Israel 1955 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 40 of 120 seats with 32.2% of the vote; 82.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.7 points on 1951.
- Israel
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment / Labor | 40 | −5 | 32.2 | −5.1 | 274,735 |
| Herut | 15 | +7 | 12.6 | +6.0 | 107,190 |
| General Zionists | 13 | −7 | 10.2 | −6.0 | 87,099 |
| National Religious Party / The Jewish Homewith Mizrachi and Hapoel HaMizrachi | 11 | 9.1 | 77,936 | ||
| Ahdut HaAvoda | 10 | 8.2 | 69,475 | ||
| Mapam | 9 | −6 | 7.3 | −5.2 | 62,401 |
| Religious Torah Frontwith Poalei Agudat Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael | 6 | 4.7 | 39,836 | ||
| Communist Party / Moked / Sheli | 6 | +1 | 4.5 | +0.5 | 38,492 |
| Progressive Party | 5 | +1 | 4.4 | +1.2 | 37,661 |
| Democratic List for Israeli Arabs | 2 | −1 | 1.8 | −0.6 | 15,475 |
| Progress and Work | 2 | +1 | 1.5 | +0.3 | 12,511 |
| Agriculture and Development | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 9,791 |
| Sephardim and Oriental Communities | 0 | −2 | 0.8 | −1.0 | 6,994 |
± is the change against the Israel 1951 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Alignment / Labor 274,735
- Herut 107,190
- General Zionists 87,099
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 77,936
- Ahdut HaAvoda 69,475
- Mapam 62,401
- Religious Torah Front 39,836
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 38,492
- Progressive Party 37,661
- Democratic List for Israeli Arabs 15,475
- Progress and Work 12,511
- Agriculture and Development 9,791
- Sephardim and Oriental Communities 6,994
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
82.8% of the 1,057,795 registered voters cast a ballot (876,085 ballots), up 7.7 points on 1951. 853,219 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Alignment / Labor32.2% of votes33.3% of seats
- Herut12.6% of votes12.5% of seats
- General Zionists10.2% of votes10.8% of seats
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9.1% of votes9.2% of seats
- Ahdut HaAvoda8.2% of votes8.3% of seats
- Mapam7.3% of votes7.5% of seats
- Religious Torah Front4.7% of votes5.0% of seats
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli4.5% of votes5.0% of seats
- Progressive Party4.4% of votes4.2% of seats
- Democratic List for Israeli Arabs1.8% of votes1.7% of seats
- Progress and Work1.5% of votes1.7% of seats
- Agriculture and Development1.1% of votes0.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.4 by votes and 6.0 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Herut by 19.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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