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Israeli Elections: Voter Turnout

(1949 - Present)

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All Israeli citizens 18 years of age and older are eligible voters in Israel.

Knesset Number	Year	Population	Eligible Voters	Turnout	% All Voters	% Arab/Druze Voters
Twenty-Fourth	2021	9,291,000	6,578,084	4,410,052	67.4%	44.6%
Twenty-Third	2020	9,136,000	6,453,255	4,612,297	71.3%	64.8%
Twenty-Second	2019*	9,092,000	6,394,030	4,436,806	69.4%	59.2%
Twenty-First	2019	8,972,000	6,339,729	4,340,253	68.5%	49.2%
Twentieth	2015	8,462,000	5,881,696	4,210,884	71.6%	63.5%
Nineteenth	2013	7,933,200	5,656,705	3,792,742	67.0%	56.5%
Eighteenth	2009	7,233,701	5,278,985	3,373,490	63.9%	53.4%
Seventeenth	2006	7,116,700	5,014,622	3,137,064	62.6%	56.3%
Sixteenth	2003	6,748,400	4,720,075	3,148,364	66.7%	62.0%
Fifteenth	1999	6,089,384	4,285,428	3,309,416	77.2%	75.0%
Fourteenth	1996	5,669,000	3,933,250	3,052,130	77.6%
Thirteenth	1992	5,123,000	3,409,015	2,616,841	76.8%
Twelfth	1988	4,442,000	2,894,267	2,283,123	78.9%
Eleventh	1984	4,194,000	2,654,613	2,073,321	78.1%
Tenth	1981	3,948,000	2,490,014	1,937,366	77.8%
Nineth	1977	3,613,000	2,236,293	1,747,820	78.2%
Eighth	1973	3,210,000	2,037,478	1,566,855	76.9%
Seventh	1969	2,820,000	1,758,685	1,367,743	77.8%
Sixth	1965	2,560,000	1,499,988	1,206,728	80.4%
Fifth	1961	2,185,000	1,274,280	1,006,964	79.0%
Fourth	1959	2,061,000	1,218,724	969,337	79.5%
Third	1955	1,748,000	1,057,609	853,219	80.7%
Second	1951	1,516,000	924,885	687,492	74.3%
First	1949	1,066,000	506,567	434,684	85.8%
				Average	75.2%	59.4%

*Second election in September 2019 after no government could be formed following the April 2019 election.

Sources: The Knesset.
Israel Democracy Institute.
Central Elections Committee.