2021 Israeli legislative election

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2021 Israeli legislative election
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All 120 seats in the Knesset
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.44% (Decrease2.svg 4.08pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Likud Benjamin Netanyahu 24.1930−7
Yesh Atid Yair Lapid 13.9317+4
Shas Aryeh Deri 7.1790
Blue and White Benny Gantz 6.638−7
Yamina Naftali Bennett 6.217+4
Labor Merav Michaeli 6.097+4
UTJ Moshe Gafni 5.6370
Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman 5.6370
Religious Zionist Bezalel Smotrich 5.126+4
Joint List Ayman Odeh 4.826−5
New Hope Gideon Sa'ar 4.746New
Meretz Nitzan Horowitz 4.596+3
Ra'am Mansour Abbas 3.7940
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Benjamin Netanyahu
Likud 		Naftali Bennett
Yamina

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. Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett announced that they had formed a rotation government on 2 June 2021, which was approved on 13 June 2021.

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Background

According to the coalition agreement signed between Likud and Blue and White in 2020, elections were to be held 36 months after the swearing-in of the 35th government, making 23 May 2023 the last possible election date. However, Israeli law stipulates that if the 2020 state budget was not passed by 23 December 2020, the Knesset would be dissolved, and elections would be held by 23 March 2021. [2]

On 2 December 2020, the Knesset passed the preliminary reading of a bill to dissolve the current government by a vote of 61–54. [3] On 21 December 2020, the Knesset failed to pass a bill to avoid dispersal by a vote of 47–49. [4] Since the Knesset had failed to approve the 2020 state budget by the required deadline, at midnight IST on 23 December 2020, the government coalition collapsed, and the 23rd Knesset was officially dissolved. In accordance with the law that the election must be held within 90 days after the dissolution of the Knesset, the date for elections to the 24th Knesset was automatically set for 23 March 2021. [5] Netanyahu was reported as facing a strong challenge from opposition parties. [6]

Electoral system

The 120 seats in the Knesset were elected by closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. The electoral threshold for this election was 3.25%. [7]

Surplus-vote agreements

Two parties could sign a surplus vote agreement that allowed them to compete for leftover seats as if they were running together on the same list. The Bader–Ofer method slightly favours larger lists, meaning that alliances are more likely to receive leftover seats than parties would be individually. If the alliance receives leftover seats, the Bader–Ofer calculation is applied privately, to determine how the seats are divided among the two allied lists. [8]

The following parties signed surplus vote-sharing agreements for the 2021 election:

Leadership elections and primaries

Leadership elections were held by some parties to determine party leadership ahead of the election. Primary elections were held by some parties in advance of the national election to determine the composition of their party list.

Balad

Knesset MK Sami Abu Shehadeh announced on 14 January 2021 that he would run for the leadership of Balad. [15] MK and former leader Mtanes Shehadeh sought re-election. The party held primaries on 23 January 2021 for its leader and its list for Knesset. The Balad council, which consists of a total of 600 members, were eligible to vote in Nazareth. [16] Abu Shehadeh was elected party leader by the Central Committee, with a total of 230 votes. [17]

Green Party

Stav Shaffir was re-elected as the head of Green Party on 29 January 2021. [18]

Jewish Home

On 5 January, incumbent Jewish Home party leader Rafi Peretz stated that he would not head the party and would not stand for re-election, but did not rule out a return to politics in the future. [19] Nir Orbach announced he would run for the leadership slot. [20] Hagit Moshe also ran (at Netanyahu's request). [21] The party's Central Committee selected its chair and party list, rather than holding a vote amongst party members. [22] Moshe was elected party leader by the Central Committee on 19 January 2021. [23] Party primaries were held on 26 January. [24]

