Israel 1961 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 42 of 120 seats with 34.7% of the vote; 81.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1959.
- Israel
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment / Labor | 42 | −5 | 34.7 | −3.5 | 349,330 |
| Herut | 17 | 0 | 13.8 | +0.3 | 138,599 |
| Israeli Liberal Party | 17 | 13.6 | 137,255 | ||
| National Religious Party / The Jewish Home | 12 | 0 | 9.8 | −0.1 | 98,786 |
| Ahdut HaAvoda | 9 | +2 | 7.5 | +1.5 | 75,654 |
| Mapam | 8 | −1 | 6.6 | −0.6 | 66,170 |
| Communist Party / Moked / Sheli | 5 | +2 | 4.2 | +1.4 | 42,111 |
| Agudat Yisrael | 4 | 3.7 | 37,178 | ||
| Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 2 | 1.9 | 19,428 | ||
| Cooperation and Brotherhood | 2 | 0 | 1.9 | +0.8 | 19,342 |
| Progress and Development | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | +0.3 | 16,034 |
| Progress and Work | 0 | 0.4 | 3,561 |
± is the change against the Israel 1959 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Alignment / Labor 349,330
- Herut 138,599
- Israeli Liberal Party 137,255
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 98,786
- Ahdut HaAvoda 75,654
- Mapam 66,170
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 42,111
- Agudat Yisrael 37,178
- Poalei Agudat Yisrael 19,428
- Cooperation and Brotherhood 19,342
- Progress and Development 16,034
- Progress and Work 3,561
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
81.6% of the 1,271,285 registered voters cast a ballot (1,037,030 ballots), unchanged on 1959. 1,006,964 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1951 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Alignment / Labor34.7% of votes35.0% of seats
- Herut13.8% of votes14.2% of seats
- Israeli Liberal Party13.6% of votes14.2% of seats
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9.8% of votes10.0% of seats
- Ahdut HaAvoda7.5% of votes7.5% of seats
- Mapam6.6% of votes6.7% of seats
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli4.2% of votes4.2% of seats
- Agudat Yisrael3.7% of votes3.3% of seats
- Cooperation and Brotherhood1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
- Poalei Agudat Yisrael1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
- Progress and Development1.6% of votes1.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.5 by votes and 5.4 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Herut by 20.9 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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