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! [[Torah Achdus]]
! [[Torah Achdus]]
! [[Action Yisrael]]
! [[Action Yisrael]]
! [[Alternative for Yisrael]]<sup>1</sup>
! [[Alliance of Greens, Seculars, and Workers]]
! [[Alliance of Greens, Seculars, and Workers]]
! [[League for New Judea]]
! [[League for New Judea]]
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| 2018-2020
| 2018-2020
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | 59
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | 59
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | 42
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | 42-32<sup>1</sup>
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 16
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 16
| bgcolor=#C5CE88 | 12
| bgcolor=#C5CE88 | 12
| bgcolor=#add8e6 | 0-10<sup>1</sup>
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 8
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 8
| bgcolor=#800000 | 5
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| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#0F0FFF | '''[[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Blue]]'''-'''[[Action Yisrael|Gray]]'''-'''[[League for New Judea|Maroon]]''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#0F0FFF | '''[[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Blue]]'''-'''[[Action Yisrael|Gray]]'''-'''[[League for New Judea|Maroon]]''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | +4/<br>+20 (with {{wp|supply and confidence}} from [[Torah Achdus]])
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | +4/<br>+20 (with {{wp|supply and confidence}} from [[Torah Achdus]])
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{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- valign=bottom
! rowspan=2 | Knesset
! rowspan=2 | Years
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! colspan=8 | Knesset
! rowspan=999 |
! rowspan=2 | President
! rowspan=2 | Governing Majority Party
! rowspan=2 | Margin of Majority Control
|- valign=bottom
! [[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Royalist Conservatives]]
! [[Constitutional Liberal Party|Constitutional Liberals]]
! [[Torah Achdus]]
! [[Action Yisrael]]
! [[Alliance of Greens, Seculars, and Workers]]
! [[League for New Judea]]
! {{wp|Independent (politician)|Independents}}
! Vacan<br/>cies


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| 2
| 2
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#0F0FFF | '''[[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Blue]]'''-'''[[League for New Judea|Maroon]]''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#0F0FFF | '''[[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Blue]]'''-'''[[League for New Judea|Maroon]]''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | +3<sup>1</sup>
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | +3<sup>2</sup>


