Mapai remained the dominant party, gaining seven seats.

Following the elections, Mapai leader David Ben-Gurion formed ninth government on 17 December 1959.

Mapai's Kadish Luz became the Speaker of the Knesset.

[1] The government collapsed when Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 January 1961, over a motion of no-confidence brought by Herut and the General Zionists in the wake of the Lavon Affair.

When Ben-Gurion was unable to form a new government new elections were called.