Likud and Religious Zionism Sign Vote Surplus Deal
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
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- Likud and Religious Zionism signed a vote surplus agreement.
- Otzma Yehudit was left without a deal by Likud.
- Other parties are also signing vote surplus agreements.
- The deadline for agreements is October 16.
- Unused votes are not counted for parties without deals.
The Likud and Religious Zionism parties announced Tuesday they have signed a vote surplus agreement. This move is expected to be followed by similar pacts between the Shas party and the United Torah Judaism bloc. The agreement leaves the Otzma Yehudit party, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, without a surplus deal unless it can secure one with the "Am Ich Israel" party, which is polling near the electoral threshold. Otzma Yehudit stated that Likud's refusal to sign a surplus agreement with them was an attempt to weaken Otzma Yehudit and exclude Ben-Gvir from a unity government Likud plans to form with Gadi Eisenkot.
Earlier, Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yishar party, announced a surplus agreement with the Democrats party, led by Yair Golan. Concurrently, the Bayahad list, headed by Naftali Bennett, and the Yisrael Beiteinu party, led by Avigdor Lieberman, announced their own agreement. The deadline for signing these surplus agreements is October 16.
Parties that do not sign a surplus agreement will not have their excess votes counted towards seat allocation in the Knesset. Votes for parties that do not pass the electoral threshold will also not be counted, even if they have signed a surplus agreement.
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