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Party	Votes	% of vote	Seats at start of session	Seats at end of session
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	Topics Israeli legislative election, 1961 Topic Home Elections Elections in Israel Israel elects its national legislature, the Knesset, by proportional representation on a national list basis. The Knesset has 120 members, elected for terms of four years.... for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel Israel Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%. le class="wikitable" style="text-align:center">
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968.... ¹	349,330	34.7%	42	34
Herut Herut Herut was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent to Revisionist Zionism.... ²	138,599	13.8%	17	0
Liberal Party Liberal Party (Israel) The Israeli Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud.... ²	137,599	13.6%	17	0
National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	98,786	9.8%	12	12
Mapam Mapam Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....	75,654	7.5%	9	9
Ahdut HaAvoda Ahdut HaAvoda Ahdut HaAvoda was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Israeli Labor Party....	66,170	6.6%	8	8
Maki Maki (historical political party) Maki was a Communist party List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki , which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name.... ³	42,111	4.2%	5	3
Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine....	37,178	3.7%	4	4
Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym ....	19,428	1.9%	2	2
Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	19,342	1.9%	2	2
Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	16,034	1.6%	2	2
Non-qualifiers Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	6,733	0.7%
Total	1,006,964	100%	120	120

Gahal Gahal Gahal was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973.... ²
0	27
Rafi ¹
0	8
Independent Liberals Independent Liberals (Israel) The Independent Liberals were a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and are one of the ancestors of the modern-day Labor Party .... ²
0	7
Rakah ³
0	2

¹ Rafi broke away from Mapai

² Herut and the Liberal Party merged to form Gahal.

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Elections
Elections in Israel

Israel elects its national legislature, the Knesset, by proportional representation on a national list basis. The Knesset has 120 members, elected for terms of four years....
for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	% of vote	Seats at start of session	Seats at end of session
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968.... ¹	349,330	34.7%	42	34
Herut Herut Herut was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent to Revisionist Zionism.... ²	138,599	13.8%	17	0
Liberal Party Liberal Party (Israel) The Israeli Liberal Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud.... ²	137,599	13.6%	17	0
National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	98,786	9.8%	12	12
Mapam Mapam Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....	75,654	7.5%	9	9
Ahdut HaAvoda Ahdut HaAvoda Ahdut HaAvoda was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Israeli Labor Party....	66,170	6.6%	8	8
Maki Maki (historical political party) Maki was a Communist party List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki , which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name.... ³	42,111	4.2%	5	3
Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine....	37,178	3.7%	4	4
Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym ....	19,428	1.9%	2	2
Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	19,342	1.9%	2	2
Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	16,034	1.6%	2	2
Non-qualifiers Israeli legislative election, 1961 Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....	6,733	0.7%
Total	1,006,964	100%	120	120

Gahal Gahal Gahal was the major Right wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973.... ²
0	27
Rafi ¹
0	8
Independent Liberals Independent Liberals (Israel) The Independent Liberals were a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and are one of the ancestors of the modern-day Labor Party .... ²
0	7
Rakah ³
0	2

¹ Rafi broke away from Mapai

² Herut and the Liberal Party merged to form Gahal. Several Liberal Party members unhappy with the decision broke away to form the Independent Liberals

³ Rakah broke away from Maki

The Fifth Knesset

Tenth government

The fifth Knesset started with David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
's Mapai party forming the tenth government on 2 November 1961. His coalition included the National Religious Party, Ahdut HaAvoda, Agudat Israel Workers, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Progress and Development, and had 13 ministers. Kadish Luz

Kadish Luz

Kadish Luz was an Israeli politician who served as Agriculture Minister of Israel between 1955 and 1959 and Speaker of the Knesset from 1959 and 1969....
of Mapai was appointed Knesset Speaker

List of Knesset speakers

The Speaker of the Knesset is the presiding officer in the Knesset, Israel's parliament and also fills the role of the President of Israel when he or she is incapacitated....
. The government collapsed when Ben-Gurion resigned on 16 June 1963 citing personal reasons, but in reality was annoyed at a perceived lack of support from his colleagues. He later broke away from Mapai with several colleagues to form Rafi.

Eleventh government

Levi Eshkol

served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a myocardial infarction in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office....
took over Mapai and formed the eleventh government on 26 June, 1963 with the same coalition partners as previously, but one more minister. The government resigned on 10 December 1964 when Ben-Gurion demanded that members of the Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Israel

The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. It is the highest judicial instance. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem....
investigate the Lavon Affair

Lavon Affair

The Lavon Affair refers to the scandal over a failed Israeli covert operation in Egypt known as Operation Susannah, in which Israeli military intelligence planted bombs in Egyptian, United States and United Kingdom-owned targets in Egypt in the summer of 1954 in the hopes that "the Muslim Brotherhood, the Communists, 'unspecified malcon...
.

Twelfth government

Eshkol formed the twelfth government a week later on 22 December 1963 with the same coalition partners and ministers as previously.

The fifth Knesset was notable for the coalescing of the two major right-wing parties (Herut and the Liberal Party) to form an electoral block (Gahal) capable of threatening Mapai's hegemony in Israeli politics. Gahal, which by then had become Likud

Likud

Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....
, finally overtook Mapai (which had merged into the Alignment

Alignment (political party)

The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....
) in the 1977 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1977

The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....
.

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