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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, 1965 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 sixth 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 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%. le class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;">
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.... ¹	443,379	36.7%	45	63
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	256,957	21.3%	26	22
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....	107,966	8.9%	11	11
Rafi ¹	95,328	7.9%	10	0
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.... ¹	79,985	6.6%	8	0
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 .... ¹	45,299	3.8%	5	4
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....	39,795	3.3%	4	4
Rakah	27,413	2.3%	3	3
Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³	23,430	1.9%	2	1
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 ....	22,066	1.8%	2	2
Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³	16,034	1.3%	2	1
HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash	14,124	1.2%	1	1
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....	13,617	1.1%	1	1
Non-qualifiers Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	21,335	1.8%
Total	1,206,728	100%	120	120

Free Centre Free Centre The Free Centre was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud.... ²
0	4
Druze Party Druze Party The Israeli Druze Faction was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³
0	1
Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Jewish-Arab Brotherhood was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³
0	1
David Ben Gurion ¹
0	1
Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³
0	0

¹ Rafi and Mapam joined the Alignment, though David Ben Gurion of Rafi disagreed with the merger and remained a single MK.

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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 sixth 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 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%.

Results

Party	Votes	% of vote	Seats at start of session	Seats at end of session
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.... ¹	443,379	36.7%	45	63
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	256,957	21.3%	26	22
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....	107,966	8.9%	11	11
Rafi ¹	95,328	7.9%	10	0
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.... ¹	79,985	6.6%	8	0
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 .... ¹	45,299	3.8%	5	4
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....	39,795	3.3%	4	4
Rakah	27,413	2.3%	3	3
Progress and Development Progress and Development Progress and Development was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³	23,430	1.9%	2	1
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 ....	22,066	1.8%	2	2
Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood Cooperation and Brotherhood was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³	16,034	1.3%	2	1
HaOlam HaZeh – Koah Hadash	14,124	1.2%	1	1
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....	13,617	1.1%	1	1
Non-qualifiers Israeli legislative election, 1965 Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....	21,335	1.8%
Total	1,206,728	100%	120	120

Free Centre Free Centre The Free Centre was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud.... ²
0	4
Druze Party Druze Party The Israeli Druze Faction was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³
0	1
Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Jewish-Arab Brotherhood Jewish-Arab Brotherhood was a short-lived, one-man List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³
0	1
David Ben Gurion ¹
0	1
Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development Cooperation and Development was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel.... ³
0	0

¹ Rafi and Mapam joined the Alignment, though David Ben Gurion of Rafi disagreed with the merger and remained a single MK. In addition, Yizhar Harari

Yizhar Harari

Yizhar Harari was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician....
left the Independent Liberals to join the Alignment.

² Free Centre broke away from Gahal

³ Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood merged to form Cooperation and Development, which then broke up into the two original parties, the Druze Party and Jewish-Arab Brotherhood

Non-qualifiers

Nes
Abie Nathan

Avraham "Abie" Nathan was an Israelis humanitarian and peace activist, perhaps best known as the founder of the Voice of Peace radio station....
- c. 10,000 votes

The Sixth Knesset

The sixth Knesset started with Levi Eshkol

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....
's Alignment forming the thirteenth government on 12 January, 1966. His coalition included the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Agudat Israel Workers, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood, and had eighteen 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 the Alignment retained his position as 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....
. At the end of August, 1966 the new Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
at Givat Ram

Givat Ram

Givat Ram is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel. The Knesset and Israeli government offices are located in Givat Ram, as are the Israel Museum, one of the four campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israeli Supreme Court and the Binyanei HaUma convention center....
in Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
was opened. When the Six-Day War

Six-Day War

In the Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967, Israel defeated the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In Arabic, the war is called ....
broke out on 5 June, 1967, Gahal and Rafi joined the coalition to form a national unity government with 21 ministers. The government was ended by Eshkol's death on 26 February, 1969.

Golda Meir

Golda Meir

Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister of the Israel.Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on 17 March 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister....
of the Alignment formed the fourteenth government, also a national unity government, on 17 March, 1969. The coalition partners were Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood.

The sixth Knesset is notable for being the only one in which a party has ever held a majority of the seats by itself. By the end of the session, the merger of Mapam and Rafi into the Alignment left it with 63 seats (53% of the total). Although the party came close to equalling the feat in the 1969 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1969

Elections in Israel for the seventh Knesset were held in Israel on 28 October, 1969. Voter turnout was 77.8%....
, when it won 56 seats (which is still the best electoral performance on record), no party has managed it since.

External links

Knesset website