2013 Israeli legislative election

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The 2013 Israeli legislative election was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped Israel’s political landscape, elevating new centrist forces while significantly weakening several established parties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli legislative election ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ
campaignCharacteristic debate over ultra-Orthodox military conscription ⓘ
focus on middle-class economic concerns ⓘ
coalitionPartners Hatnua ⓘ
Likud Yisrael Beiteinu ⓘ
The Jewish Home ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Home

Yesh Atid ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
electionDate 2013-01-22 ⓘ
electoralBody Knesset ⓘ
electoralLaw closed-list proportional representation with national party lists ⓘ
electoralThreshold 2% ⓘ
governmentFormed Third Netanyahu Government ⓘ
leaderOfLeadingParty Benjamin Netanyahu ⓘ
leadingParty Likud Yisrael Beiteinu ⓘ
legislatureTerm 19th Knesset ⓘ
location State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
mainIssue Iranian nuclear program ⓘ
cost of living ⓘ
economy ⓘ
settlement policy ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
nextElection 2015 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
notableOutcome rise of Yesh Atid as major centrist party ⓘ
significant weakening of Kadima ⓘ
strengthening of religious-nationalist Jewish Home ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 120 ⓘ
partOf Israeli parliamentary elections ⓘ
previousElection 2009 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Benjamin Netanyahu ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Benjamin Netanyahu ⓘ
reasonForEarlyElection failure to pass 2013 state budget ⓘ
seatsWonByHadash 4 ⓘ
seatsWonByHatnua 6 ⓘ
seatsWonByJewishHome 12 ⓘ
seatsWonByKadima 2 ⓘ
seatsWonByLabor 15 ⓘ
seatsWonByLikudYisraelBeiteinu 31 ⓘ
seatsWonByMeretz 6 ⓘ
seatsWonByShas 11 ⓘ
seatsWonByUnitedArabListBalad 7 ⓘ
seatsWonByUnitedTorahJudaism 7 ⓘ
seatsWonByYeshAtid 19 ⓘ
triggerForElection dissolution of the 18th Knesset ⓘ
typeOfElection parliamentary election ⓘ
voterTurnout about 67.8% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange increase compared to 2009 election ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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

Kadima → lostMostSeatsIn → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
2009 Israeli legislative election → nextElection → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
Likud–Yisrael Beiteinu → participatedIn → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
Benny Begin → electedIn → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
Hatnua → participatedInElection → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
Second Netanyahu Government → reasonForEnd → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ
Yisrael Beiteinu → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 2013 ⓘ
linked to: 2013 Israeli legislative election
2015 Israeli legislative election → previousElection → 2013 Israeli legislative election ⓘ