 On December 8, 2008, Danon was elected to the twenty-fourth place on the Likud slate for the upcoming election.In the general elections the Likud party won twenty-seven seats, and Danon was sworn in as a Member of the Knesset.During this term, MK Danon served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and Chair of the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.