Israeli legislative election, 1965

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The Israeli legislative election of 1965 was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped Israel’s political landscape, notably featuring new party alignments and splits within the dominant labor movement.

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Israeli legislative election, 1965 canonical 4

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instanceOf Israeli legislative election
legislative election
alignmentComponents Ahdut HaAvoda
Mapai
coalitionPartners Alignment
Independent Liberals
Mapam
National Religious Party
country Israel
date 1965-11-02
electoralBody Knesset
electoralThreshold 1% of valid votes
governmentOutcome continuation of Labor-led coalition
largestParty Alignment
largestPartySeats 46
largestPartyVoteShare about 36.7%
leaderOfLargestParty Levi Eshkol
legislatureTerm Sixth Knesset
linked to: 6th Knesset
mainOutcome Alignment remained largest party
majorPoliticalChange creation of the Alignment alliance
realignment within Israeli left
split in Mapai leading to formation of Rafi
nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1969
notableAlliance Alignment
notableNewParty Rafi
notableNewPartyLeader David Ben-Gurion
notableNewPartySeats 10
notableOppositionParty Gahal
Herut–Liberal bloc (Gahal)
linked to: Likud party

Rafi
parliamentNumber Sixth Knesset
linked to: 6th Knesset
politicalContext period of Mapai dominance and internal splits
pre–Six-Day War regional tensions
previousElection Israeli legislative election, 1961
primeMinisterAfterElection Levi Eshkol
primeMinisterAfterParty Alignment
primeMinisterBeforeElection Levi Eshkol
primeMinisterBeforeParty Mapai / Alignment
linked to: Mapai
resultingLegislature Sixth Knesset
linked to: 6th Knesset
scope national
secondLargestParty Gahal
secondLargestPartyLeader Menachem Begin
secondLargestPartySeats 26
thirdLargestParty National Religious Party
thirdLargestPartySeats 11
totalSeats 120
turnout about 85% of eligible voters
typeOfElection parliamentary
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
year 1965

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Rafi participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1965
Mapam participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1965
Gahal participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1965
Israeli legislative election, 1961 nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1965