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 5

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Israeli legislative election, 1969 → previousElection → Israeli legislative election, 1965 ⓘ