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Arab Democratic Party (Israel)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Arab Democratic Party |
| logo | Mada_logo.jpg |
| colorcode | #19204C |
| leader | Taleb el-Sana |
| Abdulwahab Darawshe | |
| Mohammed Darawshe | |
| founded | 15 February 1988 |
| split | Alignment |
| ideology | Israeli Arab interests |
| Two-state solution | |
| Non-Zionism | |
| national | United Arab List (1996–2012) |
| Arab List (2015) | |
| Joint List (2021–2022) | |
| colours | Dark blue |
| Yellow | |
| Dark green (until 2019) | |
| seats1_title | Most MKs |
| seats1 | 2 (1992) |
| seats2_title | Fewest MKs |
| seats2 | 0 |
| seats3_title | Current MKs |
| seats3 | |
| symbol | (1988–1999; 2015–2019) |
| (1999–2015) | |
| (2019–2021) | |
| (2021–) | |
| website | |
| country | Israel |
Abdulwahab Darawshe Mohammed Darawshe Two-state solution Non-Zionism Arab List (2015) Joint List (2021–2022) Yellow Dark green (until 2019) (1999–2015) (2019–2021) (2021–)
The Arab Democratic Party (; ), commonly known in Israel by its Hebrew acronym Mada (מד"ע), is a political party in Israel. Between the mid-1990s and 2012 it was a faction within the United Arab List.
Background
The party was formed on 15 February 1988,{{cite book|editor=Cheryl A. Rubenberg|title=Encyclopedia of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In the 1988 elections the party just crossed the electoral threshold of 1%, winning 1.2% of the vote and one seat, taken by Darawshe, and was again the only Israeli-Arab party to win a seat. The 1992 elections saw the party win two seats, though it remained the only Israeli Arab party with parliamentary representation. For the 1996 elections, the party ran in an alliance with the new United Arab List under the name Mada-Ra'am (the acronyms of each party). The alliance was successful, winning two seats. The party was also joined in the Knesset by a new Israeli Arab party, Balad, which had run in an alliance with Hadash. After the 1996 elections, the party became a faction within the United Arab List, a position it retained until Taleb el-Sana broke away from the United Arab List in December 2012.
The party contested the 2015 elections as part of the Arab List, an alliance with the Arab National Party headed by Muhamad Kanan. The alliance received just 4,301 votes (0.11%), failing to win a seat. It submitted a candidate list for the 2021 elections under the name Ma'an – Together for a New Era, although it later withdrew from the elections and endorsed the Joint List, which it also committed to joining.
Election results
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Status | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 1999 | 2003 | 2006 | 2009 | 2013 | 2015 | Apr 2019 | Sep 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdulwahab Darawshe | 27,012 | 1.18 (#15) | – | |||||||||||||||||
| 40,788 | 1.56 (#10) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| with Ra'am | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taleb el-Sana | with Ra'am and Ta'al | |||||||||||||||||||
| did not contest | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammed Darawshe | part of the Arab List | |||||||||||||||||||
| did not contest | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammed Darawshe | 253 | 0.01 (#35) | ||||||||||||||||||
| did not contest |
References
References
- (7 June 2021). "An Islamist party is part of Israel's new coalition government. How did that happen?". [[The Washington Post]].
- [https://bechirot24.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=213&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Ma'an – Together for a New Era list] Central Elections Committee
- Gil Hoffman. (16 March 2021). "Moderate Arab party quits election". [[The Times of Israel]].
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