1984 Israeli legislative election

Elections for the 11th Knesset
Israel
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All 120 seats in the Knesset
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.8% (Increase 0.3 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Alignment Shimon Peres 34.9 44 −3
Likud Yitzhak Shamir 31.9 41 −7
Tehiya-Tzomet Yuval Ne'eman 4.0 5 +2
Mafdal Yosef Burg 3.5 4 −2
Hadash Meir Vilner 3.4 4 0
Shas Yitzhak Peretz 3.1 4 New
Shinui Amnon Rubinstein 2.7 3 +1
Ratz Shulamit Aloni 2.4 3 +2
Yahad Ezer Weizman 2.2 3 New
PLFP Mohammed Miari 1.8 2 New
Agudat Yisrael Avraham Yosef Shapira 1.7 2 −2
Morasha Haim Drukman 1.6 2 New
Tami Aharon Abuhatzira 1.5 1 −2
Kach Meir Kahane 1.2 1 +1
Ometz Yigal Hurvitz 1.2 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Yitzhak Shamir
Likud
Shimon Peres
Alignment

Legislative elections were held in Israel on 23 July 1984 to elect the eleventh Knesset. Voter turnout was 78.8%.[1] The results saw the Alignment return to being the largest party in the Knesset, a status it had lost in 1977. However, the party could not form a government with any of the smaller parties, resulting in a grand coalition government with Likud, with both party leaders, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir, holding the post of Prime Minister for two years each.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p127 ISBN 0-19-924958-X