2013 Israeli legislative election

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The 2013 Israeli legislative election was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped Israel’s political landscape, elevating new centrist forces while significantly weakening several established parties.

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instanceOf Israeli legislative election
legislative election
campaignCharacteristic debate over ultra-Orthodox military conscription
focus on middle-class economic concerns
coalitionPartners Hatnua
Likud–Yisrael Beiteinu
surface form: Likud Yisrael Beiteinu

Jewish Home
surface form: The Jewish Home

Yesh Atid
country Israel
electionDate 2013-01-22
electoralBody Knesset
electoralLaw closed-list proportional representation with national party lists
electoralThreshold 2%
governmentFormed Third Netanyahu Government
leaderOfLeadingParty Benjamin Netanyahu
leadingParty Likud–Yisrael Beiteinu
surface form: Likud Yisrael Beiteinu
legislatureTerm 19th Knesset
location Israel
surface form: State of Israel
mainIssue Iran nuclear program
surface form: Iranian nuclear program

cost of living
economy
settlement policy
social justice
nextElection 2015 Israeli legislative election
notableOutcome rise of Yesh Atid as major centrist party
significant weakening of Kadima
strengthening of religious-nationalist Jewish Home
numberOfSeatsContested 120
partOf Israeli parliamentary elections
previousElection 2009 Israeli legislative election
primeMinisterAfterElection Benjamin Netanyahu
primeMinisterBeforeElection Benjamin Netanyahu
reasonForEarlyElection failure to pass 2013 state budget
seatsWonByHadash 4
seatsWonByHatnua 6
seatsWonByJewishHome 12
seatsWonByKadima 2
seatsWonByLabor 15
seatsWonByLikudYisraelBeiteinu 31
seatsWonByMeretz 6
seatsWonByShas 11
seatsWonByUnitedArabListBalad 7
seatsWonByUnitedTorahJudaism 7
seatsWonByYeshAtid 19
triggerForElection dissolution of the 18th Knesset
typeOfElection parliamentary election
voterTurnout about 67.8%
voterTurnoutChange increase compared to 2009 election
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Kadima lostMostSeatsIn 2013 Israeli legislative election
2009 Israeli legislative election nextElection 2013 Israeli legislative election