1961 Israeli legislative election

1961 Israeli legislative election
Israel
← 1959 15 August 1961 1965 →
Turnout81.57% (Decrease 0.03 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Mapai David Ben-Gurion 34.69 42 −5
Herut Menachem Begin 13.76 17 0
Liberal Pinchas Rosen 13.63 17 +3
Mafdal Haim-Moshe Shapira 9.81 12 0
Mapam Meir Ya'ari 7.51 9 0
Ahdut HaAvoda Yisrael Galili 6.57 8 +1
Maki Shmuel Mikunis 4.18 5 +2
Agudat Yisrael Yitzhak-Meir Levin 3.69 4
PAI Kalman Kahana 1.93 2
Cooperation and Brotherhood Diyab Obeid 1.92 2 0
Progress and Development Ahmed A-Dahar 1.59 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai		 David Ben-Gurion
Mapai

Elections for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 81.6%.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p124 ISBN 0-19-924958-X