Ben-Gvir to Discuss Surplus Vote Pact with Winter After Likud-Bayit Yehudi Deal
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Otzma Yehudit Chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir will consider a surplus vote agreement with Ofer Winter's Am Israel party. This follows a surplus vote deal between the Likud and Religious Zionism parties, leaving Ben-Gvir and Winter without other options. Surplus vote agreements allow parties to combine excess votes for additional Knesset mandates. The deadline for signing and submitting these agreements is in two weeks.
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- Itamar Ben-Gvir will consider a surplus vote pact with Ofer Winter's Am Israel party.
- The Likud and Religious Zionism parties have already signed a surplus vote agreement.
- The Likud-Bayit Yehudi deal left Ben-Gvir and Winter without natural partners.
- Surplus vote agreements allow parties to pool excess votes for extra Knesset seats.
- The deadline for submitting surplus vote agreements is in two weeks.
Otzma Yehudit Chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir is expected to discuss the possibility of signing a surplus vote agreement with the Am Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, in the coming days. This potential pact comes after the Likud and the Religious Zionism parties, headed by Bezalel Smotrich, finalized their own surplus vote agreement.
The deal between Likud and Religious Zionism has left Ben-Gvir and Winter without natural partners for such an arrangement. Sources close to Ben-Gvir stated that the option of a pact with Winter has not yet been discussed within the party's headquarters but will now be examined. They also suggested that the Likud-Religious Zionism agreement is another move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at marginalizing Ben-Gvir and potentially forming a unity government with someone like Gantz, though Gantz is not mentioned by name in the article.
A surplus vote agreement allows two parties running for the Knesset to pool their excess votes. If these combined votes are sufficient to secure an additional mandate, they are allocated to one of the parties based on the agreement.
The window for signing surplus vote agreements remains open for the next two weeks, until the final deadline for submitting party lists to the Central Elections Committee. All signed agreements must be reported to the committee by then.
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