1955 Israeli legislative election

Elections for the 3rd Knesset
Israel
← 1951 26 July 1955 1959 →
Turnout82.8%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Mapai David Ben-Gurion 32.2 40 −5
Herut Menachem Begin 12.6 15 +7
General Zionists Israel Rokach 10.2 13 −7
National Religious Front Haim-Moshe Shapira 9.1 11 +1
Ahdut HaAvoda Yitzhak Tabenkin 8.2 10 New
Mapam Meir Ya'ari 7.3 9 −6
Religious Torah Front Yitzhak-Meir Levin 4.7 6 +1
Maki Shmuel Mikunis 4.5 6 +1
Progressive Party Pinchas Rosen 4.4 5 +1
Democratic List for Israeli Arabs Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 1.8 2 −1
Progress and Work Salah-Hassan Hanifes 1.5 2 +1
Agriculture and Development Faras Hamdan 1.1 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Moshe Sharett
Mapai
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Prime minister Moshe Sharett votes

Elections for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July 1955. Voter turnout was 82.8%.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p124 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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