Category: Political, from Wikidata’s class “public election”
1959 Israeli legislative election
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: public election (all its classes: Wikidata item)
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 3 November 1959 to elect the 120 members of the fourth Knesset. Mapai remained the dominant party, gaining seven seats. Following the elections, Mapai leader David Ben-Gurion formed ninth government on 17 December 1959. His coalition included the National Religious Party, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, the Progressive Party and the three Israeli Arab parties, Progress and Development, Cooperation and Brotherhood and Agriculture and Development. The government had 16 ministers. Mapai's Kadish Luz became the Speaker of the Knesset.
Voter turnout was 81.6%.
Text retrieved 2026-10-06 from Wikipedia.
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