Knesset Elections

REFERENCE TABLE 1 · ELECTIONS

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Knesset elections

Dates of every Knesset election, the largest list and the seats it won, and who became prime minister.

DATE NO. LARGEST LIST SEATS OUTCOME

1949 Jan 25 Mapai David Ben-Gurion

1951 Jul 30 Mapai David Ben-Gurion

1955 Jul 26 Mapai Ben-Gurion returns on Nov 3, 1955

1959 Nov 3 Mapai David Ben-Gurion

1961 Aug 15 Mapai David Ben-Gurion, then Levi Eshkol from Jun 26, 1963

1965 Nov 2 Alignment Levi Eshkol

1969 Oct 28 Alignment Golda Meir

1973 Dec 31 Alignment Golda Meir, then Yitzhak Rabin from Jun 3, 1974

1977 May 17 9 Likud Menachem Begin, the first Likud government

1981 Jun 30 Likud Menachem Begin, then Yitzhak Shamir from Oct 10, 1983

1984 Jul 23 Alignment Unity government: Shimon Peres, then Yitzhak Shamir from Oct 20, 1986

1988 Nov 1 Likud Yitzhak Shamir, unity government

1992 Jun 23 Labor Yitzhak Rabin

1996 May 29 14 Labor 34, Likud 32 Benjamin Netanyahu wins the first direct vote for prime minister, narrowly beating Shimon Peres

1999 May 17 15 One Israel Ehud Barak wins the direct vote for prime minister

2001 Feb 6 special Prime minister only Ariel Sharon beats Ehud Barak

2003 Jan 28 Likud Ariel Sharon

2006 Mar 28 Kadima Ehud Olmert

2009 Feb 10 Kadima 28, Likud 27 Benjamin Netanyahu forms the government

2013 Jan 22 Likud Beiteinu Benjamin Netanyahu

2015 Mar 17 Likud Benjamin Netanyahu

2019 Apr 9 Likud and Blue and White

each

No government formed, new election called

2019 Sep 17 Blue and White No government formed, Likud won 32

2020 Mar 2 Likud Netanyahu and Benny Gantz form a unity government on May 17, 2020

2021 Mar 23 Likud Naftali Bennett, with Yair Lapid as alternate, from Jun 13, 2021

2022 Nov 1 Likud Benjamin Netanyahu from Dec 29, 2022

2026 Oct 27 Scheduled Election date set by the Knesset

The 1996, 1999 and 2001 votes included a direct ballot for prime minister.

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