Basic Law: The Knesset
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Basic Law: The Knesset is the part of the Basic Laws of Israel that governs the process of elections in the Israeli parliament or the Knesset.
The law was created in 1958 and updated in 1987.
Current Voting System
Members of the Knesset are elected through Proportional Representation based on results for the entire national electorate. This means that seats are allocated across all parties fielding candidates who receive a minimum of 3.25% of the vote. Ballot papers give voters a choice of parties, rather than choosing individual candidates.
Parties have lists of candidates in order of preference. Some political parties have their own primary votes to decide candidate lists, whilst other (e.g. ultra-religious) parties have "spiritual" leaders who have the sole responsibility of deciding candidates for elections.
Elections are nominally held every 4 years, but the Knesset or Prime Minister decides to call an election early (snap election). Also under certain circumstances elections maybe be postponed past 4 years . An example of this was the election for 8th Knesset which was postponed (for two months due to the Yom Kippur War) by a special majority in the Knesset. [1] Since elections are nominally scheduled on either the first or third Tuesday of the Jewish month of Cheshvan (depending on whether the previous year was a Jewish leap year), it is possible for the interval between elections to be larger than 4 years, and up to 5 years if the previous early election is held near the end of the Jewish month of Cheshvan.[2] As of 2015, the nominal schedule was observed only 4 times: 1959, 1965, 1969, and 1988, with the longest interval between elections being 101 days over 4 years, which occurred between the 1984 elections and the 1988 elections. With the exception of the 1973 elections, the reason that elections were not held on the nominal date was because the election date was advanced, and as previously stated, in 1973 the elections were delayed due to a war.
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This Asian election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about government in Israel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
