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Israel Knesset (Assembly) election Dates 2017

Tentative Dates: 07 Nov 2017 

Population (as of May 20, 2015)– 7,821,850

Israel Knesset (Assembly) election Opinion Poll 2017

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Israel Knesset (Assembly) election Candidates 2017

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Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Reuven RIVLIN
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Benjamin NETANYAHU
• Assembly: Israel has a unicameral Knesset with 120 seats.

* The president is largely a ceremonially role.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by parliament to serve a 7-year term.
• The Prime Minister is designated by the president to serve a 4-year term.**
• In the Knesset 120 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

** After parliamentary elections, the president will usually select a prime minister that he/she feels has the best possibility of forming a new government.

*** There is a two percent threshold required to gain representation. All candidates run in one, nationwide district.