External links
- Members of the Ninth Knesset Knesset website
Members of the Knesset by term | |||
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The 120 members of the ninth Knesset were elected on 17 May 1977. The breakdown by party was as follows:
* Flatto-Sharon won enough votes for two seats, but was a one-man list
| MK | Replaced | Date | Party | Notes |
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| Emry Ron | Haim Yosef Zadok | 2 January 1978 | Alignment | |
| Shlomo Eliyahu | Meir Zorea | 15 February 1978 | Democratic Movement for Change | When party split, joined the Democratic Movement, before defecting to Ahva |
| Avraham Katz-Oz | Yitzhak Navon | 18 April 1978 | Alignment | Navon was elected president |
| Ze'ev Katz | Aharon Yadlin | 12 January 1979 | Alignment | |
| Uri Avnery | Aryeh Eliav | 31 January 1979 | Left Camp of Israel | |
| Hamad Abu Rabia | Seif el-Din el-Zoubi | 3 April 1979 | United Arab List | |
| David Stern | Shmuel Rechtman | 18 June 1979 | Likud | |
| Esther Herlitz | Yehoshua Rabinovitz | 14 August 1979 | Alignment | |
| Yehuda Hashai | Yigal Allon | 29 February 1980 | Alignment | |
| Saadia Marciano | Meir Pa'il | 19 May 1980 | Left Camp of Israel | Left party to establish the Unity Party |
| Jabr Muadi | Hamad Abu Rabia | 12 January 1981 | United Arab List | |
| Walid Haj Yahia | Uri Avnery | 13 February 1981 | Left Camp of Israel | |
| Avraham Levenbraun | Hanna Mwais | 13 February 1981 | Hadash | |
| Stella Levy | Stef Wertheimer | 20 February 1981 | Shinui |
Members of the Knesset by term | |||
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