1999 Israeli Election

1999 · The direct-election experiment · 120 seats, 61 for a majority

The elections were only the second time in Israeli history that the prime minister had been directly elected; the first such election in 1996 had been an extremely tight contest between Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud and Shimon Peres of Labor, with Netanyahu winning by just 29,000 votes.

Prime Minister before

Benjamin Netanyahu

Likud

Prime Minister after

Ehud Barak

One Israel

Largest force

One Israel

26 of 120 seats

Turnout

78.7%

The result

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One Israel

20.3% of votes · -11 seats

seats

Likud

14.1% of votes · -8 seats

seats

Shas

13.0% of votes · +7 seats

seats

Meretz

7.7% of votes · +1 seats

seats

Yisrael BaAliyah

5.2% of votes · -1 seats

seats

Shinui

5.1% of votes

seats

Centre Party

5.0% of votes

seats

National Religious Party

4.2% of votes · -4 seats

seats


One Israel	—	26	-11	670,484	20.3%	—
Likud	—	19	-8	468,103	14.1%	—
Shas	—	17	+7	430,676	13.0%	—
Meretz	—	10	+1	253,525	7.7%	—
Yisrael BaAliyah	—	6	-1	171,705	5.2%	—
Shinui	—	6	—	167,748	5.1%	—
Centre Party	—	6	—	165,622	5.0%	—
National Religious Party	—	5	-4	140,307	4.2%	—

25 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.