Elections for the 12th Knesset were held in

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on 1 November 1988. Voter turnout was 79.7%.

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, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p127

Parliament factions

The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the

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Results

Aftermath

Likud's

Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir ( he, יצחק שמיר, ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–1984 and 1986–1992. Before the establishment ...

formed the twenty-third government on 22 December 1988, including the Alignment, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah in his coalition, with 25 ministers. In 1990

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tried to form an Alignment-led coalition in a move that became known as " the dirty trick", but failed to win sufficient support. Eventually Shamir formed the twenty-fourth government on 11 June 1990, with a coalition encompassing Likud, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael, Degel HaTorah, the New Liberal Party, Tehiya, Tzomet, Moledet, Unity for Peace and Immigration and Geulat Yisrael. Tehiya, Tzomet and Moledet all left the coalition in late 1991/early 1992 in protest at Shamir's participation in the Madrid Conference. Several defections occurred during the Knesset term; five members of Likud left to form the Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea. After two of them returned, the party was renamed the New Liberal Party. Yitzhak Peretz left Shas and established

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. Eliezer Mizrahi left Agudat Yisrael and established

Geulat Yisrael Geulat Israel () was a short-lived Haredi political party in Israel in the early 1990s. Background The party was established on 25 December 1990 when Eliezer Mizrahi broke away from Agudat Yisrael Agudat Yisrael ( he, אֲגוּדָּת � ...

. Efraim Gur left the Alignment to establish Unity for Peace and Immigration, which later merged into Likud. The Twelfth Knesset saw the rise of the ultra-orthodox religious parties as a significant force in Israeli politics, and as a crucial "swing" element which could determine which of the large two secular parties (Likud, Alignment) would get to form the coalition government. Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui merged into

Meretz Meretz ( he, מֶרֶצ, ) is a left-wing political party in Israel. The party was formed in 1992 by the merger of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui, and was at its peak between 1992 and 1996 when it had 12 seats. It currently has no seats in the Knesset ...

, while

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broke away from Hadash.

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References

External links

Historical overview of the Twelfth Knesset
Knesset website

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