Israeli legislative election, 1973

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The Israeli legislative election of 1973 was a national parliamentary vote held shortly after the Yom Kippur War to choose members of the Knesset and reshape Israel’s political landscape in its aftermath.

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instanceOf legislative election
parliamentary election
aim to elect all members of the 8th Knesset
context aftermath of the Yom Kippur War
country Israel
electionDate 1973-12-31
electoralDistrictType single nationwide constituency
electoralThreshold 1% of the national vote
followedBy political crisis and Golda Meir's resignation in 1974
forLegislature 8th Knesset NERFINISHED
forOffice Knesset NERFINISHED
governmentFormedAfterElection Golda Meir's fourth government NERFINISHED
heldShortlyAfter Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED
languageOfOfficialMaterials Hebrew
largestParty Alignment (Israeli political party alliance) NERFINISHED
leaderOfLargestParty Golda Meir NERFINISHED
leaderOfMajorOppositionParty Menachem Begin NERFINISHED
mainIssue conduct and consequences of the Yom Kippur War
government accountability
national security
mainWinner Alignment (Israeli political party alliance) NERFINISHED
majorOppositionParty Likud NERFINISHED
nextElection Israeli legislative election, 1977 NERFINISHED
notableFeature first Knesset election contested by Likud
numberOfSeatsContested 120
oversawBy Israeli Central Elections Committee NERFINISHED
previousElection Israeli legislative election, 1969 NERFINISHED
primeMinisterBeforeElection Golda Meir NERFINISHED
resultedIn continuation of Labor-led government
seatAllocationMethod D'Hondt method NERFINISHED
seatCount_AgudatYisrael 3
seatCount_Alignment 51
seatCount_ArabListForBedouinsAndVillagers 1
seatCount_CenterList 3
seatCount_IndependentLiberalParty 4
seatCount_Likud 39
seatCount_Moked 1
seatCount_NationalReligiousParty 10
seatCount_PoaleiAgudatYisrael 2
seatCount_ProgressAndDevelopment 2
seatCount_Rakah 4
seatCount_ReligiousTorahFront 2
totalValidVotes approximately 2,000,000
turnoutChangeFromPreviousElection -4.1 percentage points
voterTurnout 78.6%
votingSystem party-list proportional representation
year 1973

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Mapam participatedIn Israeli legislative election, 1973