Knesset elections
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Knesset elections are Israel’s nationwide parliamentary elections in which voters choose representatives to the country’s unicameral legislature.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knesset elections canonical | 2 |
| Israeli electoral law | 1 |
| Israeli electoral system | 1 |
| Politics of Israel | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national election
ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Central Elections Committee ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
citizens residing in Israel
ⓘ
eligible Israeli citizens abroad under certain conditions ⓘ |
| ballotType | party ballot slips ⓘ |
| bodyElected | 120 members of the Knesset ⓘ |
| campaignRegulation | regulated campaign finance and advertising rules ⓘ |
| canBeCalledEarlyBy |
dissolution of the Knesset
ⓘ
failure to pass a state budget ⓘ special Knesset decision to dissolve itself ⓘ |
| candidacyAge | 21 ⓘ |
| constituencyStructure | single nationwide constituency ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
| electoralThreshold | 3.25 percent of valid votes ⓘ |
| elects | Knesset ⓘ |
| excludes | most non-citizen residents ⓘ |
| firstElectionName |
Israeli legislative election, 1949
ⓘ
surface form:
1949 Israeli legislative election
|
| firstElectionYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| frequency | normally every four years ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Basic Law: The Knesset
ⓘ
Knesset Elections Law ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentSelectedAfter | Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ |
| historicalContext | replaced elections to the Assembly of Representatives under the British Mandate ⓘ |
| languageOnBallots | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legislatureType | unicameral legislature ⓘ |
| mainCompetingPartiesInclude |
Joint List (historically)
ⓘ
Israeli Labor Party ⓘ
surface form:
Labor Party (Israel)
Likud party ⓘ
surface form:
Likud
Meretz ⓘ
surface form:
Meretz (historically)
National Unity (various iterations) ⓘ Religious Zionist Party ⓘ
surface form:
Religious Zionist Party (recently)
Shas ⓘ Agudat Yisrael ⓘ
surface form:
United Torah Judaism
Yesh Atid ⓘ |
| numberOfSeats | 120 ⓘ |
| presidentRole | President of Israel tasks a Knesset member with forming a government after elections ⓘ |
| relatedInstitution |
Central Elections Committee of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Elections Committee of the Knesset
|
| representationFormula |
d’Hondt method
ⓘ
surface form:
D’Hondt method
|
| resultsIn | formation of Israeli government coalition ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Supreme Court of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Court of Israel (as High Court of Justice)
|
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| typeOfFranchise | universal suffrage ⓘ |
| votersChoose | party lists rather than individual candidates ⓘ |
| votingAge | 18 ⓘ |
| votingDay | Tuesday ⓘ |
| votingDayStatus | public holiday in Israel ⓘ |
| votingEligibility | Israeli citizens aged 18 and over ⓘ |
| votingMethod | secret ballot ⓘ |
| votingSystem | closed-list proportional representation ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Israeli electoral system
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Israeli electoral law
this entity surface form:
Politics of Israel