A new study by the Israel Democracy Institute said Wednesday that the country has held more elections than any other liberal democracy in the world since 1996.
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The vote on March 23, 2021, will be the 11th election for the Knesset since the May 1996 vote in which Benjamin Netanyahu first became prime minister.
The study found that Israel holds elections every 2.3 years on average, with the IDI noting that no other liberal parliamentary democracy has gone to the polls so frequently.
IDI data compared Israel to 20 other countries, with Greece coming in at a close second with an average of 2.5 years between elections. Spain and Japan follow with an average election gap of three years, while Italy holds elections every 4.4 years.
Professor Ofer Kenig, the author of the study, recommended that urgent new reforms should be adopted to help stabilize Israel's shaky political system.
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"This political instability has proven once again how vital electoral reform is for Israel," he concluded.
The report comes a day after lawmakers failed to pass a budget leading to the parliament's dissolution, with new elections set for March 2021, marking Israel's fourth contest in just two years.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
