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Elections in Israel are based on nationwide proportional representation. The electoral threshold is currently set at 3.25%, [ 1 ] with the number of seats a party receives in the Knesset being proportional to the number of votes it receives.
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.
Per sections 8 and 9 of the Israeli quasi-constitutional Basic Law: Knesset, an election will typically be called approximately 4 years after the previous election, on the first or third Tuesday of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, depending on whether or not the previous year was a Jewish Leap Year.
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 23 March 2021 to elect the 120 members of the 24th Knesset.It was the fourth Knesset election in two years, amidst the continued political deadlock following the previous three elections in April 2019, September 2019 and 2020.
The 120 seats in the Knesset are elected by closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. The electoral threshold for the election is 3.25%. In most cases, this implies a minimum party size of four seats, but it is mathematically possible for a party to pass the electoral threshold and have only three seats (since 3.25% of 120 members = 3.9 members).
Indirect presidential elections were held in Israel on 2 June 2021. [1] The President of Israel is elected by members of the Knesset for a single seven-year term. Incumbent President Reuven Rivlin, [2] who had been in office since 24 July 2014, was ineligible for re-election. The presidency is a largely ceremonial position, wielding little real ...
The 120 seats in the Knesset are elected by closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. The electoral threshold for the election is 3.25%. In most cases, this implies a minimum party size of four seats, but it is mathematically possible for a party to pass the electoral threshold and have only three seats (since 3.25% of 120 members = 3.9 members).
0–9. 1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election; 1951 Israeli legislative election; 1955 Israeli legislative election; 1959 Israeli legislative election