Local Parties in Israel Municipalities: 2013-2023

The dataset includes detailed information from Israel's 2013 and 2018 local elections, covering 2520 electoral lists across 193 municipalities. It contains data on each list's official name, election results, mayoral candidacy, national-party linkage, relative size, and vote share in the city. Additionally, it includes comprehensive municipal data such as registered voter numbers, socioeconomic ranking, geographic region, city type (Jewish or Arab), and demographics of the elderly and youth populations. The authors made two Freedom of Information requests, one on November 26, 2020, and another on November 19, 2022. Adv. Elad Mann assisted the authors after the Ministry of Interior rejected their requests. This approach helped us to collect a unique dataset, making it the first comprehensive resource for Israeli local elections.