Israeli legislative election, 1965

Elections for the 6th Knesset

← 1961	2 November 1965	1969 →
Party Leader % Seats ± Alignment Levi Eshkol 36.7% 45 -5 Gahal Menachem Begin 21.3% 26 -8 Mafdal Haim-Moshe Shapira 8.9% 11 -1 Rafi David Ben-Gurion 7.9% 10 New Mapam Meir Ya'ari 6.6% 8 -1 Independent Liberals Moshe Kol 3.8% 5 New Agudat Yisrael Yitzhak-Meir Levin 3.3% 4 0 Maki Meir Vilner 2.3% 3 New Poalei Agudat Yisrael Kalman Kahana 1.9% 2 0 Progress and Development Seif el-Din el-Zoubi 1.8% 2 0 Cooperation and Brotherhood Diyab Obeid 1.3% 2 0 Meri Uri Avnery 1.2% 1 New Maki Shmuel Mikunis 1.1% 1 -4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Levi Eshkol Mapai Levi Eshkol Alignment

Elections for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 2 November 1965. Voter turnout was 85.9%.

Prior to the elections, two major alliances were formed; Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda united to form the Alignment, whilst Herut and the Liberal Party had formed the Gahal alliance towards the end of the previous Knesset session. However, both Mapai and the Liberal Party had been hit by breakaway factions, the Ben-Gurion led Rafi and the Independent Liberals (largely composed of former Progressive Party members) respectively.

The communist Maki had also experienced a split earlier in the year, with most of its Arab members and some Jewish members breaking away to establish Rakah.

A new Mapai-affiliated Arab party, Cooperation and Brotherhood was formed to contest the election, whilst the Arab Socialist List was prevented from running by the Central Elections Committee due to its links with the banned al-Ard organisation. Peace activist Abie Nathan entered a party list, Nes.

¹ Rafi, Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda merged into the Labor Party in 1968, although David Ben-Gurion (Rafi) became an independent. In 1969 the Labor Party formed an alliance with Mapam also named the Alignment. In addition, Yizhar Harari left the Independent Liberals to join the Alignment.

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