1969 Israeli legislative election
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{{Infobox legislative election
| previous_election = 1965
| next_election = 1973
| election_date = 28 October 1969
| seats_for_election = All 120 seats in the Knesset
| majority_seats = 61
| turnout = 81.66% ({{decrease}} 4.20pp)
| country = Israel
| party1 = Alignment (political party)
| leader1 = Golda Meir
| seats1 = 56
| last_election1 = 63
| percentage1 = 46.21
| party2 = Gahal
| leader2 = Menachem Begin
| seats2 = 26
| last_election2 = 26
| percentage2 = 21.66
| party3 = National Religious Party
| leader3 = {{nowrap|Haim-Moshe Shapira}}
| seats3 = 12
| last_election3 = 11
| percentage3 = 9.74
| party4 = Agudat Yisrael
| leader4 = Yitzhak-Meir Levin
| seats4 = 4
| last_election4 = 4
| percentage4 = 3.22
| party5 = Independent Liberals (Israel)
| leader5 = Moshe Kol
| seats5 = 4
| last_election5 = 5
| percentage5 = 3.21
| party6 = National List
| leader6 = David Ben-Gurion
| seats6 = 4
| last_election6 = new
| percentage6 = 3.12
| party7 = Rakah
| leader7 = Meir Vilner
| seats7 = 3
| last_election7 = 3
| percentage7 = 2.84
| party8 = Progress and Development
| leader8 = Seif el-Din el-Zoubi
| seats8 = 2
| last_election8 = 2
| percentage8 = 2.05
| party9 = Poalei Agudat Yisrael
| leader9 = Kalman Kahana
| seats9 = 2
| last_election9 = 2
| percentage9 = 1.83
| party10 = Cooperation and Brotherhood
| leader10 = Diyab Obeid
| seats10 = 2
| last_election10 = 2
| percentage10 = 1.46
| party11 = Meri (political party)
| leader11 = Uri Avnery
| seats11 = 2
| last_election11 = 1
| percentage11 = 1.23
| party12 = Free Centre
| leader12 = Shmuel Tamir
| seats12 = 2
| last_election12 = new
| percentage12 = 1.20
| party13 = Maki (historical political party)
| leader13 = Moshe Sneh
| seats13 = 1
| last_election13 = 1
| percentage13 = 1.15
| before_election = Golda Meir
| before_party = Alignment
| after_election = Golda Meir
| after_party = Alignment
| title = Prime Minister
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Legislative elections were held in Israel on 28 October 1969 to elect members of the seventh Knesset. The ruling Alignment coalition was returned to power with the largest number of seats ever won in an Israeli election (56 out of 120). This was attributed to the government's popularity following the country's victory in the Six-Day War, and that the Alignment had been formed by an alliance of the four most popular left-wing parties, who between them had received 51% of the vote in the previous elections in 1965. As a result, Golda Meir remained Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 82%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p125 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}
Parliament factions
{{main list|List of political parties in Israel}}
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 6th Knesset.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan=2| Name
! rowspan="2"| Ideology
! rowspan="2"| Symbol
! rowspan="2"| Leader
! colspan="2"| 1965 result
! rowspan="2" |Seats at 1968
dissolution
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Israeli Labor Party}};"|
| Labor
| Social democracy
Labor Zionism
| {{Script/Hebrew|את}}
| style="text-align:center;"|36.7%
| {{Composition bar|45|120|{{party color|Israeli Labor Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|54|120|{{party color|Israeli Labor Party}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Gahal}};"|
| Gahal
| {{Script/Hebrew|חל}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=1|21.3%
| {{Composition bar|26|120|{{party color|Gahal}}}}
| {{Composition bar|20|120|{{party color|Gahal}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|National Religious Party}};"|
| Mafdal
| {{Script/Hebrew|ב}}
| style="text-align:center;"|8.9%
| {{Composition bar|11|120|{{party color|National Religious Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|11|120|{{party color|National Religious Party}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Rafi (political party)}};"|
| Rafi
| {{Script/Hebrew|כא}}
| style="text-align:center;"|7.9%
| {{Composition bar|10|120|{{party color|Rafi (political party)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Rafi (political party)}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Mapam}};"|
| Mapam
| {{Script/Hebrew|מ}}
| style="text-align:center;"|6.6%
| {{Composition bar|8|120|{{party color|Mapam}}}}
|{{Composition bar|8|120|{{party color|Mapam}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Free Centre}};"|
| {{Script/Hebrew|ט}}
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Free Centre}}}}
|{{Composition bar|6|120|{{party color|Free Centre}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent Liberals (Israel)}};"|
| {{Script/Hebrew|לע}}