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| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 16
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 16
| bgcolor=#C5CE88 | 5
| bgcolor=#C5CE88 | 5
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 4<sup>2</sup>
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 4<sup>3</sup>
| bgcolor=#800000 | 3
| bgcolor=#800000 | 3
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 2
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 2
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! [[Constitutional Liberal Party|Constitutional Liberals]]
! [[Constitutional Liberal Party|Constitutional Liberals]]
! [[Torah Achdus]]
! [[Torah Achdus]]
! [[Action Yisrael]]<sup>3</sup>
! [[Action Yisrael]]<sup>4</sup>
! [[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green Party]]
! [[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green Party]]
! [[Yisraeli Labor Party]]
! [[Yisraeli Labor Party]]
! [[League for New Judea]]
! [[League for New Judea]]
! [[Yisraeli Christian Association]]<sup>4</sup>
! [[Yisraeli Christian Association]]<sup>5</sup>
! {{wp|Independent (politician)|Independents}}
! {{wp|Independent (politician)|Independents}}
! Vacan<br/>cies
! Vacan<br/>cies
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| bgcolor=#ADD8E6 | 3
| bgcolor=#ADD8E6 | 3
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 2
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 2
| 4<sup>5</sup>
| 4<sup>6</sup>
| rowspan=4 bgcolor=#EAA328 | [[Eitan Herzog]]
| rowspan=4 bgcolor=#EAA328 | [[Eitan Herzog]]
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#0F0FFF | '''[[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Blue]]'''-'''[[Torah Achdus|Silver]]'''  {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#0F0FFF | '''[[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Blue]]'''-'''[[Torah Achdus|Silver]]'''  {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
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| '''42nd'''
| '''42nd'''
| 2006-2008
| 2006-2008
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | 57<sup>6</sup>
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | 57<sup>7</sup>
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | 57<sup>6</sup>
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | 57<sup>7</sup>
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 14
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 14
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 3
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 3
| bgcolor=##FFC0CB| 2
| bgcolor=##FFC0CB| 2
| bgcolor=#800000 | 0<sup>7</sup>
| bgcolor=#800000 | 0<sup>8</sup>
| bgcolor=#ADD8E6 | 4
| bgcolor=#ADD8E6 | 4
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 5
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 5
| 0
| 0
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#EAA328 | '''[[Constitutional Liberal Party|Gold]]'''-'''[[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green]]'''-'''[[Yisraeli Labor Party|Pink]]'''-{{wp|Independent (politician)|White}}''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#EAA328 | '''[[Constitutional Liberal Party|Gold]]'''-'''[[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green]]'''-'''[[Yisraeli Labor Party|Pink]]'''-{{wp|Independent (politician)|White}}''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | +1<sup>6</sup>
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | +1<sup>7</sup>
|-
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| '''41st'''
| '''41st'''
| 2004-2006
| 2004-2006
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | 46-45<sup>9</sup>
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF | 46-45<sup>10</sup>
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | 66-67<sup>9</sup>
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | 66-67<sup>10</sup>
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 12
| bgcolor=#C0C0C0 | 12
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 5
| bgcolor=#7CFC00 | 5
| bgcolor=##FFC0CB| 4
| bgcolor=##FFC0CB| 4
| bgcolor=##228b22| 2<sup>8</sup>
| bgcolor=##228b22| 2<sup>9</sup>
| bgcolor=#ADD8E6 | 3
| bgcolor=#ADD8E6 | 3
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 3
| bgcolor=#FFFFFF | 3
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| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#EAA328 | [[Eitan Herzog]]
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#EAA328 | [[Eitan Herzog]]
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#EAA328 | '''[[Constitutional Liberal Party|Gold]]'''-'''[[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green]]'''-'''[[Yisraeli Labor Party|Pink]]''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| rowspan=1 bgcolor=#EAA328 | '''[[Constitutional Liberal Party|Gold]]'''-'''[[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green]]'''-'''[[Yisraeli Labor Party|Pink]]''' {{wp|coalition government|coalition}}
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | +4/+5<sup>9</sup>
| bgcolor=#EAA328 | +4/+5<sup>10</sup>