Labor

The Tel Aviv District Court ruled on 3 January 2021 that primaries for Labor's Knesset list and leadership must take place, despite the fact that Amir Peretz and his supporters voted in favor of canceling them. MK Merav Michaeli announced she would run for party leadership shortly after. [25] Gil Beilin announced he would run on 11 January. [26] The Israeli High Court rejected an appeal by the Labor party, ensuring that all party members (instead of just committee members) will be able to vote in the primary. [27] Former Labor leader Ehud Barak announced on 18 January that he would not run, [28] while Itzik Shmuli announced the next day that he would not run. Avi Shaked and David Landsman, [29] Ethiopian immigrant Yitzhak Time, [30] and Na'ava Katz also ran. [31]

The vote for party leader was won by Michaeli on 24 January. [32]

The deadline for entering the Knesset primary was extended to 30 January; 59 candidates entered the race. [18] The primary election for choosing the Knesset slate took place 1 February. [33]

Likud

The Likud was ordered by its internal court to have its Constitutional Committee meet by 30 December to begin preparations for the selection of candidates for its electoral slate, following a petition filed by members of the party's Central Committee. [34] The party's Constitution Committee voted on 30 December to cancel party primaries, [35] which was made official on 2 January 2021. [36]

Meretz

Meretz would have held a leadership election on 13 January 2021, while a primary for the rest of its electoral list would have been held on 21 January. [37] However, the party decided on 3 January 2021 to not hold primaries as no one challenged Nitzan Horowitz, the party leader. [38]

Parties

Parliamentary factions

At the end of the 23rd Knesset, there were thirteen factions in parliament. The parties of these parliamentary factions are all fielding lists to compete in the 2021 elections, or are members of such lists, with the exception of The Jewish Home.

NameIdeologySymbolPrimary demographicLeader2020 resultAt the time
of dissolution
Votes (%)Seats
Likud Conservatism מחל‎– Benjamin Netanyahu 29.46%
36 / 120
36 / 120
Yesh Atid–Telem Liberalism פה‎– Yair Lapid, Moshe Ya'alon 26.59%
18 / 120
16 / 120
Blue and White Liberal Zionism – Benny Gantz
15 / 120
15 / 120
Derekh Eretz Liberal conservatism – Yoaz Hendel, Zvi Hauser
2 / 120
Joint List Minority interests ודעם‎ Israeli Arabs Ayman Odeh 12.67%
15 / 120
15 / 120
Shas Religious conservatism שס‎ Sephardi and
Mizrahi Haredim 		Aryeh Deri 7.69%
9 / 120
9 / 120
United Torah Judaism Religious conservatism ג‎ Ashkenazi Haredim Yaakov Litzman 5.98%
7 / 120
7 / 120
Labor Labor Zionism אמת‎– Amir Peretz 5.83%
3 / 120
3 / 120
Meretz Social democracy – Nitzan Horowitz
3 / 120
3 / 120
Gesher Social liberalism – Orly Levy
1 / 120
1 / 120
Yisrael Beiteinu Nationalism ל‎ Russian-speakers Avigdor Lieberman 5.74%
7 / 120
7 / 120
Yamina National conservatism טב‎– Naftali Bennett 5.24%
5 / 120
5 / 120
Jewish Home Religious Zionism Israeli settlers,
Modern Orthodox and Hardal Jews		 Rafi Peretz
1 / 120
1 / 120

Contesting parties

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Some of the ballot papers in the election.

A total of 39 parties registered to contest the elections. [39]

