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 to ensure that no less than 30% of the candidates on election lists are women.
Translated from Hebrew
What does the bill do?
The bill states that every party submitting a list of candidates for the Knesset must ensure representation of no less than 30% women in every ten candidates. The addition to Basic Law: The Knesset constitutes a legal quota for adequate representation of women on candidate lists. The bill places a statutory duty on parties regarding the gender composition of their lists.
Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 3, 2025
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗
The votes on this bill
Rejected44 for · 54 against · 0 abstained · 22 did not vote
Coalition 67 seats
LikudAgainst 24 · Absent 8
ShasAgainst 9 · Absent 2
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 7
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 4
Left the coalition 9 seats
Blue and White – National UnityFor 7 · Absent 1
NoamAbsent 1
Opposition 44 seats
Tap an MK for detailsChanged position between readingsOnly MKs who held a seat on the day of the vote are shown
Other bills with a similar name · 3Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Adequate Representation for Women on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) BillJuly 1, 2026Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Adequate Representation for Women on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) BillFebruary 5, 2025Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Adequate Representation for Women on the List of Candidates for the Knesset) BillJuly 5, 2023