Israel 1965 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 45 of 120 seats with 36.7% of the vote; 83.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.4 points on 1961.
- Israel
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment / Laborwith Ahdut HaAvoda | 45 | +3 | 36.7 | +2.0 | 443,379 |
| Likud | 26 | 21.3 | 256,957 | ||
| National Religious Party / The Jewish Home | 11 | −1 | 8.9 | −0.9 | 107,966 |
| Rafi | 10 | 7.9 | 95,328 | ||
| Mapam | 8 | 0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 79,985 |
| Independent Liberals | 5 | 3.8 | 45,299 | ||
| Agudat Yisrael | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | −0.4 | 39,795 |
| New Communist List / Democratic Front | 3 | 2.3 | 27,413 | ||
| Progress and Development | 2 | 0 | 1.9 | +0.3 | 23,430 |
| Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 2 | 0 | 1.8 | −0.1 | 22,066 |
| Cooperation and Brotherhood | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | −0.6 | 16,464 |
| Meri | 1 | 1.2 | 14,124 | ||
| Communist Party / Moked / Sheli | 1 | −4 | 1.1 | −3.1 | 13,617 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.9 | 11,244 |
± is the change against the Israel 1961 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Alignment / Labor 443,379
- Likud 256,957
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 107,966
- Rafi 95,328
- Mapam 79,985
- Independent Liberals 45,299
- Agudat Yisrael 39,795
- New Communist List / Democratic Front 27,413
- Progress and Development 23,430
- Poalei Agudat Yisrael 22,066
- Cooperation and Brotherhood 16,464
- Meri 14,124
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 13,617
- Largest party without seats 11,244
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
83.0% of the 1,499,709 registered voters cast a ballot (1,244,706 ballots), up 1.4 points on 1961. 1,206,728 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1949 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Alignment / Labor36.7% of votes37.5% of seats
- Likud21.3% of votes21.7% of seats
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home8.9% of votes9.2% of seats
- Rafi7.9% of votes8.3% of seats
- Mapam6.6% of votes6.7% of seats
- Independent Liberals3.8% of votes4.2% of seats
- Agudat Yisrael3.3% of votes3.3% of seats
- New Communist List / Democratic Front2.3% of votes2.5% of seats
- Progress and Development1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
- Poalei Agudat Yisrael1.8% of votes1.7% of seats
- Cooperation and Brotherhood1.3% of votes1.7% of seats
- Meri1.2% of votes0.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Likud by 15.4 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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