Israeli legislative election, 1961

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Israeli election legislative election

The Israeli legislative election of 1961 was a national parliamentary vote that determined the composition of the Knesset and shaped the country’s political landscape during the early 1960s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Israeli legislative election, 1961 canonical	3
1961 Israeli legislative election	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Israeli election ⓘ legislative election ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
electionDate	1961-08-15 ⓘ
electoralSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
electoralThreshold	1% of the national vote ⓘ
forLegislature	5th Knesset ⓘ
forOffice	Knesset ⓘ
governmentFormedAfterElection	Tenth government of Israel ⓘ
largestParty	Mapai ⓘ
leaderOfLargestParty	David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
leaderOfMainOppositionParty	Menachem Begin ⓘ
mainIssue	economic development ⓘ religion and state in Israel ⓘ security and Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
mainOppositionParty	Liberal Party (Israel) ⓘ surface form: Herut–Liberals Bloc
nextElection	Israeli legislative election, 1965 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested	120 ⓘ
previousElection	Israeli legislative election, 1959 ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection	David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
resultedInCoalitionWith	Ahdut HaAvoda ⓘ National Religious Party ⓘ Progressive Party ⓘ
seatCountOfAgudatYisrael	4 ⓘ
seatCountOfAhdutHaAvoda	8 ⓘ
seatCountOfCooperationAndBrotherhood	2 ⓘ
seatCountOfHerut–Liberals Bloc	17 ⓘ
seatCountOfMaki	5 ⓘ
seatCountOfMapai	42 ⓘ
seatCountOfMapam	9 ⓘ
seatCountOfNationalReligiousParty	12 ⓘ
seatCountOfPoaleiAgudatYisrael	2 ⓘ
seatCountOfProgressAndDevelopment	1 ⓘ
seatCountOfProgressiveParty	5 ⓘ
seatWinner	Agudat Yisrael ⓘ Ahdut HaAvoda ⓘ Cooperation and Brotherhood ⓘ Liberal Party (Israel) ⓘ surface form: Herut–Liberals Bloc Maki ⓘ Mapai ⓘ Mapam ⓘ National Religious Party ⓘ Poalei Agudat Yisrael ⓘ Progress and Development ⓘ Progressive Party ⓘ
tookPlaceInContextOf	early 1960s Israeli politics ⓘ
voterTurnout	81.6% ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mapam → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1961 ⓘ

Ahdut HaAvoda → participatedIn → Israeli legislative election, 1961 ⓘ

subject surface form: Ahdut HaAvoda – Poale Zion

Israeli legislative election, 1965 → previousElection → Israeli legislative election, 1961 ⓘ

5th Knesset → election → Israeli legislative election, 1961 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1961 Israeli legislative election