Israeli legislative election, 1959
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The Elections for the fourth Knesset were held on 3 November, 1959.
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[edit] Results
| Party | % of vote | Seats at start of session | Seats at end of session |
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| Mapai | 38.2% | 47 | 47 |
| Herut | 13.5% | 17 | 17 |
| National Religious Party | 9.9% | 12 | 12 |
| Mapam | 7.2% | 9 | 9 |
| General Zionists ¹ | 6.2% | 8 | 0 |
| Labour Unity | 6.0% | 7 | 7 |
| Religious Torah Front ² | 4.7% | 6 | 6 |
| Progressive Party ¹ | 4.6% | 6 | 0 |
| Maki | 2.8% | 3 | 3 |
| Progress and Development | 1.3% | 2 | 2 |
| Participation and Brotherhood | 1.1% | 2 | 2 |
| Agriculture and Development | 1.1% | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Party ¹ | - | 0 | 14 |
| Agudat Israel ² | - | 0 | 4 |
| Agudat Israel Workers ² | - | 0 | 2 |
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 Israel and Agudat Israel Workers
[edit] Non-qualifiers
The following parties ran for election, but did not pass the electoral threshold:
- Independents
- Independent Faction for Israeli Arabs
- Israeli Arab Labour Party
- Leaving North Africa Consolidation
- National Union
- New Immigrant Front
- Progress and Work
- Sephardim and Oriental Communities
- Socialist Union
- Spanish National Party
- The Holocaust Handicapped and Injured Faction
- Third Power
- Yemenite Faction
[edit] 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, Labour Unity, the Progressive Party and the three Israeli Arab parties, Progress and Development, Participation 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. Rather than form another government, Ben Gurion called new elections for the 15 August, 1961.
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