1992 Election Reforms in Israel

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This paper details the nature of Israeli democracy since the nation's 1992 reforms, presenting strong evidence of the new system's weaknesses and strengths. The paper looks at the old system, then looks at the new reform system and the reasons for the change.

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"The State of Israel has used a system of national proportional representation since its inception in 1948. The electoral system has led to large numbers of diverse parties actively participating in government. Under Israeli proportional representation, each registered party submits a ranked list of its contenders and providing that the party passes the qualifying threshold of 1.5% of the total vote, it will receive a proportional amount of seats from 120 that are available in the Knesset?the Israeli parliament. Until the 1992 election reform, the party list winning a majority of votes would have its top leader become the Prime Minister and try to form a ruling coalition. The 1992 reform, however, effective in the latest 1996 election allowed each voter to choose a party list, and to vote separately for Prime Minister who must be elected by a majority of the vote."

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