All 120 seats in the Knesset 61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
79.23% (0.65pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Likud
Menachem Begin
33.41
43
+4
Alignment
Shimon Peres
24.60
32
−19
Dash
Yigael Yadin
11.57
15
New
Mafdal
Yosef Burg
9.20
12
+2
Hadash
Meir Vilner
4.58
5
+1
Agudat Yisrael
Yehuda Meir Abramowicz
3.36
4
+2
Flatto-Sharon
Shmuel Flatto-Sharon
2.01
1
New
Shlomtzion
Ariel Sharon
1.94
2
New
Sheli
Aryeh Eliav
1.56
2
+1
United Arab List
Seif el-Din el-Zoubi
1.38
1
−2
PAI
Kalman Kahana
1.35
1
−1
Ratz
Shulamit Aloni
1.18
1
−2
Independent Liberals
Gideon Hausner
1.17
1
−3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before
Prime Minister after
Yitzhak Rabin Alignment
Menachem Begin Likud
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 17 May 1977 to elect the ninth Knesset. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right wing, led by Likud, won a plurality of seats, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" (Hebrew: המהפך, HaMahapakh), a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen—a revolution!" (Hebrew: !גבירותי ורבותי—מהפך, Gvirotai veRabotai—Mahapakh!). The election saw the beginning of a period lasting almost two decades where the left- and right-wing blocs held roughly equal numbers of seats in the Knesset.
Voter turnout was 79%.[1]
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