Israel 1959 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 47 of 120 seats with 38.2% of the vote; 81.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.2 points on 1955.
- Israel
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment / Labor | 47 | +7 | 38.2 | +6.0 | 370,585 |
| Herut | 17 | +2 | 13.5 | +0.9 | 130,515 |
| National Religious Party / The Jewish Home | 12 | +1 | 9.9 | +0.8 | 95,581 |
| Mapam | 9 | 0 | 7.2 | −0.1 | 69,468 |
| General Zionists | 8 | −5 | 6.2 | −4.0 | 59,700 |
| Ahdut HaAvoda | 7 | −3 | 6.0 | −2.2 | 58,043 |
| Religious Torah Frontwith Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 6 | 0 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 45,569 |
| Progressive Party | 6 | +1 | 4.6 | +0.2 | 44,889 |
| Communist Party / Moked / Sheli | 3 | −3 | 2.8 | −1.7 | 27,374 |
| Progress and Development | 2 | 1.3 | 12,347 | ||
| Cooperation and Brotherhood | 2 | 1.1 | 11,104 | ||
| Agriculture and Development | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 10,902 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.8 | 8,199 |
± is the change against the Israel 1955 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Alignment / Labor 370,585
- Herut 130,515
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 95,581
- Mapam 69,468
- General Zionists 59,700
- Ahdut HaAvoda 58,043
- Religious Torah Front 45,569
- Progressive Party 44,889
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 27,374
- Progress and Development 12,347
- Cooperation and Brotherhood 11,104
- Agriculture and Development 10,902
- Largest party without seats 8,199
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
81.6% of the 1,218,483 registered voters cast a ballot (994,306 ballots), down 1.2 points on 1955. 969,337 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Alignment / Labor38.2% of votes39.2% of seats
- Herut13.5% of votes14.2% of seats
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9.9% of votes10.0% of seats
- Mapam7.2% of votes7.5% of seats
- General Zionists6.2% of votes6.7% of seats
- Ahdut HaAvoda6.0% of votes5.8% of seats
- Religious Torah Front4.7% of votes5.0% of seats
- Progressive Party4.6% of votes5.0% of seats
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli2.8% of votes2.5% of seats
- Progress and Development1.3% of votes1.7% of seats
- Cooperation and Brotherhood1.1% of votes1.7% of seats
- Agriculture and Development1.1% of votes0.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.2 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Herut by 24.7 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.