Central Elections Committee of Israel

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election commission government body

The Central Elections Committee of Israel is the official body responsible for administering and overseeing national elections and ensuring they are conducted in accordance with Israeli law.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Israeli Central Elections Committee	3
Central Elections Committee of Israel canonical	1
Central Elections Committee of the Knesset	1
ועדת הבחירות המרכזית	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9959790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Elections Committee of Israel
Context triple: [Basic Law: The Knesset, bindingOn, Central Elections Committee of Israel]

A. Palestinian Central Elections Commission
The Palestinian Central Elections Commission is the independent body responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums in the Palestinian territories.
B. Knesset elections
Knesset elections are Israel’s nationwide parliamentary elections in which voters choose representatives to the country’s unicameral legislature.
C. Judicial Selection Committee of Israel
The Judicial Selection Committee of Israel is a statutory body that appoints judges to all levels of the Israeli court system, balancing influence among politicians, judges, and the legal profession.
D. Meretz
Meretz is a left-wing, social-democratic and green political party in Israel known for its advocacy of peace, civil rights, and social justice.
E. Israeli legislative election, 1959
The Israeli legislative election of 1959 was a national parliamentary vote that determined the composition of the Knesset during Israel’s early statehood period.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Elections Committee of Israel
Target entity description: The Central Elections Committee of Israel is the official body responsible for administering and overseeing national elections and ensuring they are conducted in accordance with Israeli law.

A. Palestinian Central Elections Commission
The Palestinian Central Elections Commission is the independent body responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums in the Palestinian territories.
B. Knesset elections
Knesset elections are Israel’s nationwide parliamentary elections in which voters choose representatives to the country’s unicameral legislature.
C. Judicial Selection Committee of Israel
The Judicial Selection Committee of Israel is a statutory body that appoints judges to all levels of the Israeli court system, balancing influence among politicians, judges, and the legal profession.
D. Meretz
Meretz is a left-wing, social-democratic and green political party in Israel known for its advocacy of peace, civil rights, and social justice.
E. Israeli legislative election, 1959
The Israeli legislative election of 1959 was a national parliamentary vote that determined the composition of the Knesset during Israel’s early statehood period.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	election commission ⓘ government body ⓘ
abbreviation	CEC ⓘ Vaadat HaBechirot HaMerkazit ⓘ
appliesTo	Knesset elections ⓘ national elections ⓘ
canPetitionedBy	candidates ⓘ political parties ⓘ voters ⓘ
composition	representatives of Knesset factions ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
ensures	equal elections ⓘ free elections ⓘ proper conduct of elections ⓘ secret ballot ⓘ
establishedFor	management of Knesset elections ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	certification of final results ⓘ election procedures ⓘ vote counting procedures ⓘ
headedBy	a Supreme Court justice ⓘ
headTitle	Chairperson ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Israel ⓘ linked to: Israel
languageOfWork	Hebrew ⓘ
legalBasis	Basic Law: The Knesset ⓘ Knesset Elections Law ⓘ
location	Knesset, Jerusalem ⓘ linked to: Knesset building, Jerusalem
nativeName	ועדת הבחירות המרכזית ⓘ linked to: Central Elections Committee of Israel
nativeNameLanguage	hebrew ⓘ
oversightBy	Supreme Court of Israel ⓘ
reportsTo	Knesset ⓘ
responsibility	administering national elections ⓘ allocation of broadcasting time for election campaigns ⓘ counting of votes ⓘ disqualification of candidate lists under legal criteria ⓘ ensuring elections are conducted according to Israeli law ⓘ handling election complaints ⓘ overseeing national elections ⓘ publication of official election results ⓘ registration of candidate lists ⓘ regulation of election propaganda ⓘ supervision of polling stations ⓘ
scope	nationwide ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
supervises	District Election Committees ⓘ local polling committees ⓘ
typeOfElectionManaged	proportional representation elections ⓘ

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