Party or allianceHead of listHebrew
ballot letter		Arabic
ballot letter
Am Shalem Haim Amsalem רף‎ر ف‎
Blue and White Benny Gantz כן‎ك ن‎
Bible Bloc Dennis Lipkinיק‎ي ق‎
Common Alliance Bishara Shlianינ‎ي ن‎
Da'am Workers Party Yoav Gal Tamirץ‎ص‎
Democratic Party (withdrawn) [40] Haim Cohenרק‎ر ض‎
The IsraelisYaron Regevז‎ز‎
Hetz Lior Shapiraצף‎ص ف‎
Hope for ChangeAbd el-Karim Abucafרנ‎ر ن‎
Human DignityArkadi Pogechיף‎ي ف‎
Israeli Labor Party Merav Michaeli אמת‎أ م ت‎
Jewish HeartEli Yosefכ‎ك‎
Likud Benjamin Netanyahu מחל‎م ح ل‎
Joint List Ayman Odeh ודעם‎و ض ع م‎
KamaDorit Liat Biranנ‎ن‎
Ma'an (withdrawn) [40] Mohammed Darawsheצכ‎ص ك‎
Me and YouAlon Giladiכך‎ك خ‎
Meretz Nitzan Horowitz מרצ‎م ر ص‎
Mishpat TzedekLarissa Amirקץ‎ق ص‎
New Economic Party Yaron Zelekha יז‎ي ز‎
New Hope Gideon Sa'ar ת‎ت‎
New OrderAvital Ofekקך‎ق خ‎
New WorldYoram Edriני‎ن ي‎
Atzmeinu (withdrawn) [41] Dotan Soferצי‎ص ي‎
The Impossible – PossibleNoam Aryeh Colemanק‎ق‎
Pirate Party Ohad Shem Tovףז‎ف ز‎
Rapeh only HealthAryeh Avniר‎ر‎
Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich ט‎ط‎
Shas Aryeh Deri שס‎ش س‎
ShamaNaftali Baruch Goldmanקי‎ق ي‎
Social Bang – PensionersTzion Yahavי‎ي‎
Social LeadershipIlan Yar-Zanberיר‎ي ر‎
Tzomet Moshe Greenזץ‎ز ص‎
United Arab List Mansour Abbas עם‎ع م‎
United Torah Judaism Moshe Gafni ג‎ج‎
UsMosh Hugaנר‎ن ر‎
Yamina Naftali Bennett ב‎ب‎
Yesh Atid Yair Lapid פה‎ف ه‎
Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman ל‎ل‎

Public expression of interest

The following parties, which did not have representation in the Knesset prior to the election, expressed interest in participating in the 2021 election, but ultimately chose not to contest it:

Not running

Opinion polls

This graph shows the polling trends from the 2 March 2020 Israeli legislative election. Scenario polls are not included here.

For parties not crossing the electoral threshold (currently 3.25%) in any given poll, the number of seats is calculated as a percentage of the 120 total seats. Labor-Meretz-Gesher and Labor-Meretz are shown as Labor before the splits; Yesh Atid-Telem is shown as Yesh Atid before the split.

Opinion polling for the 2021 Israeli legislative election.svg
Local regression of polls conducted

Newspaper endorsements

The daily Haaretz endorsed four parties in the 2021 election: Meretz, the Joint List, Labor, and Yesh Atid. [51]

Results

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24th Knesset election result map of winning coalition, by regional election committee:
  Unity coalition—70–80%
  Unity coalition—60–70%
  Unity coalition—50–60%
  Unity coalition—40–50%
  Netanyahu coalition—40–50%
  Netanyahu coalition—50–60%
  Netanyahu coalition—60–70%
Winning party by district in the 2021 Israeli legislative election.svg
Winning party by sub-district in the 2021 Israeli legislative election.svg
Largest party by Administrative district (left) and sub-district (right)
   Likud
   Yesh Atid
   United Torah Judaism
   Joint List
The Central Elections Committee chairman Uzi Vogelman (left) presents the election results to President Reuven Rivlin (right). Beit HaNassi, 31 March 2021. Reuven Rivlin receiving the official results of the 24th Knesset election in Israel, March 2021 (GPOABG 8002).jpg
The Central Elections Committee chairman Uzi Vogelman (left) presents the election results to President Reuven Rivlin (right). Beit HaNassi, 31 March 2021.
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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Likud 1,066,89224.1930–7
Yesh Atid 614,11213.9317+4
Shas 316,0087.1790
Blue and White 292,2576.638–7
Yamina 273,8366.217+4
Israeli Labor Party 268,7676.097+4
United Torah Judaism 248,3915.6370
Yisrael Beiteinu 248,3705.6370
Religious Zionist Party 225,6415.126+4
Joint List 212,5834.826–5
New Hope 209,1614.746New
Meretz 202,2184.596+3
United Arab List 167,0643.7940
New Economic Party 34,8830.790New
Rapeh only Health17,3460.390New
Pirate Party 1,3090.0300
Me and You1,2910.0300
Hope for Change1,1890.030New
Social Bang – Pensioners8110.020New
Mishpat Tzedek7290.0200
Tzomet 6630.0200
Am Shalem5920.010New
New Order5140.0100
Kama4860.0100
The Impossible – Possible4630.010New
Jewish Heart4430.0100
Atzmeinu4410.010New
Bible Bloc 4290.0100
New World4290.010New
Common Alliance 4080.0100
The Israelis3950.010New
Shama3950.0100
Da'am Workers Party 3850.0100
Social Leadership2560.0100
Ma'an – Together for a New Era 2530.010New
Hetz 2260.010New
Us2200.000New
Human Dignity1960.0000
Total4,410,052100.001200
Valid votes4,410,05299.41
Invalid/blank votes26,3130.59
Total votes4,436,365100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,578,08467.44
Source: CEC

