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Israel 1969 legislative election

What was the result of the 1969 legislative election in Israel?

Alignment / Labor won 56 of 120 seats with 46.2% of the vote. 81.7% 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 56 of 120 seats with 46.2% of the vote; 81.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 1965.

  • Alignment / Labor 56 +11 seats 46.2% +9.5 points
  • Likud 26 0 seats 21.7% +0.4 points
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 12 +1 seat 9.7% +0.8 points
  • Agudat Yisrael 4 0 seats 3.2% −0.1 points
  • Independent Liberals 4 −1 seat 3.2% −0.6 points
  • National List 4 3.1%
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 3 0 seats 2.8% +0.5 points
  • Progress and Development 2 0 seats 2.1% +0.2 points
  • Poalei Agudat Yisrael 2 0 seats 1.9% +0.1 points
  • Cooperation and Brotherhood 2 0 seats 1.4% +0.1 points
  • Meri 2 +1 seat 1.2% 0.0 points
  • Free Centre 2 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 1965 legislative election, party by party.

61 of 120 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.2%

    Share of the vote won by Alignment / Labor

    Alignment / Labor won 56 of 120 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by National Religious Party / The Jewish Home

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1965. Independent Liberals lost 1 seat.

  3. 81.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.3 points on 1965.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Alignment / Labor56+1146.2+9.5632,035
Likud26021.7+0.4296,294
National Religious Party / The Jewish Home12+19.7+0.8133,238
Agudat Yisrael403.2−0.144,002
Independent Liberals4−13.2−0.643,933
National List43.142,654
New Communist List / Democratic Front302.8+0.538,827
Progress and Development202.1+0.228,046
Poalei Agudat Yisrael201.9+0.124,968
Cooperation and Brotherhood201.4+0.119,943
Meri2+11.20.016,853
Free Centre21.216,393
Communist Party / Moked / Sheli101.10.015,712
Largest party without seats000.6−0.37,591

± is the change against the Israel 1965 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Alignment / Labor 632,035
  • Likud 296,294
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 133,238
  • Agudat Yisrael 44,002
  • Independent Liberals 43,933
  • National List 42,654
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 38,827
  • Progress and Development 28,046
  • Poalei Agudat Yisrael 24,968
  • Cooperation and Brotherhood 19,943
  • Meri 16,853
  • Free Centre 16,393
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 15,712
  • Largest party without seats 7,591

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.

How many people voted?

81.7% of the 1,748,710 registered voters cast a ballot (1,427,981 ballots), down 1.3 points on 1965. 1,367,743 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Alignment / Labor46.2% of votes46.7% of seats
  • Likud21.7% of votes21.7% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home9.7% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Agudat Yisrael3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Independent Liberals3.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • National List3.1% of votes3.3% of seats
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front2.8% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Progress and Development2.1% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Poalei Agudat Yisrael1.9% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Cooperation and Brotherhood1.4% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Free Centre1.2% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Meri1.2% of votes1.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 0.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Likud by 24.5 points of the vote.

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