 As a result of the low threshold, a typical Knesset has 10 or more factions represented.With so many parties, it is nearly impossible for one party or faction to govern alone, let alone win a majority.No party or faction has ever won the 61 seats necessary for a majority; the closest being the 56 seats won by the Alignment in the 1969 elections (the Alignment had briefly held 63 seats going into the 1969 elections after being formed shortly beforehand by the merger of several parties, the only occasion on which any party or faction has ever held a majority).