| style="text-align:center;"|3.8%
| {{Composition bar|5|120|{{party color|Independent Liberals (Israel)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|5|120|{{party color|Independent Liberals (Israel)}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Agudat Yisrael}};"|
| {{Script/Hebrew|ג}}
| style="text-align:center;"|3.3%
| {{Composition bar|4|120|{{party color|Agudat Yisrael}}}}
|{{Composition bar|4|120|{{party color|Agudat Yisrael}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Maki (political party)}};"|
| Rakah
| {{Script/Hebrew|ו}}
| style="text-align:center;"|2.3%
| {{Composition bar|3|120|{{party color|Maki (political party)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|3|120|{{party color|Maki (political party)}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Poalei Agudat Yisrael}};"|
| {{Script/Hebrew|ד}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1.9%
| {{Composition bar|2|120|{{party color|Poalei Agudat Yisrael}}}}
|{{Composition bar|2|120|{{party color|Poalei Agudat Yisrael}}}}
|-
| style="background:#C61318;"|
| {{Script/Hebrew|רא}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1.8%
| {{Composition bar|2|120|#C61318}}
|{{Composition bar|2|120|#C61318}}
|-
| style="background:#C61318;"|
| Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers
| {{Script/Hebrew|יא}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1.3%
| {{Composition bar|2|120|#C61318}}
|{{Composition bar|2|120|#C61318}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Meri (political party)}};"|
| Meri
| {{Script/Hebrew|ש}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1.2%
| {{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|Meri (political party)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|Meri (political party)}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Maki (historical political party)}};"|
| Maki
| {{Script/Hebrew|ק}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1.1%
| {{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|Maki (historical political party)}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|Maki (historical political party)}}}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|National List}};"|
| {{Script/Hebrew|עמ}}
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|National List}}}}
|{{Composition bar|1|120|{{party color|National List}}}}
|-
|}
Results
{{Election results
|image=File:1969 Knesset.svg
|party1=Alignment|votes1=632035|seats1=56|sc1=−7
|party2=Gahal|votes2=296294|seats2=26|sc2=0
|party3=National Religious Party|votes3=133238|seats3=12|sc3=1
|party4=Agudat Yisrael|votes4=44002|seats4=4|sc4=0
|party5=Independent Liberals|votes5=43933|seats5=4|sc5=−1
|party6=National List|votes6=42654|seats6=4|sc6=New
|party7=Rakah|votes7=38827|seats7=3|sc7=0
|party8=Progress and Development|votes8=28046|seats8=2|sc8=0
|party9=Poalei Agudat Yisrael|votes9=24968|seats9=2|sc9=0
|party10=Cooperation and Brotherhood|votes10=19943|seats10=2|sc10=0
|party11=HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash|votes11=16853|seats11=2|sc11=1
|party12=Free Centre|votes12=16393|seats12=2|sc12=New
|party13=Maki|votes13=15712|seats13=1|sc13=0
|party15=List for the Land of Israel|votes15=7591|seats15=0|sc15=New
|party16=Peace List|votes16=5138|seats16=0|sc16=0
|party17=Young Israel|votes17=2116|seats17=0|sc17=0
|invalid=60238
|total_sc=0
|electorate=1748710
|source=[https://en.idi.org.il/israeli-elections-and-parties/elections/1969/ Israel Democracy Institute]
}}
Aftermath
{{see also|List of members of the seventh Knesset}}
Golda Meir of the Alignment formed the fifteenth government, a national unity government including Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood. There were 24 ministers. Gahal resigned from the coalition on 6 August 1970 after the government had decided to adopt the Rogers Plan.
The seventh Knesset was one of the most stable, with only three MKs changing parties; Meir Avizohar left the National List in 1972 to sit as an independent, before joining the Alignment the following year; Avner Shaki left the National Religious Party in 1972 and sat as an independent; and Shalom Cohen left HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash in 1972.[https://www.knesset.gov.il/faction/eng/FactionHistoryAll_eng.asp Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups] Knesset
References
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External links
- [https://www.knesset.gov.il/review/ReviewPage.aspx?kns=7&lng=3 Historical overview of the Seventh Knesset] Knesset {{in lang|en}}
- [https://www.knesset.gov.il/description/eng/eng_mimshal_res7.htm Election results] Knesset
- [https://www.knesset.gov.il/history/eng/eng_hist7_s.htm The Seventh Knesset] Knesset
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