Israeli legislative election, 1973

E431756

The Israeli legislative election of 1973 was a national parliamentary vote held shortly after the Yom Kippur War to choose members of the Knesset and reshape Israel’s political landscape in its aftermath.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Israeli legislative election, 1973 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
aim to elect all members of the 8th Knesset ⓘ
context aftermath of the Yom Kippur War ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
electionDate 1973-12-31 ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single nationwide constituency ⓘ
electoralThreshold 1% of the national vote ⓘ
followedBy political crisis and Golda Meir's resignation in 1974 ⓘ
forLegislature 8th Knesset ⓘ
linked to: Eighth Knesset
forOffice Knesset ⓘ
governmentFormedAfterElection Golda Meir's fourth government ⓘ
heldShortlyAfter Yom Kippur War ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials Hebrew ⓘ
largestParty Alignment (Israeli political party alliance) ⓘ
leaderOfLargestParty Golda Meir ⓘ
leaderOfMajorOppositionParty Menachem Begin ⓘ
mainIssue conduct and consequences of the Yom Kippur War ⓘ
government accountability ⓘ
national security ⓘ
mainWinner Alignment (Israeli political party alliance) ⓘ
majorOppositionParty Likud ⓘ
linked to: Likud party
nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1977 ⓘ
notableFeature first Knesset election contested by Likud ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 120 ⓘ
oversawBy Israeli Central Elections Committee ⓘ
previousElection Israeli legislative election, 1969 ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Golda Meir ⓘ
resultedIn continuation of Labor-led government ⓘ
seatAllocationMethod D'Hondt method ⓘ
linked to: d’Hondt method
seatCount_AgudatYisrael 3 ⓘ
seatCount_Alignment 51 ⓘ
seatCount_ArabListForBedouinsAndVillagers 1 ⓘ
seatCount_CenterList 3 ⓘ
seatCount_IndependentLiberalParty 4 ⓘ
seatCount_Likud 39 ⓘ
seatCount_Moked 1 ⓘ
seatCount_NationalReligiousParty 10 ⓘ
seatCount_PoaleiAgudatYisrael 2 ⓘ
seatCount_ProgressAndDevelopment 2 ⓘ
seatCount_Rakah 4 ⓘ
seatCount_ReligiousTorahFront 2 ⓘ
totalValidVotes approximately 2,000,000 ⓘ
turnoutChangeFromPreviousElection -4.1 percentage points ⓘ
voterTurnout 78.6% ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
year 1973 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mapam → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1973 ⓘ
Israeli legislative election, 1969 → nextElection → Israeli legislative election, 1973 ⓘ