Arab Democratic Party (Israel)
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Arab Democratic Party
מפלגה דמוקרטית ערבית ألحزب الديمقراطي العربي |
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| Leader |
Taleb el-Sana Abdulwahab Darawshe |
| Founded | 15 February 1988 |
| Split from | Alignment |
| Ideology | Israeli Arab interest |
| Alliance | United Arab List (1996–2012) |
| Most MKs | 2 (1992) |
| Fewest MKs | 1 |
| Current MKs |
0 / 120
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The Arab Democratic Party (Hebrew: מפלגה דמוקרטית ערבית, Miflaga Demokratit Aravit; Arabic: ألحزب الديمقراطي العربي, al-Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Arabi) commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acroynym Mada (Hebrew: מד"ע) is a political party in Israel. Between the mid-1990s and 2012 it was a faction within the United Arab List.
The party was formed on 15 February 1988, towards the end of the term of the eleventh Knesset, when Abdulwahab Darawshe broke away from the Alignment to create his own faction in protest at the party's policy on the First Intifada. At the time of its founding, the party was the only solely Israeli Arab faction in the Knesset (although the Progressive List for Peace's only MK was an Israeli Arab, the party also had Jewish membership), and the first since the demise of the original United Arab List in the 1981 elections.
In the 1988 elections the party just crossed the electoral threshold of 1%, winning 1.2% of the vote and one seat, taken by Darawshe, and was again the only Israeli-Arab party to win a seat.
The 1992 elections saw the party win two seats, though it remained the only Israeli Arab party with parliamentary representation.
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