1959 Israeli legislative election

















Elections for the 4th Knesset

Israel





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 3 November 1959
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Turnout 81.5%





























































































Party
 Leader
%
 Seats
±

Mapai
David Ben-Gurion
38.2%
47
+7

Herut
Menachem Begin
13.5%
17
+2

Mafdal
Haim-Moshe Shapira
9.9%
12
+1

Mapam
Meir Ya'ari
7.2%
9
0

General Zionists
Yosef Sapir
6.2%
8
-5

Ahdut HaAvoda
Yisrael Galili
6.0%
7
-3

Religious Torah Front
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
4.7%
6
0

Progressive Party
Pinchas Rosen
4.6%
6
+1

Maki

Shmuel Mikunis
2.8%
3
-3

Progress and Development
Ahmed A-Dahar
1.3%
2
New

Cooperation and Brotherhood
Labib Abu Rokan
1.1%
2
New

Agriculture and Development

Mahmud Al-Nashaf
1.1%
1
0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.











Prime Minister before		 Prime Minister after

David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai


Elections for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November 1959. Voter turnout was 81.5%.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Election campaign


  • 3 Results


  • 4 The Fourth Knesset


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Background



Election campaign



Results








































































































































































































Party
 Votes
 %
 Seats
 +/−
Mapai 370,585 38.2 47 +7
Herut 130,515 13.5 17 +2
National Religious Party 95,581 9.9 12 +1
Mapam 69,468 7.2 9 0

General Zionists ¹		 59,700 6.2 8 −5
Ahdut HaAvoda 58,043 6.0 7 −3

Religious Torah Front ²		 45,569 4.7 6 0

Progressive Party ¹		 44,889 4.6 6 +1
Maki 27,374 2.8 3 −3
Progress and Development 12,347 1.3 2 New
Cooperation and Brotherhood 11,104 1.1 2 New
Agriculture and Development 10,902 1.1 1 0

Union of North African Immigrants 8,199 0.8 0 New
Progress and Work 4,651 0.5 0 −2
Independent Faction for Israeli Arabs 3,818 0.4 0 New
Israeli Arab Labour Party 3,369 0.3 0 New
Sephardi National Party 3,133 0.3 0 New
National Union 2,456 0.2 0 0
Holocaust Handicapped and Injured Faction 1,765 0.2 0 New
Yemenite Faction 1,711 0.2 0 0
Independents 1,611 0.2 0 New
Socialist Union (Bund) 1,322 0.1 0 New
New Immigrants Front 631 0.1 0 0
Third Power 594 0.1 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 24,967 – – –
Total 994,306 100 120
0
Source: Nohlen et al.

¹ The General Zionists and the Progressive Party merged to form the Liberal Party.


² The Religious Torah Front split into its two constituent parts, Agudat Yisrael (four seats) and Poalei Agudat Yisrael (two seats).



The Fourth Knesset


See also: List of members of the fourth Knesset

The fourth Knesset started with David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party forming the ninth government on 17 December 1959. His coalition included the National Religious Party, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, the Progressive Party and the three Israeli Arab parties, Progress and Development, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Agriculture and Development. The government had 16 ministers. Mapai's Kadish Luz became the Speaker of the Knesset.


The government collapsed when Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 January 1961, over a motion of no-confidence brought by Herut and the General Zionists concerning the Lavon Affair. After Ben-Gurion was unable to form a new government new elections were called. At only one year and nine months, the fourth Knesset is the shortest Knesset term to date.



References





  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p124 .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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External links




  • Historical overview of the Fourth Knesset Knesset website


  • Elections to the Fourth Knesset Knesset website


  • Factional and Government Make-Up of the Fourth Knesset Knesset website








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