Israeli elections under FPTP

[danny]

In 2001, Barak's 'grand alliance' collapsed, and he was replaced by the leader of Likud, Ariel Sharon. Sharon formed a 'national unity government' with Barak's Labor-Meimad, Shas, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party, United Torah Judaism, Yisrael BaAliyah, and the National Union -- this gigantic creation managed to survive to 2003, and had an astounding total of 102 members; indeed, Meretz leader Yossi Sarid became Leader of the Opposition.

So, before the next election, the parties were organized like this:
Labor-Meimad (Ehud Barak) 47
Likud (Ariel Sharon) 27
Shas (Aryeh Deri) 20
Meretz (Yossi Sarid) 7
Shinui (Tommy Lapid) 3
Gesher (David Levy) 3
National Religious Party (Yitzhak Levy) 2
United Torah Judaism (Meir Porush) 2
Democratic Choice (Roman Bronfman) 2
National Union (Rehavam Ze'evi) 2
Centre Party (Yitzhak Mordechai) 1
Yisrael BaAliyah (Natan Sharansky) 1
United Arab List (Abdulmalik Dehamshe) 1
Hadash (Mohammad Barakeh) 1
Arab National Party (Muhamad Kanan) 1

Barak was replaced in a prime-minister only election in which he run and lost, after which he resigned and was replaced by Binyamin Ben Eliezer, who, in turn lost a year later in internal primaries to Amram Mitzna. Amram Mitzna lasted even less time at half a year, but that would be under the next update.

[Vosem]

In 2001, Barak's 'grand alliance' collapsed, and he was replaced by the leader of Likud, Ariel Sharon. Sharon formed a 'national unity government' with Barak's Labor-Meimad, Shas, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party, United Torah Judaism, Yisrael BaAliyah, and the National Union -- this gigantic creation managed to survive to 2003, and had an astounding total of 102 members; indeed, Meretz leader Yossi Sarid became Leader of the Opposition.

So, before the next election, the parties were organized like this:
Labor-Meimad (Ehud Barak) 47
Likud (Ariel Sharon) 27
Shas (Aryeh Deri) 20
Meretz (Yossi Sarid) 7
Shinui (Tommy Lapid) 3
Gesher (David Levy) 3
National Religious Party (Yitzhak Levy) 2
United Torah Judaism (Meir Porush) 2
Democratic Choice (Roman Bronfman) 2
National Union (Rehavam Ze'evi) 2
Centre Party (Yitzhak Mordechai) 1
Yisrael BaAliyah (Natan Sharansky) 1
United Arab List (Abdulmalik Dehamshe) 1
Hadash (Mohammad Barakeh) 1
Arab National Party (Muhamad Kanan) 1

Barak was replaced in a prime-minister only election in which he run and lost, after which he resigned and was replaced by Binyamin Ben Eliezer, who, in turn lost a year later in internal primaries to Amram Mitzna. Amram Mitzna lasted even less time at half a year, but that would be under the next update.

I understand this -- I was too lazy to update the leaders (the leader before the election of 2003 is Amram Mitzna, as in real life), because the list is supposed to convey the numbers involved, not the names.

[Vosem]

Before the election of 2003, Likud and Gesher formed an alliance, called just Likud. Meretz and Democratic Choice also did, called Meretz-Yachad-Democratic Choice. The results added up to 119, so an extra seat was added to the party which lost the most (Labor-Meimad). No new parties were voted in, and five parties were voted out of the Knesset - the Centre Party, Yisrael BaAliyah, the United Arab List, Hadash, and the Arab National Party. It was the first single-party majority since 1992, and the first right-wing single party majority since 1977.

2003:
Likud (Ariel Sharon) 74 (+44)
Labor-Meimad (Amram Mitzna) 20 (-27)
Shinui (Tommy Lapid) 12 (+9)
Shas (Eli Yishai) 6 (-14)
National Union (Avigdor Lieberman) 3 (+1)
Meretz-Yachad-Democratic Choice (Yossi Sarid) 2 (-7)
National Religious Party (Effi Eitam) 2 (-)
United Torah Judaism (Yaakov Litzman) 1 (-1)
Centre Party (Dan Meridor) 0 (-1)
Yisrael BaAliyah (Natan Sharansky) 0 (-1)
United Arab List (Abdulmalik Dehamshe) 0 (-1)
Hadash (Mohammad Barakeh) 0 (-1)
Arab National Party (Muhamad Kanan) 0 (-1)

However, Sharon's giant majority quickly fragmented over disagreements between rightists and centrists, and Sharon led 27 MKs out of Likud to form a new party, Kadima, which formed an alliance between itself, Labor-Meimad, and Shinui, thus keeping Sharon as Prime Minister. However, Shinui then broke apart, as 9 MKs left to form the Secular Faction, under the leadership of Avraham Poraz, and 1 Shinui MK joined the National Union. Then, 2 Secular Faction MKs left to form National Home, under Eliezer Sandberg's leadership. (Kadima and Sharon managed to remain in power by forming an alliance with the religious parties). Then, 2 National Union MKs, including leader Avigdor Lieberman, left the party to reform Yisrael Beiteinu, while National Union was left with just 2 MKs and Benny Elon as leader.  Then, NRP leader Effi Eitam left to form his own party, the Renewed Religious National Zionist Party, while the NRP fell under the leadership of the other MP, Zevulun Orlev. After all this shifting, stats in the Knesset looked like this before the elections of 2006 (including several leadership changes which are marked) were called:

Likud (Benjamin Netanyahu) 47
Kadima (Ehud Olmert) 27
Labor-Meimad (Amir Peretz) 20
Secular Faction (Avraham Poraz) 7
Shas (Eli Yishai) 6
National Union (Benny Elon) 2
Meretz-Yachad-Democratic Choice (Yossi Sarid) 2
Shinui (Tommy Lapid) 2
National Home (Eliezer Sandberg) 2
Yisrael Beiteinu (Avigdor Lieberman) 2
National Religious Party (Zevulun Orlev) 1
United Torah Judaism (Yaakov Litzman) 1
Renewed Religious National Zionist Party (Effi Eitam) 1