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Elections for the 21st Knesset
Israel
← 2015 9 April 2019
Party Leader Current seats
Likud Benjamin Netanyahu
Labor Avi Gabbay
Joint List Ayman Odeh
Yesh Atid Yair Lapid
Kulanu Moshe Kahlon
Shas Aryeh Deri
UTJ Yaakov Litzman
Jewish Home TBD
Hatnuah Tzipi Livni
Meretz Tamar Zandberg
Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman
New Right Naftali Bennett
Independent Orly Levy
Incumbent Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu
Likud

Elections for the twenty-first Knesset will be on 9 April 2019.[1]

Background

Avigdor Lieberman had opposed a draft law (supported by ultra-Orthodox parties) which would allow Torah students exemptions from serving in the IDF.[2] Meretz and Yesh Atid submitted a proposal on 12 March 2018 seeking the dissolution of the Knesset.[3] Early elections were averted at that point in time.[4]

Lieberman would eventually leave the government over the cease-fire with Hamas in Gaza.[5][6] This leaves the governing coalition with 61 seats (out of 120 in total).[7] The Jewish Home announced on 16 November that it will leave the government as Naftali Bennett (the head of the party) was not given Lieberman's former Defense Ministry post.[8] Reports were that Netanyahu wouldn't be giving the post to Bennett and was to meet with other coalition leaders on 18 November to determine a date for early election. [9] However, after further discussion, Bennett decided to stay on as education minister narrowly avoiding the collapse of the Netanyahu government again.[10] However, continued dysfunction over various issues, including the military service for the ultra-Orthodox, caused parliament to dissolve and early elections to be called for 9 April 2019.[11]

Electoral system

Further information: Elections in Israel

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 almost all cases, this is equivalent to a minimum party size of four seats, but on rare occasions a party can end up with three.[12]

Parties

For a more comprehensive list, see List of political parties in Israel.

The table below lists parties represented in the Knesset after the 2015 elections.

Name Ideology Leader 2015 result Current seats
Votes (%) Seats
style="background:Template:Likud/meta/color;"| Likud National liberalism, Economic liberalism, Zionism Benjamin Netanyahu 23.40%
30 / 120
30 / 120
style="background:Template:Zionist Union/meta/color;"| Zionist Union Social liberalism, Progressivism, Labor Zionism Avi Gabbay 18.67%
24 / 120
24 / 120
style="background:Template:Joint List/meta/color;"| Joint List Israeli Arab interests, Non-Zionism, Big-Tent Ayman Odeh 10.54%
13 / 120
13 / 120
style="background:Template:Yesh Atid/meta/color;"| Yesh Atid Liberal Zionism, Israeli secularism, Centrism Yair Lapid 8.81%
11 / 120
11 / 120
style="background:Template:Kulanu/meta/color;"| Kulanu Social liberalism, Economic egalitarianism, Liberal Zionism Moshe Kahlon 7.49%
10 / 120
10 / 120
style="background:Template:The Jewish Home/meta/color;"| The Jewish Home (Habayit Hayehudi) Religious Zionism, Settler interests Naftali Bennett 6.74%
8 / 120
8 / 120
style="background:Template:Shas/meta/color;"| Shas Populism, Sephardic and Mizrahi interests, Religious conservatism Aryeh Deri 5.73%
7 / 120
7 / 120
style="background:Template:United Torah Judaism/meta/color;"| United Torah Judaism Ashkenazi/Haredi interests, Orthodox Halacha, Religious conservatism Yaakov Litzman 5.03%
6 / 120
6 / 120
style="background:Template:Yisrael Beiteinu/meta/color;"| Yisrael Beiteinu Russian speakers' interests, National conservatism Avigdor Lieberman 5.11%
6 / 120
5 / 120
style="background:Template:Meretz/meta/color;"| Meretz Social democracy, Green politics Tamar Zandberg 3.93%
5 / 120
5 / 120
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent Orly Levy
N/A
1 / 120

Public expression of interest

Primary elections

Likud, Labor, Jewish Home and Meretz have systems in which the leadership and most candidates on their lists are elected in primary elections.