Members of the Knesset who lost their seats

PartyNameYear electedSource
Blue and White Ruth Wasserman Lande 2021 [52]
Joint List Heba Yazbak 2019 [53]
Yousef Jabareen 2015 [53]
Sondos Saleh 2020 [54]
Jabar Asakla 2019 [54]
Likud Tali Ploskov 2020 [52]
Uzi Dayan 2020 [52]
Ariel Kallner 2020 [52]
Osnat Mark 2020 [52]
Amit Halevi 2020 [52]
Nissim Vaturi 2020 [52]
Shevah Stern 2020 [52]
Ayoob Kara 2020 [52]
Matti Yogev 2020 [52]
New Hope Zvi Hauser 2019 [53]
Shas Yosef Taieb 2020
United Arab List Iman Khatib-Yasin 2020
United Torah Judaism Ya'akov Tessler 2019
Eliyahu Baruchi 2020
Yesh Atid Moshe Tur-Paz 2020

Government formation

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with the heads of all political parties on 5 April, [55] and charged Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the government the next day. [56] Netanyahu had been given until the end of 4 May to form a government. [57] Netanyahu failed to form a new government by the deadline. [58] The next day, Rivlin entrusted Yair Lapid with the second mandate. [59] On 9 May 2021, it was reported that Lapid and Naftali Bennett had made major headway in the coalition talks. [60] [61] On 10 May, it was reported that plans were made to form a new government consisting of the current opposition, but that the Islamist Ra'am Party, which froze talks with both Lapid and Bennett in the wake of recent warfare in Gaza, still needed to pledge support for the Change bloc for the opposition MKs to secure a majority. [62] [63] In late May, Lapid secured the support from Blue and White, Labor Party, Yisrael Beiteinu, New Hope, and Meretz, with Yamina and Ra'am possibly giving support. [64] On 30 May 2021, Bennett announced in a televised address that Yamina would join a unity government with Lapid, after all but one Yamina MK agreed to back this decision. [65]

On 2 June 2021, following negotiations with Lapid and Bennett, Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas officially signed a coalition agreement with Lapid, and agreed to allow his party to join a non-Netanyahu government. [66] [67] Just an hour before his 2 June mandate was set to expire, Lapid informed outgoing president Reuven Rivlin that he could form a new government. [68] [69] [70] On 11 June 2021, Bennett's Yamina party became the last opposition faction to sign a coalition agreement with Lapid's Yesh Atid party, thus allowing the thirty-sixth government of Israel to be sworn in on 13 June. [71] Bennett became prime minister with Lapid as alternate prime minister, intended to take over as head of government in 2023.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Unity coalition comprises Yesh Atid, Blue and White, Yamina, Israeli Labor Party, Yisrael Beiteinu, New Hope, Meretz, and United Arab List; the Netanyahu coalition comprises Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, and Religious Zionist Party

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