Everything about Israeli Legislative Election 1981 totally explained
Elections for the tenth Knesset were held in
Israel on 30 June, 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for
Shimon Peres's
Alignment,
Menachem Begin's
Likud won by just one seat.
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) Voter turnout was 77.8%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats at start
of session |
Seats at
end of session |
| Likud 1 |
718,941 |
37.1% |
48 |
46 |
| Alignment 1 4 |
708,536 |
36.6% |
47 |
49 |
| National Religious Party 2 5 |
95,232 |
4.9% |
6 |
5 |
| Agudat Israel |
72,312 |
3.7% |
4 |
4 |
| Hadash |
64,918 |
3.4% |
4 |
4 |
| Tami |
44,918 |
2.3% |
3 |
3 |
| Tehiya |
40,700 |
2.3% |
3 |
3 |
| Telem 3 |
30,600 |
1.6% |
2 |
0 |
| Shinui |
29,837 |
1.5% |
2 |
2 |
| Ratz 4 |
27,921 |
1.4% |
1 |
1 |
| Non-qualifiers |
103,451 |
5.3% |
- |
- |
| Total valid votes |
1,937,366 |
100% |
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| Rafi – National List 3 |
- |
- |
0 |
1 |
| Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism 3 |
- |
- |
0 |
1 |
| Haim Druckman 2 |
- |
- |
0 |
1 |
| Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre 5 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
1 Two MKs defected from Likud to the Alignment.
2 Haim Druckman left the National Religious Party and sat as an independent MK.
3 Telem split into Ometz and the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism.
4 Ratz joined the Alignment but then broke away again.
5 Two MKs left the National Religious Party and formed Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre before returning to the NRP two weeks later.
Non-qualifiers
The following parties ran for election, but didn't pass the
electoral threshold of 1% (19,373 votes):
It is notable that no solely
Israeli Arab parties were elected to the tenth Knesset (despite its largely Arab support, Hadash is a mixed party, and included the
Jewish
Meir Vilner amongst its MKs), the only occasion on which this has happened.
The Tenth Knesset
The ninteenth government was formed by
Menachem Begin on 5 August, 1981, including Likud, the National Religious Party, Agudat Israel, Tami and Telem, and had 17 ministers. Tehiya joined the coalition on 26 August, upping the total to 18 ministers. Likud's
Menachem Savidor was appointed
Speaker of the Knesset. One of the government's first acts was to pass a bill annexing the
Golan Heights. It also oversaw the
Lebanon War and the subsequent
Sabra and Shatila massacre, which resulted in Defence Minister
Ariel Sharon losing his job. The country was also hit by several economic crises, including the collapse of most of the banking sector and
hyper-inflation. Meanwhile, the religious parties (NRP and Agudat Israel) managed to pass a law banning state airline
El Al from flying on
Shabbat.
Yitzhak Shamir formed the 20th government on 10 October, 1983 after Begin had resigned for health reasons. He included the same parties in his coalition, but with 20 ministers. The
next elections were held on 23 July, 1984.
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