  • The Likud primary election was originally scheduled for 23 February 2016 following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal,[28] and later canceled by a party court on the basis that the Likud constitution did not require a vote when there was only one candidate.[29][30]
  • The Jewish Home held its leadership primaries on 27 April 2017; Naftali Bennett won with 80.3% of the vote, Yonatan Branski received 12.2%, and Yitzhak Zagha received 7.47%.[31]
  • The Labor Party held its leadership primaries on 10 July 2017; Avi Gabbay defeated Amir Peretz in the runoff, with Isaac Herzog being defeated during the first round of voting.[32]
  • Meretz held its leadership primaries on 22 March 2018; Tamar Zandberg won with 71% of the vote, Avi Buskila received 29%.[33]

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Israeli legislative election

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Netanyahu to meet with Lieberman over coalition crisis". Ynet News. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Meretz, Yesh Atid seek to dissolve the Knesset". Ynet News. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ "In last-minute deal, coalition okays compromise to dodge early elections". The Times of Israel. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (14 November 2018). "Explained // Defense Minister Resigns, Firing First Salvo of Israeli Elections. The Timing Couldn't Be Worse for Netanyahu". Haaretz. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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  7. ^ Marissa Newman. "As Liberman quits, looming draft law deadline puts Netanyahu under the gun". Times of Israel. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  8. ^ Raoul Wootliff. "Israel heads toward elections as Jewish Home says it will leave coalition". Times of Israel. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  9. ^ Oren Liebermann. "Israel heading for early elections after turbulent week for Netanyahu". CNN. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  10. ^ Felicia Schwartz; Dov Lieber. "Israeli Government Crisis Raises Fresh Doubts for U.S. Peace Plan". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  11. ^ Eglash, Ruth (24 December 2018). "Israel headed to elections as Netanyahu's coalition dissolves parliament". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  12. ^ "With Bader-Ofer method, not every ballot counts". The Jerusalem Post. 16 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Otzma Yehudit preparing for elections". Arutz Sheva. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Political Drama: Senior Israeli Ministers Launch New Right-wing Party". Haaretz. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Orly Levy-Abekasis forms her own party ahead of April elections". Jerusalem Post. 25 December 2018.
  16. ^ Jeremy Sharon (30 July 2018). "Adina Bar-Shalom registers new party, Ahi Yisraeli". The Jerusalem Post.
  17. ^ Gil Hoffman (23 December 2018). "Adina Bar-Shalom to head nascent Achi Israeli party". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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  20. ^ Israel, David (29 December 2018). "Bennett's, Shaked's 'New Right' Party to Challenge Netanyahu". Jewish Press. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Political Drama: Senior Israeli Ministers Launch New Right-wing Party". Haaretz. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  22. ^ "Anti-corruption protest leader forms new party ahead of elections". The Times Of Israel. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Uri Ariel to run again as chairman of National Union Party". The Jerusalem Post. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  24. ^ Raoul Wootliff (2 January 2019). "Former defense chief Ya'alon launches new political party, Telem". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  25. ^ "Israel Election: Ex-defense Minister Names New Party as Center-left Reels From Zionist Union Breakup". Haaretz. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  26. ^ "Former Israeli Defense Minister Ya'alon unveils new party name". JNS. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  27. ^ "New 'centrist' Arab party registers ahead of elections". The Times of Israel. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  28. ^ Lis, Jonathan (30 December 2015). "In Win for Netanyahu, Likud Votes for Early Primaries, Safeguarding His Leadership". Haaretz.
  29. ^ Lis, Jonathan (13 January 2016). "Likud Calls Off Leadership Vote: Netanyahu to Remain Party Head Through 2023". Haaretz. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  30. ^ "Netanyahu declared Likud leader for seventh term". The Jerusalem Post. 14 January 2016.
  31. ^ Wootliff, Raoul (28 April 2017). "Bennett wins sweeping victory in Jewish Home leadership race". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  32. ^ Kershner, Isabel (10 July 2017). "Israeli Labor Party Tries a New Leader: Gabbay, Self-Made Millionaire". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  33. ^ Hoffman, Gil (22 March 2018). "Meretz voters elect Tamar Zandberg as new leader". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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