The 120 members of the twelfth Knesset were elected on 1 November 1988. The breakdown by party was as follows: * Likud: 40 * Alignment: 39 * Shas: 6 * Agudat Yisrael: 5 * Ratz: 5 * National Religious Party: 5 * Hadash: 4 * Tehiya: 3 * Mapam: 3 * Tzomet: 2 * Moledet: 2 * Shinui: 2 * Degel HaTorah: 2 * Progressive List for Peace: 1 * Arab Democratic Party: 1