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Israeli Electoral History: Elections to the 9th Knesset

(May 17, 1977)

Valid votes
1,747,820
Qualifying threshold (1%)
17,478
Votes per seat
14,173

Political Party
Valid Votes
% of Total
Seats Won
Likud 583,968 33.4 43
Alignment 430,023 24.6 32
Democratic Movement for Change 202,265 11.6 15
National Religious Party 160,787 9.2 12
Hadash 80,118 4.6 5
Agudat Yisrael 58,652 3.3 4
Plato Sharon* 35,049 2.0 1
Shlomzion 33,947 1.9 2
Mahaneh Sheli 27,281 1.6 2
United Arab List** 24,185 1.4 1
Po'alei Agudat Yisrael 23,571 1.3 1
Ratz 20,621 1.2 1
Independent Liberals 20,384 1.2 1

* Received sufficient votes for two seats, but was a one-man list
** Minority list associated with the Alignment


Sources: The Knesset