Israel 1973 legislative election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 51 of 120 seats with 39.6% of the vote; 78.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.1 points on 1969.
- Israel
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment / Labor | 51 | −5 | 39.6 | −6.6 | 621,183 |
| Likud | 37 | +11 | 30.2 | +8.5 | 473,309 |
| National Religious Party / The Jewish Home | 10 | −2 | 8.3 | −1.4 | 130,349 |
| Religious Torah Frontwith Poalei Agudat Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael | 5 | 3.8 | 60,012 | ||
| Independent Liberals | 4 | 0 | 3.6 | +0.4 | 56,560 |
| New Communist List / Democratic Front | 4 | +1 | 3.4 | +0.6 | 53,353 |
| Ratz | 3 | 2.2 | 35,023 | ||
| Progress and Development | 2 | 0 | 1.4 | −0.7 | 22,604 |
| Communist Party / Moked / Sheli | 1 | 0 | 1.4 | +0.3 | 22,147 |
| Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers | 1 | 1.0 | 16,408 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | +0.3 | 13,332 |
| Free Centre | 2 | 0 |
± is the change against the Israel 1969 legislative election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Alignment / Labor 621,183
- Likud 473,309
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 130,349
- Religious Torah Front 60,012
- Independent Liberals 56,560
- New Communist List / Democratic Front 53,353
- Ratz 35,023
- Progress and Development 22,604
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 22,147
- Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers 16,408
- Largest party without seats 13,332
- Free Centre
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
78.6% of the 2,037,478 registered voters cast a ballot (1,601,098 ballots), down 3.1 points on 1969. 1,566,855 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1951 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Alignment / Labor39.6% of votes42.5% of seats
- Likud30.2% of votes30.8% of seats
- National Religious Party / The Jewish Home8.3% of votes8.3% of seats
- Religious Torah Front3.8% of votes4.2% of seats
- Independent Liberals3.6% of votes3.3% of seats
- New Communist List / Democratic Front3.4% of votes3.3% of seats
- Ratz2.2% of votes2.5% of seats
- Progress and Development1.4% of votes1.7% of seats
- Communist Party / Moked / Sheli1.4% of votes0.8% of seats
- Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers1.0% of votes0.8% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Likud by 9.4 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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