1969 Israeli legislative election

none 1965 1973 28 October 1969 All 120 seats in the Knesset 61 81.66% ( 4.20pp) Israel Alignment (Israel) Golda Meir 56 63 46.21 Gahal Menachem Begin 26 26 21.66 National Religious Party Haim-Moshe Shapira 12 11 9.74 Agudat Yisrael Yitzhak-Meir Levin 4 4 3.22 Independent Liberals (Israel) Moshe Kol 4 5 3.21 National List David Ben-Gurion 4 new 3.12 Rakah Meir Vilner 3 3 2.84 Progress and Development Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 2 2 2.05 Poalei Agudat Yisrael Kalman Kahana 2 2 1.83 Cooperation and Brotherhood Diyab Obeid 2 2 1.46 HaOlam Hazeh Uri Avnery 2 1 1.23 Free Centre Shmuel Tamir 2 new 1.20 Maki (historical political party) Moshe Sneh 1 1 1.15 Golda Meir Alignment (Israel) Golda Meir Alignment (Israel) Prime Ministerthumb|alt=Counting of the election results|Counting of the election results thumb|alt=A voter in the elections|A voter in the elections thumb|alt=Entrance to a voting booth for the municipal elections, which were held simultaneously|Entrance to a voting booth for the municipal elections, which were held simultaneously 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%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p125 0-19-924958-X Parliament factions List of political parties in Israel The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 6th Knesset. Name Ideology Symbol Leader 1965 resultSeats at 1968dissolution Votes (%) Seats Labor Social democracyLabor Zionism את Golda Meir36.7% 45 120 Israeli Labor Party54 120 Israeli Labor Party Gahal National liberalism חל Menachem Begin21.3% 26 120 Gahal 20 120 Gahal Mafdal Religious Zionism ב Haim-Moshe Shapira8.9% 11 120 National Religious Party11 120 National Religious Party Rafi Social democracy כא Moshe Dayan7.9% 10 120 Rafi (political party)0 120 Rafi (political party) Mapam Labor ZionismSocialism מ Meir Ya'ari6.6% 8 120 Mapam8 120 Mapam Free Centre Liberalism ט Shmuel Tamir- 0 120 Free Centre6 120 Free Centre Independent Liberals Liberalism לע Moshe Kol3.8% 5 120 Independent Liberals (Israel)5 120 Independent Liberals (Israel) Agudat Yisrael Religious conservatism ג Yitzhak-Meir Levin3.3% 4 120 Agudat Yisrael4 120 Agudat Yisrael Rakah CommunismSocialism ו Meir Vilner2.3% 3 120 Maki (political party)3 120 Maki (political party) Poalei Agudat Yisrael Religious conservatism ד Kalman Kahana1.9% 2 120 Poalei Agudat Yisrael2 120 Poalei Agudat Yisrael Progress and Development Arab satellite list רא Seif el-Din el-Zoubi1.8% 2 120 #C613182 120 #C61318 Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers Arab satellite list יא Diyab Obeid1.3% 2 120 #C613182 120 #C61318 HaOlam HaZeh Progressivism ש Uri Avnery1.2% 1 120 Meri (political party)1 120 Meri (political party) Maki CommunismSocialism ק Shmuel Mikunis1.1% 1 120 Maki (historical political party)1 120 Maki (historical political party) National List Social liberalism עמ David Ben-Gurion- 0 120 National List1 120 National List Results File:1969 Knesset.svg Alignment 632035 56 −7 Gahal 296294 26 0 National Religious Party 133238 12 1 Agudat Yisrael 44002 4 0 Independent Liberals 43933 4 −1 National List 42654 4 New Rakah 38827 3 0 Progress and Development 28046 2 0 Poalei Agudat Yisrael 24968 2 0 Cooperation and Brotherhood 19943 2 0 HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash 16853 2 1 Free Centre 16393 2 New Maki 15712 1 0 List for the Land of Israel 7591 0 New Peace List 5138 0 0 Young Israel 2116 0 0 60238 0 1748710 Israel Democracy Institute Aftermath List of members of the seventh Knesset 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.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset References External links Historical overview of the Seventh Knesset Knesset en Election results Knesset The Seventh Knesset Knesset Israel Legislative election Category:Legislative elections in Israel Israel Israel Category:Golda Meir Category:Menachem Begin