Knesset
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The Royal Knesset of the Kingdom of Yisrael ההכנסה המלכותית של ממלכת ישראל | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Leader of the Knesset | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 142 |
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Political groups | HRM Government (76)
Non-coalition caucusing with HRM's Government (16)
HRM Opposition (50)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post voting | |
Last election | January 17, 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Dervaylik, Yisrael | |
The Royal Knesset of Yisrael is the unicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Yisrael. It is the legislative branch of the Kingdom and its territories. It currently has 142 members, who are elected directly by citizens who are registered voters on the 1st of Shevat on even years of the global secular calendar.
The Knesset is charged with lawmaking, declaring war or authorizing military force, the power of the purse, creating or eliminating public services, the oversight, investigation, and impeachment of sitting government officials, ratifying treaties, and providing the advise and consent for presidential appointments.
Legislation may be introduced by an individual Member of Knesset (MK) or groups of MKs. Per its parliamentary model, it elects the Leader of the Knesset from its largest or governing party after each election. The Knesset must have an election every two years. Every four years, the presidential election is run concurrently alongside the Knesset's.
The Knesset is widely-known for its unruly, polarized political atmosphere and unstable deal-making.
History
Role, powers, and duties
Members and elections
Qualifications
Officers
Legislative procedure
Current composition
Parliamentary composition since 2004
| Knesset | Years | Knesset | President | Governing Majority Party | Margin of Majority Control | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalist Conservatives | Constitutional Liberals | Torah Achdus | Action Yisrael | Alliance of Greens, Seculars, and Workers | League for New Judea | Independents | Vacan cies | |||||||
| 48th | 2018-2020 | 59 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Noah Feldman | Blue-Gold-Maroon coalition | +4 (strictly)/ +20 (with supply and confidence from Torah Achdus) | ||
| 47th | 2016-2018 | 64 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | Blue-Maroon coalition | +31 | |||
Footnotes
1. Torah Achdus neither sat in the opposition nor had a supply and confidence agreement with the ruling Conservatives.