The impact of the central government’s intervention on local democracy

Figures & data

Table 1. Summary statistics, Israeli municipalities, 2003–2018.

			Mean	St. dev	Min	Max
All local authorities (N = 191):
Socioeconomic cluster			4.7	2.4	1	10
Peripheral cluster			5	1.9	1	10
Number of council members			12.8	5.1	7	31
Number of residents (K)			38.2	81.4	1.2	883
Number of eligible voters (K)			31.4	67	0.9	638
Local authorities in which a convened committee was appointed (N = 31)
Socioeconomic cluster			3.3	1.3	1	8
Peripheral cluster			4.1	1.3	2	7
Number of council members			11.3	2.9	7	19
Number of residents (K)			16.6	14.3	1.4	74
Number of eligible voters (K)			11.6	11.1	1.3	57

Figure 1. Effective number of council parties by seats (ENCPML).

Figure 2. Number of mayoral candidates.

Figure 3. Number of parties running.

Figure 4. Number of parties that won seats.

Figure 5. Votes for Mayor.

Figure 6. Votes for Mayor’s party.

Figure 7. Votes for the largest party.

Figure 8. Rates of Mayoral runoff elections.

Figure 9. Rates of incumbent Mayors who ran for and won an additional term.

Figure 10. Voter turnout in local elections.