.90 10 New
Mapam Meir Ya'ari 6.63 8 −1
Independent Liberals Pinchas Rosen 3.75 5 New
Agudat Yisrael Yitzhak-Meir Levin 3.30 4 0
Rakah Meir Vilner 2.27 3 New
PAI Kalman Kahana 1.83 2 0
Progress and Development Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 1.36 2 0
Cooperation and Brotherhood Diyab Obeid 1.36 2 0
HaOlam HaZeh Uri Avnery 1.17 1 New
Maki Shmuel Mikunis 1.13 1 −4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Levi Eshkol
Mapai
Levi Eshkol
Alignment

Elections for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 2 November 1965.[1][2] Voter turnout was 85.9%.[3]

  1. ^ Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson, ed. A History of the Jewish People (Harvard University Press, 1976) p1092
  2. ^ "Labor Leads Israeli Election", Montreal Gazette, 3 November 1965, p1
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p124 ISBN 0-19-924958-X