1961 Israeli legislative election 1965 Israeli legislative election 1969 Israeli legislative election 1973 Israeli legislative election 1977 Israeli legislative election 1981 Israeli legislative election 1984 Israeli legislative election 1988 Israeli legislative election 1992 Israeli legislative election 1996 Israeli general election 1999 Israeli general election 2003 Israeli legislative election 2006 Israeli legislative election 2009 Israeli legislative election 2013 Israeli legislative election 2015 Israeli legislative election April 2019 Israeli legislative election September 2019 Israeli legislative election 2020 Israeli legislative election 2021 Israeli legislative election 2022 Israeli legislative election Current composition The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 25th Knesset. Historical composition Functioning Despite numerous motions of no confidence being tabled in the Knesset, a government has only been defeated by one once, when Yitzhak Shamir's government was brought down on 15 March 1990 as part of a plot that became known as "the dirty trick" (Hebrew: התרגיל המסריח, HaTargil HaMasriaḥ, lit. "the stinking trick"). However, several governments have resigned as a result of no-confidence motions, even when they were not defeated. These include the fifth government, which fell after Prime Minister Moshe Sharett resigned in June 1955 following the abstention of the General Zionists (part of the governing coalition) during a vote of no-confidence; the ninth government, which fell after Prime Minister Ben-Gurion resigned in January 1961 over a motion of no-confidence on the Lavon Affair; and the seventeenth government, which resigned in December 1976 after the National Religious Party (part of the governing coalition) abstained in a motion of no-confidence against the government. History Timeline: institution and building 14 February 1949: First meeting of the Constituent Assembly, Jewish Agency, Jerusalem 16 February 1949: Name "Knesset" approved for the Constituent Assembly; number of members fixed at 120; the Knesset starts convening in Tel Aviv (first as at what is now the Opera Tower, later at the San Remo Hotel in Tel Aviv) 26 December 1949 – 8 March 1950: Knesset moved to Jerusalem; first convened at the Jewish Agency building 13 March 1950: Knesset moved to the Froumine House, in King George Street, Jerusalem 1950–1955: Israeli government holds architectural competitions for the permanent Knesset building. Ossip Klarwein's original design won the competition 1955: Government approves plans to build the Knesset in its current location 1957: James de Rothschild informs Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of his desire to finance the construction of the building 14 October 1958: Cornerstone-laying for new