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Israel 1973 legislative election

What was the result of the 1973 legislative election in Israel?

Alignment / Labor won 51 of 120 seats with 39.6% of the vote. 78.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Israel
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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 51 of 120 seats with 39.6% of the vote; 78.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.1 points on 1969.

  • Alignment / Labor 51 −5 seats 39.6% −6.6 points
  • Likud 37 +11 seats 30.2% +8.5 points
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 10 −2 seats 8.3% −1.4 points
  • Religious Torah Front 5 3.8%
  • Independent Liberals 4 0 seats 3.6% +0.4 points
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 4 +1 seat 3.4% +0.6 points
  • Ratz 3 2.2%
  • Progress and Development 2 0 seats 1.4% −0.7 points
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 1 0 seats 1.4% +0.3 points
  • Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers 1 1.0%
  • Free Centre 2 0 seats
  • 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 1969 legislative election, party by party.

61 of 120 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.6%

    Share of the vote won by Alignment / Labor

    Alignment / Labor won 51 of 120 seats. A majority needs 61.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Likud

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1969. Alignment / Labor lost 5 seats.

  3. 78.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.1 points on 1969.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Alignment / Labor51−539.6−6.6621,183
Likud37+1130.2+8.5473,309
National Religious Party / The Jewish Home10−28.3−1.4130,349
Religious Torah Frontwith Poalei Agudat Yisrael and Agudat Yisrael53.860,012
Independent Liberals403.6+0.456,560
New Communist List / Democratic Front4+13.4+0.653,353
Ratz32.235,023
Progress and Development201.4−0.722,604
Communist Party / Moked / Sheli101.4+0.322,147
Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers11.016,408
Largest party without seats000.9+0.313,332
Free Centre20

± is the change against the Israel 1969 legislative election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Alignment / Labor 621,183
  • Likud 473,309
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home 130,349
  • Religious Torah Front 60,012
  • Independent Liberals 56,560
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front 53,353
  • Ratz 35,023
  • Progress and Development 22,604
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli 22,147
  • Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers 16,408
  • Largest party without seats 13,332
  • Free Centre

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?

78.6% of the 2,037,478 registered voters cast a ballot (1,601,098 ballots), down 3.1 points on 1969. 1,566,855 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1951 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Alignment / Labor39.6% of votes42.5% of seats
  • Likud30.2% of votes30.8% of seats
  • National Religious Party / The Jewish Home8.3% of votes8.3% of seats
  • Religious Torah Front3.8% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Independent Liberals3.6% of votes3.3% of seats
  • New Communist List / Democratic Front3.4% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Ratz2.2% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Progress and Development1.4% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Communist Party / Moked / Sheli1.4% of votes0.8% of seats
  • Arab List for Bedouin and Villagers1.0% of votes0.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Alignment / Labor led Likud by 9.4 points of the vote.

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