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25th Knesset · outgoing

Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Adequate Representation for Women on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק-יסוד: הכנסת (תיקון - ייצוג הולם לנשים ברשימת מועמדים לכנסת)

TL;DRA bill to amend Basic Law: The Knesset: a requirement to guarantee at least 30% representation of women on parties' candidate lists.

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What does the bill do?

The bill adds a section to Basic Law: The Knesset providing that on the list of candidates a party submits for elections, the representation of women will not be less than 30% of all candidates, as the case may be. The bill seeks to correct a situation in which the share of women in the Knesset is low by international comparison, and sets a mandatory quota for parties in the composition of their election lists.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 5, 2023

The votes on this bill

Rejected40 for · 48 against · 0 abstained · 32 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudAgainst 24 · Absent 8
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
NoamAgainst 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidFor 19 · Absent 5
Yisrael BeytenuFor 3 · Absent 3
Ra'amFor 2 · Absent 3
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 3Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.