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1969 Israeli legislative election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| previous_election | [1965](1965-israeli-legislative-election) |
| next_election | [1973](1973-israeli-legislative-election) |
| election_date | 28 October 1969 |
| seats_for_election | All 120 seats in the Knesset |
| majority_seats | 61 |
| turnout | 81.66% ( 4.20pp) |
| country | Israel |
| party1 | Alignment (Israel) |
| leader1 | Golda Meir |
| seats1 | 56 |
| last_election1 | 63 |
| percentage1 | 46.21 |
| party2 | Gahal |
| leader2 | Menachem Begin |
| seats2 | 26 |
| last_election2 | 26 |
| percentage2 | 21.66 |
| party3 | National Religious Party |
| leader3 | Haim-Moshe Shapira |
| seats3 | 12 |
| last_election3 | 11 |
| percentage3 | 9.74 |
| party4 | Agudat Yisrael |
| leader4 | Yitzhak-Meir Levin |
| seats4 | 4 |
| last_election4 | 4 |
| percentage4 | 3.22 |
| party5 | Independent Liberals (Israel) |
| leader5 | Moshe Kol |
| seats5 | 4 |
| last_election5 | 5 |
| percentage5 | 3.21 |
| party6 | National List |
| leader6 | David Ben-Gurion |
| seats6 | 4 |
| last_election6 | new |
| percentage6 | 3.12 |
| party7 | Rakah |
| leader7 | Meir Vilner |
| seats7 | 3 |
| last_election7 | 3 |
| percentage7 | 2.84 |
| party8 | Progress and Development |
| leader8 | Seif el-Din el-Zoubi |
| seats8 | 2 |
| last_election8 | 2 |
| percentage8 | 2.05 |
| party9 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| leader9 | Kalman Kahana |
| seats9 | 2 |
| last_election9 | 2 |
| percentage9 | 1.83 |
| party10 | Cooperation and Brotherhood |
| leader10 | Diyab Obeid |
| seats10 | 2 |
| last_election10 | 2 |
| percentage10 | 1.46 |
| party11 | HaOlam Hazeh |
| leader11 | Uri Avnery |
| seats11 | 2 |
| last_election11 | 1 |
| percentage11 | 1.23 |
| party12 | Free Centre |
| leader12 | Shmuel Tamir |
| seats12 | 2 |
| last_election12 | new |
| percentage12 | 1.20 |
| party13 | Maki (historical political party) |
| leader13 | Moshe Sneh |
| seats13 | 1 |
| last_election13 | 1 |
| percentage13 | 1.15 |
| before_election | Golda Meir |
| before_party | Alignment (Israel) |
| after_election | Golda Meir |
| after_party | Alignment (Israel) |
| title | Prime Minister |
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Legislative elections were held in Israel on 28 October 1969 to elect members of the seventh Knesset. The ruling Alignment coalition was returned to power with the largest number of seats ever won in an Israeli election (56 out of 120). This was attributed to the government's popularity following the country's victory in the Six-Day War, and that the Alignment had been formed by an alliance of the four most popular left-wing parties, who between them had received 51% of the vote in the previous elections in 1965. As a result, Golda Meir remained Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 82%.
Parliament factions
Main article: List of political parties in Israel
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 6th Knesset.
| Name | Ideology | Symbol | Leader | 1965 result | Seats at 1968 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dissolution | Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Israeli Labor Party}};" | Labor | Social democracy | ||||||
| Labor Zionism | Golda Meir | 36.7% | ||||||
| Gahal}};" | Gahal | National liberalism | Menachem Begin | 21.3% | ||||
| National Religious Party}};" | Mafdal | Religious Zionism | Haim-Moshe Shapira | 8.9% | ||||
| Rafi (political party)}};" | Rafi | Social democracy | Moshe Dayan | 7.9% | ||||
| Mapam}};" | Mapam | Labor Zionism | ||||||
| Socialism | Meir Ya'ari | 6.6% | ||||||
| Free Centre}};" | Free Centre | Liberalism | Shmuel Tamir | - | ||||
| Independent Liberals (Israel)}};" | Independent Liberals | Liberalism | Moshe Kol | 3.8% | ||||
| Agudat Yisrael}};" | Agudat Yisrael | Religious conservatism | Yitzhak-Meir Levin | 3.3% | ||||
| Maki (political party)}};" | Rakah | Communism | ||||||
| Socialism | Meir Vilner | 2.3% | ||||||
| Poalei Agudat Yisrael}};" | Poalei Agudat Yisrael | Religious conservatism | Kalman Kahana | 1.9% | ||||
| Progress and Development | Arab satellite list | Seif el-Din el-Zoubi | 1.8% | |||||
| Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers | Arab satellite list | Diyab Obeid | 1.3% | |||||
| Meri (political party)}};" | HaOlam HaZeh | Progressivism | Uri Avnery | 1.2% | ||||
| Maki (historical political party)}};" | Maki | Communism | ||||||
| Socialism | Shmuel Mikunis | 1.1% | ||||||
| National List}};" | National List | Social liberalism | David Ben-Gurion | - |
Results
Aftermath
Golda Meir of the Alignment formed the fifteenth government, a national unity government including Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood. There were 24 ministers. Gahal resigned from the coalition on 6 August 1970 after the government had decided to adopt the Rogers Plan.
The seventh Knesset was one of the most stable, with only three MKs changing parties; Meir Avizohar left the National List in 1972 to sit as an independent, before joining the Alignment the following year; Avner Shaki left the National Religious Party in 1972 and sat as an independent; and Shalom Cohen left HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash in 1972.
References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p125 {{ISBN. 0-19-924958-X
- [https://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionHistoryAll_eng.asp Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups] Knesset
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