1988 Israeli legislative election

Elections for the 12th Knesset
Israel
← 1984 1 November 1988 1992 →
All 120 seats in the Knesset
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.7% (Increase 0.9 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Likud Yitzhak Shamir 31.1 40 −1
Alignment Shimon Peres 30.0 39 −5
Shas Yitzhak Haim Peretz 4.7 6 +2
Agudat Yisrael Moshe Ze'ev Feldman 4.5 5 +3
Ratz Shulamit Aloni 4.3 5 +2
Mafdal Avner Hai Shaki 3.9 5 +1
Hadash Meir Wilner 3.7 4 0
Tehiya Yuval Ne'eman 3.1 3
Mapam Yair Tzaban 2.5 3
Tzomet Rafael Eitan 2.0 2
Moledet Rehavam Ze'evi 1.9 2 New
Centre-Shinui Amnon Rubinstein 1.7 2 −1
Degel HaTorah Avraham Ravitz 1.5 2 New
PLFP Mohammed Miari 1.5 1 −1
Mada Abdulwahab Darawshe 1.2 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Yitzhak Shamir
Likud		 Yitzhak Shamir
Likud		Yitzhak Shamir

Elections for the 12th Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November 1988. Voter turnout was 79.7%.[1]

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