# 1992 Israeli legislative election

Elections for the 13th Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June 1992. The election resulted in the formation of a Labor government, led by Yitzhak Rabin, helped by the failure of several small right wing parties to pass the electoral threshold. Voter turnout was 77%.

## Parliament factions

The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 12th Knesset.
| Name | Name | Ideology | Symbol | Leader | 1988 result | 1988 result | Seats at 1992 dissolution |
| Name | Name | Ideology | Symbol | Leader | Votes (%) | Seats | Seats at 1992 dissolution |
| | Likud | National liberalism | מחל‎ | Yitzhak Shamir | 31.1% | 40 / 120 | 38 / 120 |
| | Labor | Social democracy | אמת‎ | Yitzhak Rabin | 30.0% | 39 / 120 | 38 / 120 |
| | Meretz | Social democracy Secularism | — | Shulamit Aloni Yair Tzaban Amnon Rubinstein | — | did not exist | 10 / 120 |
| | Shas | Religious conservatism Populism | שס‎ | Aryeh Deri | 4.7% | 6 / 120 | 5 / 120 |
| | Agudat Yisrael | Religious conservatism | ג‎ | Moshe Ze'ev Feldman | 4.5% | 5 / 120 | 4 / 120 |
| | Ratz | Social democracy Secularism | רצ‎ | Shulamit Aloni | 4.3% | 5 / 120 | no longer existed |
| | Mafdal | Religious Zionism | ב‎ | Avner Shaki | 3.9% | 5 / 120 | 5 / 120 |
| | Hadash | Communism Socialism | ו‎ | Meir Vilner | 3.7% | 4 / 120 | 4 / 120 |
| | Tehiya | Ultranationalism Revisionist Zionism | ת‎ | Yuval Ne'eman Geula Cohen | 3.1% | 3 / 120 | 3 / 120 |
| | Mapam | Labor Zionism Socialism | מפם‎ | Yair Tzaban | 2.5% | 3 / 120 | no longer existed |
| | New Liberal Party | Liberalism | — | Yitzhak Moda'i | — | did not exist | 3 / 120 |
| | Tzomet | Nationalism Agrarianism | ץ‎ | Rafael Eitan | 2.0% | 2 / 120 | 2 / 120 |
| | Moledet | Ultranationalism | ט‎ | Rehavam Ze'evi | 1.9% | 2 / 120 | 2 / 120 |
| | Shinui | Liberalism Centrism | הן‎ | Amnon Rubinstein | 1.7% | 2 / 120 | no longer existed |
| | Degel HaTorah | Religious conservatism | עץ‎ | Avraham Ravitz | 1.5% | 2 / 120 | 2 / 120 |
| | PLFP | Pro-peace | פ‎ | Mohammed Miari | 1.5% | 1 / 120 | 1 / 120 |
| | Mada | Israeli Arab Interests | עם‎ | Abdulwahab Darawshe | 1.2% | 1 / 120 | 1 / 120 |
| | Moria | Ultra-Orthodox interest | — | Yitzhak Peretz | — | did not exist | 1 / 120 |
| | Geulat Yisrael | Mizrahi ultra-Orthodox interest | — | Eliezer Mizrahi | — | did not exist | 1 / 120 |

## Results

| | Labor Party | 906,810 | 34.65 | 44 | +5 |
| | Likud | 651,229 | 24.89 | 32 | −8 |
| | Meretz | 250,667 | 9.58 | 12 | +2 |
| | Tzomet | 166,366 | 6.36 | 8 | +6 |
| | National Religious Party | 129,663 | 4.95 | 6 | +1 |
| | Shas | 129,347 | 4.94 | 6 | 0 |
| | United Torah Judaism | 86,167 | 3.29 | 4 | −3 |
| | Hadash | 62,546 | 2.39 | 3 | −1 |
| | Moledet | 62,269 | 2.38 | 3 | +1 |
| | Arab Democratic Party | 40,788 | 1.56 | 2 | +1 |
| | Tehiya | 31,957 | 1.22 | 0 | −3 |
| | Progressive List for Peace | 24,181 | 0.92 | 0 | −1 |
| | New Liberal Party | 16,669 | 0.64 | 0 | New |
| | Geulat Yisrael | 12,851 | 0.49 | 0 | New |
| | Da | 11,697 | 0.45 | 0 | New |
| | Pensioners, Immigrants and Senior Citizens | 8,327 | 0.32 | 0 | New |
| | Movement of Mortgage Victims, the Homeless and Veterans | 5,962 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pikanti | 3,750 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
| | Torah VeAretz | 3,708 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
| | On Wheels | 3,355 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | Women's Party | 2,886 | 0.11 | 0 | New |
| | Hatikva | 2,053 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
| | Natural Law Party | 1,734 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | Tali | 1,336 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | Tzipor | 523 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 2,616,841 | 100.00 | 120 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,616,841 | 99.20 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 21,102 | 0.80 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,637,943 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,409,015 | 77.38 | | |
| Source: IDI, Nohlen et al. ||||||

## Aftermath

Labour's Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government on 13 July 1992, including Meretz and Shas in his coalition, which had 17 ministers. Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party also supported the government despite not being coalition members. Shas left the coalition in September 1993, and Yiud joined in January 1995.
Rabin's government advanced the peace process to unprecedented levels; the Oslo Accords were signed with Yasser Arafat's PLO in 1993 and the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in 1994. The government's willingness to make peace with Syria and concede the Golan Heights led to Avigdor Kahalani and Emanuel Zisman leaving the party to form the Third Way.
After Rabin's assassination on 4 November 1995, Shimon Peres took over as Prime Minister and formed a new government on 22 November 1995. His coalition was the same as before; Labor, Meretz and Yiud. Peres called early elections in 1996 in order to seek a mandate to continue the peace process, in which he lost.
The Knesset term saw several defections; two MKs left the Labor Party to establish the Third Way, whilst Nava Arad also left the party. Two MKs left Likud to establish Gesher, whilst Efraim Gur also left the party. Three MKs left Tzomet to establish Yiud; one MK then left Yiud to establish Atid. Yosef Azran left Shas. One MK left Moldet to establish Yamin Yisrael, whilst Yosef Ba-Gad also left the party. United Torah Judaism split into Agudat Yisrael (two seats) and Degel HaTorah (two seats).