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The extended period of political deadlock that led up to the election was the result of four inconclusive elections (April 2019, September 2019, 2020, and 2021).In April and September 2019, neither incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor leader of the main opposition party Blue and White, Benny Gantz, was able to muster a 61-seat governing majority, leading to fresh elections.
The 2022 Israeli legislative election was held using closed list proportional representation. Each party presented a list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee prior to the election. [ 1 ]
This graph shows the polling trends from the 2022 elections until the next election day using a 4-poll moving average. Scenario polls are not included here. For parties not crossing the electoral threshold (currently 3.25%) in any given poll, the number of seats is calculated as a percentage of the 120 total seats.
14 July 2022: Yomtob Kalfon: Yamina: Amichai Chikli: Chikli resigned from the Knesset in order to run on the Likud list in the 2022 Israeli legislative election [12] 2 August 2022: Michel Buskila: New Hope: Michal Shir: Shir resigned from the Knesset in order to run on the Yesh Atid list in the 2022 Israeli legislative election [13] 4 August ...
One Druze lawmaker, 29 women, 23 new MKs and three openly gay MKs were elected to the 25th Knesset. [3] The number of Arab MKs was the lowest in two decades with 10 MKs. [4] On 30 June 2024, the Israeli Labor Party announced plans to merge with Meretz to become The Democrats, [5] with Labor MKs expected to become MKs for the new party; the merger was approved on 12 July.
Voting booths are made available on Israeli ships. Elections are overseen by the Central Elections Committee, and are held according to the Knesset Elections Law. Israel was ranked 47th most electoral democratic country in the world and the most electoral democratic country in the Middle East according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023. [4] [5]
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [5] [6] The coalition government consists of seven parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist Party, New Hope and Noam — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of ...
In June 2019, incumbent leader of Meretz Tamar Zandberg was defeated by Nitzan Horowitz in a vote held by the party's conference ahead of a legislative election in September. [3] [4] Following his election, Horowitz formed an alliance with the Israel Democratic Party and the Green Party, named the Democratic Union. [5]