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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Elections for the 13th Knesset were held inIsrael on 23 June 1992. The election resulted in the formation of aLabor government, led byYitzhak Rabin, helped by the failure of several small right wing parties to pass theelectoral threshold.[1] Voter turnout was 77%.[2]
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the12th Knesset.
| Party or alliance | Original slogan[3] | English translation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Likud | "הליכוד-זה נכון!" | "Likud - that's right!" | |
| Labor | "ישראל מחכה לרבין" | "Israel is waiting forRabin" | |
| Meretz | "ממשלה עם מרצ, הכוח לעשות את השינוי." | "A government with Meretz [vigor], the power to make the change [Shinui]" | |
| Mafdal | "המפד"ל לימינך" | "Mafdal stands by you [lit. to your right]" | |
| UTJ | "כולנו עם ג'" | "We are all withGod" | |
| Hadash | "שמאל זה חד"ש" | "The left is Hadash" | |
| Tzomet | "ישראל בטוחה בצומת" | "Israel is safe with Tzomet" | |
| Tehiya | "התחייה-יש ימין אמין!" | "Tehiya - there is a reliable right!" | |
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Labor Party | 906,810 | 34.65 | 44 | +5 | |
| Likud | 651,229 | 24.89 | 32 | −8 | |
| Meretz | 250,667 | 9.58 | 12 | +2 | |
| Tzomet | 166,366 | 6.36 | 8 | +6 | |
| National Religious Party | 129,663 | 4.95 | 6 | +1 | |
| Shas | 129,347 | 4.94 | 6 | 0 | |
| United Torah Judaism | 86,167 | 3.29 | 4 | −3 | |
| Hadash | 62,546 | 2.39 | 3 | −1 | |
| Moledet | 62,269 | 2.38 | 3 | +1 | |
| Arab Democratic Party | 40,788 | 1.56 | 2 | +1 | |
| Tehiya | 31,957 | 1.22 | 0 | −3 | |
| Progressive List for Peace | 24,181 | 0.92 | 0 | −1 | |
| New Liberal Party | 16,669 | 0.64 | 0 | New | |
| Geulat Yisrael | 12,851 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
| Da | 11,697 | 0.45 | 0 | New | |
| Pensioners, Immigrants and Senior Citizens | 8,327 | 0.32 | 0 | New | |
| Movement of Mortgage Victims, the Homeless and Veterans | 5,962 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pikanti | 3,750 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Torah VeAretz | 3,708 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| On Wheels | 3,355 | 0.13 | 0 | New | |
| Women's Party | 2,886 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
| Hatikva | 2,053 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Natural Law Party | 1,734 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
| Tali | 1,336 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Tzipor | 523 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,616,841 | 100.00 | 120 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,616,841 | 99.20 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 21,102 | 0.80 | |||
| Total votes | 2,637,943 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,409,015 | 77.38 | |||
| Source:IDI, Nohlenet al. | |||||
Labour'sYitzhak Rabin formed thetwenty-fifth government on 13 July 1992, including Meretz and Shas in his coalition, which had 17 ministers. Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party also supported the government despite not being coalition members. Shas left the coalition in September 1993, and Yiud joined in January 1995.
Rabin's government advanced the peace process to unprecedented levels; theOslo Accords were signed withYasser Arafat'sPLO in 1993 and theIsrael–Jordan peace treaty in 1994. The government's willingness to make peace withSyria and concede theGolan Heights led toAvigdor Kahalani andEmanuel Zisman leaving the party to form theThird Way.
AfterRabin's assassination on 4 November 1995,Shimon Peres took over asPrime Minister and formeda new government on 22 November 1995. His coalition was the same as before; Labor, Meretz and Yiud. Peres calledearly elections in 1996 in order to seek a mandate to continue the peace process,[4] in which he lost.
The Knesset term saw several defections; two MKs left the Labor Party to establish theThird Way, whilstNava Arad also left the party. Two MKs left Likud to establishGesher, whilstEfraim Gur also left the party. Three MKs left Tzomet to establishYiud; one MK then left Yiud to establishAtid.Yosef Azran left Shas. One MK left Moldet to establishYamin Yisrael, whilstYosef Ba-Gad also left the party. United Torah Judaism split intoAgudat Yisrael (two seats) andDegel HaTorah (two seats).
