2009 Israeli legislative election

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The 2009 Israeli legislative election was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped Israel’s political landscape amid security concerns and debates over the peace process.

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2009 Israeli legislative election canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli legislative election
parliamentary election
campaignContext Operation Cast Lead
surface form: Gaza War 2008–2009
coalitionPartner Jewish Home
Labor Party
surface form: Labour Party

Shas
Agudat Yisrael
surface form: United Torah Judaism

Yisrael Beiteinu
coalitionPrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu
country Israel
date 2009-02-10
electionFor 18th Knesset
electoralBody Knesset
electoralThreshold 2 percent
largestPartyBySeats Kadima
largestPartyLeader Tzipi Livni
leadingCoalitionParty Likud party
surface form: Likud
location Israel
surface form: State of Israel
mainIssue Arab–Israeli peace process
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian peace process

economy
security
nextElection 2013 Israeli legislative election
numberOfSeatsContested 120
officialLanguageOfBallots Arabic
Hebrew
previousElection 2006 Israeli legislative election
primeMinisterAfterElection Benjamin Netanyahu
primeMinisterAfterParty Likud party
surface form: Likud
primeMinisterBeforeElection Ehud Olmert
primeMinisterBeforeParty Kadima
resultedInGovernmentNumber Second Netanyahu Government
seatsWonByBalad 3
seatsWonByHadash 4
seatsWonByKadima 28
seatsWonByLabour 13
seatsWonByLikud 27
seatsWonByMeretz 3
seatsWonByNational Union 4
seatsWonByRaam-Taal 4
seatsWonByShas 11
seatsWonByUnited Torah Judaism 5
seatsWonByYisrael Beiteinu 15
secondLargestPartyBySeats Likud party
surface form: Likud
secondLargestPartyLeader Benjamin Netanyahu
thirdLargestPartyBySeats Yisrael Beiteinu
thirdLargestPartyLeader Avigdor Lieberman
triggeredBy resignation of Ehud Olmert
voterTurnoutPercentage 65.2
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
year 2009

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Kadima participatedInElection 2009 Israeli legislative election
Kadima wonMostSeatsIn 2009 Israeli legislative election
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