Who’s who in Israel’s election

Israelis vote for parties, not individual candidates, and 32 parties are competing at the ballot box. The more votes a party gets, the more seats it wins in Israel’s 120-seat parliament, the Knesset


Seats after April 2019 election

Centre-left bloc 55

Hadash-Taal 6
Balad-Raam 4
Meretz 4
Labor 6
Blue and White 35

Right-wing parties 65

Kulanu 4
United Torah Judaism 8
Shas 8
Likud 35
Yisrael Beiteinu 5  
United Right 5


Projected seats from poll of polls*

33
Likud: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party. Opposes Palestinian state, pledges to annex Jordan Valley in occupied West Bank

32
Blue and White
Centrist coalition led by Benny Gantz – former army general – created to oppose prime minister and his alleged corruption

8
Yisrael Beiteinu: Led by by Avigdor Lieberman. Wants to form three-party unity government with Blue and White and Likud

8 
Yamina: Hard-right alliance led by Ayelet Shaked. Supports settlement growth, opposes Palestinian statehood

11
Joint List: Union of four Arab-Israeli parties led by Ayman Odeh. Advocates for minority rights and Palestinian statehood

5         
Democratic Union: Left-wing alliance led by Nitzan Horowitz. Backs Palestinian state, minority rights and religious pluralism

United Torah Judaism: Polls suggest 8 seats

Shas: Ultra-Orthodox. 7 seats

Labor: Allied to centrist Gesher party. 5 seats

Oztma Yehudit: Anti-Arab, far-right. 3 seats


*Last seven polls released by Panel Project HaMdigam, Midgam, Shvakim Panorama, Smith, Panels Politics, Kantar, Maagar Mohot


Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency 
Pictures: Associated Press 
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