1973 Israeli legislative election

1973 Israeli legislative election
Israel
← 1969 31 December 1973 1977 →

All 120 seats in the Knesset
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.58% (Decrease 3.08pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Alignment Golda Meir 39.65 51 −5
Likud Menachem Begin 30.21 39 +7
Mafdal Yosef Burg 8.32 10 −2
Religious Torah Front Shlomo Lorincz 3.83 5 −1
Independent Liberals Moshe Kol 3.61 4 0
Rakah Meir Vilner 3.41 4 +1
Ratz Shulamit Aloni 2.24 3 New
Progress and Development Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 1.44 2 0
Moked Meir Pa'il 1.41 1 0
Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers Hamad Abu Rabia 1.05 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Golda Meir
Alignment
Golda Meir
Alignment

Legislative elections were held in Israel on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 79%.[1] The election was postponed for two months because of the Yom Kippur War.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p125 ISBN 0-19-924958-X