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Israel 1955 legislative election

What was the result of the 1955 legislative election in Israel?

Alignment / Labor won 40 of 120 seats with 32.2% of the vote. 82.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Israel
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 40 of 120 seats with 32.2% of the vote; 82.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.7 points on 1951.

  • Alignment / Labor 40 −5 seats 32.2% −5.1 points
  • Herut 15 +7 seats 12.6% +6.0 points
  • General Zionists 13 −7 seats 10.2% −6.0 points
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 11 9.1%
  • Ahdut HaAvoda 10 8.2%
  • Mapam 9 −6 seats 7.3% −5.2 points
  • Religious Torah Front 6 4.7%
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 6 +1 seat 4.5% +0.5 points
  • Progressive Party 5 +1 seat 4.4% +1.2 points
  • Democratic List for Israeli Arabs 2 −1 seat 1.8% −0.6 points
  • Progress and Work 2 +1 seat 1.5% +0.3 points
  • Agriculture and Development 1 0 seats 1.1% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Israel 1951 legislative election, party by party.

61 of 120 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.2%

    Share of the vote won by Alignment / Labor

    Alignment / Labor won 40 of 120 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Herut

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1951. General Zionists lost 7 seats.

  3. 82.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 7.7 points on 1951.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Alignment / Labor40−532.2−5.1274,735
Herut15+712.6+6.0107,190
General Zionists13−710.2−6.087,099
National Religious Party / The Jewish Homewith Mizrachi and Hapoel HaMizrachi119.177,936
Ahdut HaAvoda108.269,475
Mapam9−67.3−5.262,401
Religious Torah Frontwith Poalei Agudat Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael64.739,836
Communist Party / Moked / Sheli6+14.5+0.538,492
Progressive Party5+14.4+1.237,661
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs2−11.8−0.615,475
Progress and Work2+11.5+0.312,511
Agriculture and Development101.10.09,791
Sephardim and Oriental Communities0−20.8−1.06,994

± is the change against the Israel 1951 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Alignment / Labor 274,735
  • Herut 107,190
  • General Zionists 87,099
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 77,936
  • Ahdut HaAvoda 69,475
  • Mapam 62,401
  • Religious Torah Front 39,836
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 38,492
  • Progressive Party 37,661
  • Democratic List for Israeli Arabs 15,475
  • Progress and Work 12,511
  • Agriculture and Development 9,791
  • Sephardim and Oriental Communities 6,994

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

82.8% of the 1,057,795 registered voters cast a ballot (876,085 ballots), up 7.7 points on 1951. 853,219 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Alignment / Labor32.2% of votes33.3% of seats
  • Herut12.6% of votes12.5% of seats
  • General Zionists10.2% of votes10.8% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9.1% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Ahdut HaAvoda8.2% of votes8.3% of seats
  • Mapam7.3% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Religious Torah Front4.7% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli4.5% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Progressive Party4.4% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Democratic List for Israeli Arabs1.8% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Progress and Work1.5% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Agriculture and Development1.1% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.4 by votes and 6.0 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Herut by 19.6 points of the vote.

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