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Israel 1965 legislative election

What was the result of the 1965 legislative election in Israel?

Alignment / Labor won 45 of 120 seats with 36.7% of the vote. 83.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Alignment / Labor won 45 of 120 seats with 36.7% of the vote; 83.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.4 points on 1961.

  • Alignment / Labor 45 +3 seats 36.7% +2.0 points
  • Likud 26 21.3%
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 11 −1 seat 8.9% −0.9 points
  • Rafi 10 7.9%
  • Mapam 8 0 seats 6.6% 0.0 points
  • Independent Liberals 5 3.8%
  • Agudat Yisrael 4 0 seats 3.3% −0.4 points
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 3 2.3%
  • Progress and Development 2 0 seats 1.9% +0.3 points
  • Poalei Agudat Yisrael 2 0 seats 1.8% −0.1 points
  • Cooperation and Brotherhood 2 0 seats 1.3% −0.6 points
  • Meri 1 1.2%
  • 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 1961 legislative election, party by party.

61 of 120 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.7%

    Share of the vote won by Alignment / Labor and its allies

    Alignment / Labor and its allies won 45 of 120 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +0.3 points

    Share of the vote gained by Progress and Development

    The largest gain in votes compared with 1961. Communist Party / Moked / Sheli lost 3.1 points.

  3. 83.0%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.4 points on 1961.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Alignment / Laborwith Ahdut HaAvoda45+336.7+2.0443,379
Likud2621.3256,957
National Religious Party / The Jewish Home11−18.9−0.9107,966
Rafi107.995,328
Mapam806.60.079,985
Independent Liberals53.845,299
Agudat Yisrael403.3−0.439,795
New Communist List / Democratic Front32.327,413
Progress and Development201.9+0.323,430
Poalei Agudat Yisrael201.8−0.122,066
Cooperation and Brotherhood201.3−0.616,464
Meri11.214,124
Communist Party / Moked / Sheli1−41.1−3.113,617
Largest party without seats00.911,244

± is the change against the Israel 1961 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Alignment / Labor 443,379
  • Likud 256,957
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 107,966
  • Rafi 95,328
  • Mapam 79,985
  • Independent Liberals 45,299
  • Agudat Yisrael 39,795
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 27,413
  • Progress and Development 23,430
  • Poalei Agudat Yisrael 22,066
  • Cooperation and Brotherhood 16,464
  • Meri 14,124
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 13,617
  • Largest party without seats 11,244

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?

83.0% of the 1,499,709 registered voters cast a ballot (1,244,706 ballots), up 1.4 points on 1961. 1,206,728 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1949 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Alignment / Labor36.7% of votes37.5% of seats
  • Likud21.3% of votes21.7% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home8.9% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Rafi7.9% of votes8.3% of seats
  • Mapam6.6% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Independent Liberals3.8% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Agudat Yisrael3.3% of votes3.3% of seats
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front2.3% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Progress and Development1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Poalei Agudat Yisrael1.8% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Cooperation and Brotherhood1.3% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Meri1.2% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Likud by 15.4 points of the vote.

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