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词条 1981 Israeli legislative election
释义

  1. Background

  2. Electoral system

  3. Campaign

  4. Conduct

  5. Results

  6. Aftermath

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name = Elections for the 10th Knesset
| previous_election = 1977
| next_election = 1984
| election_date = 30 June 1981
| country = Israel
| party1 = Likud
| party_leader1 = Menachem Begin
| seats1 = 48
| seats1_before = 43
| votes1 = 718,941
| percentage1 = 37.1%
| party2 = Alignment (Israel)
| party_leader2 = Shimon Peres
| seats2 = 47
| seats2_before = 32
| votes2 = 708,536
| percentage2 = 36.6%
| party3 = National Religious Party
| party_leader3 = Yosef Burg
| seats3 = 6
| seats3_before = 12
| votes3 = 95,232
| percentage3 = 4.9%
| party4 = Agudat Yisrael
| party_leader4 = {{nowrap|Avraham Yosef Shapira}}
| seats4 = 4
| seats4_before = 4
| votes4 = 72,312
| percentage4 = 3.7%
| party5 = Hadash
| party_leader5 = Meir Vilner
| seats5 = 4
| seats5_before = 5
| votes5 = 64,918
| percentage5 = 3.4%
| party6 = Tehiya
| party_leader6 = Yuval Ne'eman
| seats6 = 3
| seats6_before = new
| votes6 = 44,700
| percentage6 = 2.3%
| party7 = Tami
| party_leader7 = Aharon Abuhatzira
| seats7 = 3
| seats7_before = new
| votes7 = 44,466
| percentage7 = 2.3%
| party8 = Telem
| party_leader8 = Moshe Dayan
| seats8 = 2
| seats8_before = new
| votes8 = 30,600
| percentage8 = 1.6%
| party9 = Shinui
| party_leader9 = Amnon Rubinstein
| seats9 = 2
| seats9_before =
| votes9 = 29,837
| percentage9 = 1.5%
| party10 = Ratz (political party)
| party_leader10 = Shulamit Aloni
| seats10 = 1
| seats10_before = 1
| votes10 = 27,921
| percentage10 =1.4%
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Menachem Begin
| before_party = Likud
| after_election = Menachem Begin
| after_party = Likud
}}Knesset elections were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. The ruling Likud won one more seat than the opposition Alignment, a surprise result as opinion polls and political momentum initially suggested that the Alignment would win roughly half of the votes while the Likud would only get twenty percent.[1] Voter turnout was 78.5%,[2] with Likud receiving around ten thousand more than the Alignment.[2] This elections highlighted the polarization in the country.[3]

Background

Prior to the elections, Menachem Begin's government faced instability due to internal conflict amongst coalition partners and international pressures, as well as issues with corruption, and failure to pass legislation.[5] Discontent with the government was growing, and 40% of people agreed that "the major problems facing the state and the entire political system must be changed and a strong government of leaders and independent of parties should take control".[4] Due to the dissatisfaction with the government, it was expected that Likud would lose the elections.

Electoral system

The 120 seats in the Knesset were elected by closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. This led to numerous parties winning seats and multi-party government coalitions.

Campaign

Since 1965 parties had begun abandoning attempts to frame moral issues in favor of spreading wider nets to catch a bigger range of voters. Rather than focusing on controversial issues that divided them, parties took to forming clusters that resorted to "emotive catchwords" and the lowest common denominator.[5] The party clusters had set aside fundamental ideals in order to work together, which meant that infighting amongst the coalitions was inevitable.[5]

Menachem Begin, Likud's most popular candidate, served as a strong factor for the party's resurgence. 40.7% of the adult Jewish persons responded in favor of seeing Begin as prime minister, with 49% saying Begin would better be able to deal with the country’s problems.[6] The Alignment, whose announcement of potential major ministerial appointments failed to include Yitzhak Rabin, left the impression of a power-hungry group of politicians, with animosity between party leaders Shimon Peres and Rabin.[10]

Public perception of the parties became instrumental in the elections; throughout the campaign the Alignment was seen and painted as the establishment party, considered by 48% of Israeli citizens surveyed to be more old-fashioned, despite its opposition to the government for the four years prior. The Alignment was also seen as self-interested by rather than interested in the good of the people, as well as corrupt. Likud, meanwhile, was seen as slightly stronger (50% as compared with the Alignment's 44%), more honest (57%), and more concerned with the fate of the citizens than that of the party (45%). Likud was able to benefit from having only been created 8 years prior, giving it an image of newness and innocence.[10]

Public perception of the parties[7]
CharacteristicIdealAlignmentLikud
Strong/weak93/9244/3350/33
Right/left55/1328/4077/7
Old-fashioned/progressive15/6148/2642/31
Middle class/working class28/3227/4255/14
Young/old52/1017/5128/35
Sephardi/Ashkenazi11/116/4718/25
Worries about itself/the citizens3/8943/3731/45
Inexperienced/experienced4/864/7945/38
Honest/corrupt35/3957/18
Cannot/can be believed36/4232/48

