tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post6054622649098695625..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Israel, New Elections?Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-691379799413762842014-12-02T17:34:32.253+02:002014-12-02T17:34:32.253+02:00What's the new minimum - 2% or 4 seats?
You c...What's the new minimum - 2% or 4 seats?<br /><br />You could have a lot of unhappy voters with high threshholds.Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-70448019108838935262014-12-02T06:28:28.138+02:002014-12-02T06:28:28.138+02:00Inserting article, but what's the connection?Inserting article, but what's the connection?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-31328901179009844802014-12-02T00:11:13.512+02:002014-12-02T00:11:13.512+02:00The "extra vote" agreement only holds fo...The "extra vote" agreement only holds for parties that make the minimum. <br />I think that Bibi was the only PM elected, and when the Left realized that they didn't have anyone to compete with him or win, they changed the law back. <br />It used to be possible for a party of 1 MK, less than 1% of the vote.<br />Likud is a number of formerly independent parties, so is the new NRP Bayit Yehudi. Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-20552142281308785742014-12-01T16:36:34.129+02:002014-12-01T16:36:34.129+02:00>> In the Israeli political system, Election...>> In the Israeli political system, Election Day, unlike in the USA, isn't "written in stone." <br /><br />There actually is a default, and it once happened, in 1988. The default is similar to, but not exactly that, of the United States- the first Tuesday in November. <br /><br />In the United States it is the first Tuesday <i> after the first Monday </i> in November, and in 1988, the elections happened on different days: November 1 in Israel and November 8 1988 in the United States.<br /><br />>> And another major difference between the two systems is that in Israel we don't elect a Prime Minister. <br /><br />There was a period of time when this happened, and Netanyahu and Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon were first elected Prime Minister under that system, but Israel went back to the other system.<br /><br />>> Please note: There are 120 seats in the Knesset. Parties must receive a minimum of 4 seats in the elections to be included in the Knesset. <br /><br />>> And with the new legislation that has raised the "threshold" to 2% of the votes which a political party must get to enter the Knesset, the definition of "small party" has just doubled. <br /><br />Is it 4 seats, or 2%? 2% of 120 is 2.4 which would mean probably 3 seats or are so many wasted votes expected that 25 would give a party 4 seats? And it used to be 1% which is just over one seat (1.2 seats)<br /><br />Parties can arrange in advance to transfer fractional seats, but I think they have to first qualify to do this.<br /><br />They can also run a merged list, like Likud and Yisroel Beiteinu did last time. (I think the result was the total was slightly than what would have been had they each run separately)Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.com