Israeli legislative election, 1955

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The Israeli legislative election of 1955 was a national parliamentary vote in which Israelis elected members to the Knesset amid intense debates over security, immigration, and the young state's political direction.

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instanceOf Israeli election
legislative election
ballotType party list ballot
coalitionHeadedBy Mapai NERFINISHED
context Arab–Israeli conflict
early years of the State of Israel
mass immigration to Israel
country Israel
electionDate 1955-07-26
electoralSystemFeature closed party lists
single nationwide constituency
electoralThreshold 1% of the national vote
electorate Israeli citizens
forOffice Knesset
governmentFormed Fourth government of Israel
languageOfCampaigning Hebrew
largestParty Mapai NERFINISHED
leadingFigure David Ben-Gurion
legislatureFormed Third Knesset
surface form: 3rd Knesset
legislatureNumber Third Knesset
surface form: 3rd Knesset
legislatureTerm Third Knesset
surface form: 3rd Knesset term
location Israel
surface form: State of Israel
mainIssue direction of the young state
economic policy
immigration
security
nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1959
oversightBody Central Elections Committee of Israel
surface form: Israeli Central Elections Committee
parliament Knesset
party Arab satellite lists
General Zionists
Herut
Maki
Mapai NERFINISHED
Mapam NERFINISHED
Religious Zionist parties
politicalSpectrum multi-party system
previousElection Israeli legislative election, 1951
primeMinisterAfterElection David Ben-Gurion
primeMinisterBeforeElection Moshe Sharett
resultedIn return of David Ben-Gurion as prime minister
totalSeats 120
typeOfGovernmentFormed coalition government
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
wonByParty Mapai ONNED1
year 1955

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Mapam participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1955
Ahdut HaAvoda participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1955
subject surface form: Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion
Israeli legislative election, 1951 nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1955