The 1981 elections also saw a rise in the use of ethnic ideas within the political discourse.[8] While Likud and the Alignment were both led by Ashkenazi politicians, the Alignment was considered the party of the Ashkenazi Jews, with the Sephardic vote lost to Likud. The likelihood of Sephardim voting for Likud and Ashkenazim voting for the Alignment was more pronounced than ever before.[9] However, Likud enjoyed the advantage of still being able to appeal to a significant amount of Ashkenazi voters, while also maintaining their Sephardi popularity; in contrast, the Alignment was seen as even less Sephardi than in previous years.[9]

Conduct

Police noted before election day that "there hasn’t been an election campaign in Israel as violent as the present one".[10] A reason for the violence may have been that this was the first elections in which the public believed both sides had a chance of winning, causing unrest and agitation.[11]

Results

Scholars attribute the Likud's comeback, from its lowest point six months prior to the 1981 legislative election, to five main factors: incumbency, candidates, images, campaigns, violence, and ethnicity.[12] Likud's role as the ruling party enabled the party to use its incumbency advantage to increase popularity with policy implementation. The party implemented tax programs that lowered prices for consumers, subsidized oil products at a higher rate than ever before, and used foreign policy that made the Alignment seem unpatriotic if they argued against the moves.[12]
PartyVotes%Seats+/−
Likud718,94137.148+3
Alignment708,53636.647+15
National Religious Party95,2324.96−6
Agudat Yisrael72,3123.740
Hadash64,9183.44−1
Tehiya44,7002.33New
Tami44,4662.33New
Telem30,6001.62New
Shinui29,8371.52New
Ratz27,9211.410
Poalei Agudat Yisrael17,0900.90−1
Independent Liberals11,7640.60−1
United Arab List11,5900.60−1
Development and Peace10,8230.60−1
Left Camp of Israel8,6910.40−2
Arab Brotherhood List8,3040.40New
List for Aliyah6,9920.40New
Kach5,1280.300
Independence4,7100.20New
One Israel3,7260.20New
Arab Citizens' List2,5960.10New
Pensioners' List2,4040.10New
Unity Party1,2930.10New
Ya'ad1,2280.10New
Otzma8390.00New
Tent Movement5450.00New
Abolish Income Tax5030.00New
Amkha4600.00New
Youth Movement4120.00New
Council to Rescue the Homeland4050.00New
Initiative - Independents Movement4000.00New
Invalid/blank votes17,243
Total1,937,3661001200
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

Menachim Begin (of the Likud) became Prime Minister and in August 1981 included the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, the Movement for the Heritage of Israel (Tami) and Tehiya in his coalition to form the nineteenth government.[2] After Begin resigned due to health reasons, Yitzhak Shamir formed the twentieth government in October 1983, with the same coalition parties.[2]

During the Knesset term, two MKs defected from Likud to the Alignment. Haim Drukman left the National Religious Party and sat as an independent MK, whilst two other MKs left the National Religious Party and formed Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre before returning two weeks later. Telem split into Ometz and the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism, whilst Ratz joined the Alignment but then broke away again.

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1981/jun/30/israel|title=Labour leads on eve of Israeli poll|last=Silver|first=Eric|date=1981-06-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/history/eng/eng_hist10_s.htm|title=Factional and Government Make-Up of the Tenth Knesset|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
3. ^{{Cite book|title=The Elections in Israel, 1981|last=Arian|first=Asher|publisher=Ramot Publishing Co|year=1983|isbn=|location=Israel|pages=}}
4. ^Hasin, E. (1981). Survey conducted by M. Zemach. January 1981, quoted in "The Israeli Democracy: The Beginning of the End?" Monition 30:73-75.
5. ^{{Cite journal|last=Mendilow|first=Jonathan|date=1983|title=Party Clustering in Multi-Party Systems: The Example of Israel (1965-1981)|url=|journal=American Journal of Political Science XXVII|volume=|pages=64–85}}
6. ^Survey by Dahaf Research Institute, June 1981, N=1237
7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Arian|first=Asher|date=April 1981|title=Israeli Election Study, 1981|url=http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/IFSS/studies/2996|journal=Israel Institute of Applied Social Research|volume=|pages=}}
8. ^Hanna Herzog, 'The Ethnic Lists to the Delegates' Assembly and the Knesset (1920 1977) Ethnic Political Identity?' Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tel-Aviv University, 1981.
9. ^{{Cite journal|last=Shamir|first=Michal|last2=Arian|first2=Asher|title=The ethnic vote in Israel's 1981 elections|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-3794(82)90221-9|journal=Electoral Studies|language=en|volume=1|issue=3|pages=315–331|doi=10.1016/0261-3794(82)90221-9}}
10. ^Salpeter, Eliahu. " A Scary Face in the Mirror." Haaretz, 19 June 1981, p.14.
11. ^{{Cite journal|last=Lehman-Wilzig|first=Sam|date=1983|title=Thunder Before The Storm: Pre-Election Agitation And Post-Election Turmoil|url=|journal=The Elections in Israel, 1983|volume=|pages=207}}
12. ^{{Cite book|title=The Elections in Israel, 1981|last=Arian|first=Asher|publisher=Ramot Publishing Co.|year=1983|isbn=|location=|pages=1–5}}

External links

  • [https://www.knesset.gov.il/review/ReviewPage.aspx?kns=10&lng=3 Historical overview of the Tenth Knesset] Knesset website
  • [https://www.knesset.gov.il/history/eng/eng_hist10_s.htm Factional and Government Make-Up of the Tenth Knesset] Knesset website
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