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Voting booths are made available on Israeli ships. Elections are overseen by the Central Elections Committee, and are held according to the Knesset Elections Law. Israel was ranked 47th most electoral democratic country in the world and the most electoral democratic country in the Middle East according to V-Dem Democracy indices in 2023. [4] [5]
The extended period of political deadlock that led up to the election was the result of four inconclusive elections (April 2019, September 2019, 2020, and 2021).In April and September 2019, neither incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, nor leader of the main opposition party Blue and White, Benny Gantz, was able to muster a 61-seat governing majority, leading to fresh elections.
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 23 March 2021 to elect the 120 members of the 24th Knesset. It was the fourth Knesset election in two years, amidst the continued political deadlock following the previous three elections in April 2019, September 2019 and 2020.
Per sections 8 and 9 of the Israeli quasi-constitutional Basic Law: Knesset, an election will typically be called approximately 4 years after the previous election, on the first or third Tuesday of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, depending on whether or not the previous year was a Jewish Leap Year. An election can happen earlier if the government ...
The Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron, which was established in 2017, [166] governs approximately 1,000 Israeli citizens who live in Area H-2 of the city. [167] The Committee held its first election in September 2022, which was won by Eyal Gelman. [168]
Arab satellite list that ran in the 1949 elections. Affiliated with Mapam: Tafnit: פ Centre: Ran in the 2006 elections. Women's Party: נס Centre-left to Left-wing: Ran in the 1977 elections. Yamin Yisrael: יד Right-wing: Broke away from Moledet, another right-wing party, prior to the 1996 elections, but failed to cross the ...
The first round of elections was held on September 29 at the Ramada Hotel. There were five major candidates for the Ashkenazi election and three for the Sephardic. [1] David Yosef was elected Sephardic chief rabbi, making him the third member of the Yosef family to serve as chief rabbi.
The 2022 Israeli legislative election was held using closed list proportional representation. Each party presented a list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee prior to the election. [ 1 ]