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The members of the 19th Knesset were elected on 22 January 2013, and sworn in on 5 February. [1]
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The members of the 19th Knesset were elected on 22 January 2013, and sworn in on 5 February. [1]
| Date | Replacement | Party | Replacing | Notes |
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| 10 June 2014 | Carmel Shama | Likud | Reuven Rivlin | Rivlin was elected President |
| 22 June 2014 | Yoav Ben-Tzur | Shas | Ariel Atias | Atias resigned from the Knesset to take a break from politics |
| 6 August 2014 | Alex Miller | Yisrael Beiteinu | Carmel Shama | Shama resigned after being appointed Israel's envoy to the OECD |
| 5 November 2014 | Leon Litinetski | Yisrael Beiteinu | Gideon Sa'ar | Sa'ar resigned from the Knesset to take a break from politics |
| 14 December 2014 | Raleb Majadele | Labor Party | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Ben-Eliezer resigned for health reasons |
| 18 December 2014 | Yuval Zellner | Kadima | Yisrael Hasson | Hasson resigned after being appointed Chairman of the Israel Antiquities Authority |
| 1 January 2015 | Lior Edri | Shas | Aryeh Deri | Deri resigned following the release of video footage in which Rabbi Ovadia Yosef verbally attacked him [2] |
| 16 February 2015 | Hillel Horowitz | The Jewish Home | Uri Orbach | Orbach died on February 16, 2015 |
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