|}
|}


'''Footnotes'''
'''Footnotes'''
<br><small>1. [[Torah Achdus]] neither sat in {{wp|Parliamentary Opposition|the opposition}} nor had a {{wp|supply and confidence}} agreement with the ruling Conservatives.</small>
<br><small>1. The [[Alternative for Yisrael]] {{wp|splinter group|split off}} from the [[Constitutional Liberal Party]] on November 7, 2019, at the end of the 48th term of Knesset and about two months from the [[Yisraeli general election, 2020|2020 general elections]]. 10 sitting Con-Lib MKs {{wp|Party switching|defected}} to the new party.</small>
<br><small>2. The smaller [[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green Party]] and [[Yisraeli Labor Party]] {{wp|Merger (politics)|merged}} together on February 8th, 2012, three weeks after the [[Yisraeli general election, 2012|2012 elections]], combining their 4 seats (3 Greens, 1 Labor Party).</small>
<br><small>2. [[Torah Achdus]] neither sat in {{wp|Parliamentary Opposition|the opposition}} nor had a {{wp|supply and confidence}} agreement with the ruling Conservatives.</small>
<br><small>3. The [[Action Yisrael]] party was formed on May 24th, 2009, in advance of the [[Yisraeli general election, 2010|2010 elections]].</small>
<br><small>3. The smaller [[Green Party (Yisrael)|Green Party]] and [[Yisraeli Labor Party]] {{wp|Merger (politics)|merged}} together on February 8th, 2012, three weeks after the [[Yisraeli general election, 2012|2012 elections]], combining their 4 seats (3 Greens, 1 Labor Party).</small>
<br><small>4. The YCA was found to have illegal ties to [[Yarden revisionist movements|anti-Yisrael]] [[List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations_in_Ajax#List_of_organizations_currently_designated_as_terrorists_by_governments|terrorist groups the Christian Defense League and the Free Yarden Valley Catholic Front]] in the aftermath of the [[2011 Yericho riots]]. Its MKs were arrested by the [[Royal Yisraeli Special Political Police|YeMep]] and the party banned under the [[Domestic Subversive Organizations Act]] before the 2012 elections.</small>
<br><small>4. The [[Action Yisrael]] party was formed on May 24th, 2009, in advance of the [[Yisraeli general election, 2010|2010 elections]].</small>
<br><small>5. None of the vacancies resulted in a change of partisan affiliation. All the seats were filled by persons of the same party.</small>
<br><small>5. The YCA was found to have illegal ties to [[Yarden revisionist movements|anti-Yisrael]] [[List_of_designated_terrorist_organizations_in_Ajax#List_of_organizations_currently_designated_as_terrorists_by_governments|terrorist groups the Christian Defense League and the Free Yarden Valley Catholic Front]] in the aftermath of the [[2011 Yericho riots]]. Its MKs were arrested by the [[Royal Yisraeli Special Political Police|YeMep]] and the party banned under the [[Domestic Subversive Organizations Act]] before the 2012 elections.</small>
<br><small>6. Vice-President [[Oren Waltenstein]] would often be required to stay on premises for Knesset votes to cast the deciding vote due to the {{wp|hung parliament|evenly-split Knesset}} between HRM Government led by the Con-Lib-Green-Labor-YCA-Indep. coalition (71) and HRM Opposition of the Conservatives and their allies the Torah Achdus party (71).</small>
<br><small>6. None of the vacancies resulted in a change of partisan affiliation. All the seats were filled by persons of the same party.</small>
<br><small>7. The Northern League, although in existence since 1974, had no won any seats since the 1980s. The party had a leadership election in February 14th, 2006, and elected [[David Touro]] as party chairman. Touro rebranded the party as "far right lite" and moderated the more extreme stances of the party as well as recruited credible right-wing activists and buildt needed campaign infrastructure in the [[Yarden River Valley]] and [[Tarsan Jews|ethnic Tarsan Jewish areas]] to field successful candidates for the next election cycle.</small>
<br><small>7. Vice-President [[Oren Waltenstein]] would often be required to stay on premises for Knesset votes to cast the deciding vote due to the {{wp|hung parliament|evenly-split Knesset}} between HRM Government led by the Con-Lib-Green-Labor-YCA-Indep. coalition (71) and HRM Opposition of the Conservatives and their allies the Torah Achdus party (71).</small>
<br><small>8. The {{wp|right-wing}} [[National Union (Yisrael)|National Union]] {{wp|Merger (politics)|merged}} with the [[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Royalist Conservatives]] several months before the [[Yisraeli general election, 2006|2006 elections]].</small>
<br><small>8. The Northern League, although in existence since 1974, had no won any seats since the 1980s. The party had a leadership election in February 14th, 2006, and elected [[David Touro]] as party chairman. Touro rebranded the party as "far right lite" and moderated the more extreme stances of the party as well as recruited credible right-wing activists and buildt needed campaign infrastructure in the [[Yarden River Valley]] and [[Tarsan Jews|ethnic Tarsan Jewish areas]] to field successful candidates for the next election cycle.</small>
<br><small>9. [[Avigdor Korvo]], an MK from [[Ashkelon]], {{wp|party-switching|party-switched}} several days after the election from Conservative to Con-Lib and was given a prominent role on the Knesset Appropriations Committee.</small>
<br><small>9. The {{wp|right-wing}} [[National Union (Yisrael)|National Union]] {{wp|Merger (politics)|merged}} with the [[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Royalist Conservatives]] several months before the [[Yisraeli general election, 2006|2006 elections]].</small>
<br><small>10. [[Avigdor Korvo]], an MK from [[Ashkelon]], {{wp|party-switching|party-switched}} several days after the election from Conservative to Con-Lib and was given a prominent role on the Knesset Appropriations Committee.</small>




