Election day in Israel expected to be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. On this day every citizen in Israel is entitled to exercise its right to vote for the Knesset Israel and influence the choice of train members of the Knesset and the Israeli government for the coming years.
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Knesset elections are the core of the system of government in Israel, is a parliamentary democracy, a system in which the authority of the government, the government, is due to the expression of confidence in the Knesset (Israeli parliament), elected by its citizens.
Elections are held using proportional representation nationwide, and the number of seats that each list receives in the Knesset proportional to the number of voters for it (provided you pass the threshold). Voters vote for a list and not for a particular person on the list. Some parties held primary elections (primaries) according to which the party's candidates are elected to the Knesset in the process of direct election by party members. There are parties where party institutions (for the most part "Party Center"), choose the candidates. Ultra-Orthodox parties candidates are determined by their spiritual leaders.
Knesset elections are held every four years, but the Knesset can Lhkdimn, nor can the Prime Minister to initiate the way ahead in a special procedure. In certain circumstances may synagogue serving more than four years.
