1955 Israeli legislative election

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

Elections for the 3rd Knesset

26 July 1955

Turnout

82.8%

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

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