Revision as of 20:35, 14 November 2019

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Knesset Years Knesset President Governing Majority Party Margin of Majority Control
Royalist Conservatives Constitutional Liberals Torah Achdus Action Yisrael Alternative for Yisrael1 Alliance of Greens, Seculars, and Workers League for New Judea Independents Vacan
cies
48th 2018-2020 59 42-321 16 12 0-101 8 5 0 0 Noah Feldman Blue-Gray-Maroon coalition +4/
+20 (with supply and confidence from Torah Achdus)
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
47th 2016-2018 64 39 18 7 3 11 0 2 Blue-Maroon coalition +32
46th 2014-2016 41 66 15 9 6 2 3 1 Gold-Gray-Green-White coalition +5
45th 2012-2014 64 48 16 5 43 3 2 2 Blue-Silver coalition +8
Knesset Years Knesset President Governing Majority Party Margin of Majority Control
Royalist Conservatives Constitutional Liberals Torah Achdus Action Yisrael4 Green Party Yisraeli Labor Party League for New Judea Yisraeli Christian Association5 Independents Vacan
cies
44th 2010-2012 58 51 16 3 2 2 5 3 2 46 Eitan Herzog Blue-Silver coalition +2
Knesset Years Knesset President Governing Majority Party Margin of Majority Control
Royalist Conservatives Constitutional Liberals Torah Achdus Green Party Yisraeli Labor Party League for New Judea Yisraeli Christian Association Independents Vacan
cies
43rd 2008-2010 52 60 13 5 3 2 3 4 0 Eitan Herzog Gold-Green-Pink-White coalition +1
42nd 2006-2008 577 577 14 3 2 08 4 5 0 Gold-Green-Pink-White coalition +17
Knesset Years Knesset President Governing Majority Party Margin of Majority Control
Royalist Conservatives Constitutional Liberals Torah Achdus Green Party Yisraeli Labor Party National Union Yisraeli Christian Association Independents Vacan
cies
41st 2004-2006 46-4510 66-6710 12 5 4 29 3 3 3 Eitan Herzog Gold-Green-Pink coalition +4/+510

Footnotes
1. The Alternative for Yisrael split off from the Constitutional Liberal Party on November 7, 2019, at the end of the 48th term of Knesset and about two months from the 2020 general elections. 10 sitting Con-Lib MKs defected to the new party.
2. Torah Achdus neither sat in the opposition nor had a supply and confidence agreement with the ruling Conservatives.
3. The smaller Green Party and Yisraeli Labor Party merged together on February 8th, 2012, three weeks after the 2012 elections, combining their 4 seats (3 Greens, 1 Labor Party).
4. The Action Yisrael party was formed on May 24th, 2009, in advance of the 2010 elections.
5. The YCA was found to have illegal ties to anti-Yisrael terrorist groups the Christian Defense League and the Free Yarden Valley Catholic Front in the aftermath of the 2011 Yericho riots. Its MKs were arrested by the YeMep and the party banned under the Domestic Subversive Organizations Act before the 2012 elections.
6. None of the vacancies resulted in a change of partisan affiliation. All the seats were filled by persons of the same party.
7. Vice-President Oren Waltenstein would often be required to stay on premises for Knesset votes to cast the deciding vote due to the evenly-split Knesset between HRM Government led by the Con-Lib-Green-Labor-YCA-Indep. coalition (71) and HRM Opposition of the Conservatives and their allies the Torah Achdus party (71).
8. The Northern League, although in existence since 1974, had no won any seats since the 1980s. The party had a leadership election in February 14th, 2006, and elected David Touro as party chairman. Touro rebranded the party as "far right lite" and moderated the more extreme stances of the party as well as recruited credible right-wing activists and buildt needed campaign infrastructure in the Yarden River Valley and ethnic Tarsan Jewish areas to field successful candidates for the next election cycle.
9. The right-wing National Union merged with the Royalist Conservatives several months before the 2006 elections.
10. Avigdor Korvo, an MK from Ashkelon, party-switched several days after the election from Conservative to Con-Lib and was given a prominent role on the Knesset Appropriations Committee.

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