It ran for the Knesset elections for the first time in 2009, without success.

But now, with a round of Knesset elections three weeks away, Israel has much less reason for pride.

Kahlon announced he would be taking a break from politics, and did not run in the 2013 Knesset elections.

He was on the party's list for the 1988 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat.

Voters do not vote for individual candidates in Knesset elections.

His party received 12 seats out of 120 in the 2013 Knesset elections.

In the 1973 Knesset elections the party won 13,332 votes (0.9%), just short of the 1% threshold.

Israeli papers also devoted much space to their country's political crisis and the likelihood of early Knesset elections.

However, after ruling the country for most of the 1980s, the party lost the Knesset election in 1992.

The party did not run in the 2009 Knesset elections.