Minor Parties Garner Few Votes in Israeli Elections
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
Dozens of small parties competed in the 26th Knesset elections, with many receiving only a few hundred votes based on a partial count of 49% of ballots. Notable lists included "Tzomet Beit Yisrael" with 2,819 votes, "HaPartnership for All" with 2,014, and "Shervel for Love and Unity of the People" with 952. The party led by the wife of Yigal Amir received 331 votes, while Jonathan Pollard's list garnered 548. The results are preliminary and subject to change as vote counting continues.
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- Many small parties received only hundreds of votes in the 26th Knesset elections, with 49% of ballots counted.
- Gadi Yevarkan's 'Tzomet Beit Yisrael' received 2,819 votes, and 'HaPartnership for All' garnered 2,014.
- Eitan Shvili's 'Shervel for Love and Unity of the People' party obtained 952 votes.
- Sheran Israel's 'Israel First' party, including Jonathan Pollard, received 548 votes.
- Larissa Trimboobler-Amir, wife of Yigal Amir, led 'Tzedek Justice' to 331 votes.
- Semyon Grafman's 'Betach' party received only 221 votes, a sharp decline from previous elections.
Numerous small parties, led by both familiar politicians and obscure personalities, competed in the 26th Knesset elections alongside the major parties vying for the final mandates. Official results, as of 7:26 AM Wednesday with approximately 49% of votes counted, reveal that many of these lists garnered only a few hundred votes.
Among the contenders, Gadi Yevarkan's "Tzomet Beit Yisrael" received 2,819 votes. "HaPartnership for All" secured 2,014 votes. Eitan Shvili, known online as "Shervel the King" and who appeared with a crown and robe, received 952 votes for his "Shervel for Love and Unity of the People" party, despite setting a goal of 20 mandates and offering Netanyahu the Foreign Minister position.
Sheran Israel, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs who resigned in protest of a law freezing conscription for yeshiva students, added Jonathan Pollard to her "Israel First" party, which obtained only 548 votes. Businessman Avi Shaked, a co-founder of 888 and self-proclaimed "socialist millionaire," received 669 votes for his "Together We Will Succeed" party.
Larissa Trimboobler-Amir, wife of Yigal Amir, the assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, leads "Tzedek Justice" party, which garnered 331 votes. Guila Amir, Yigal Amir's mother, is listed second on the slate. The Pirate Party, featuring Professor Dan Ariely in third place, received 408 votes. Ariely famously wore a pirate hat when submitting the party's list. The Pirates have run since 2013 without crossing the electoral threshold.
Other notable results include Nissim Louk's "Orot HaShachar" (Lights of Dawn) with 339 votes, whose son Shani Louk was murdered on October 7. Elkana Federman's "Tkuma" (Revival) party, who served as security chief at the Nova music festival and rescued attendees under fire, received 241 votes. "Kol HaNashim" (Women's Voice) garnered 325 votes.
Online personality Semyon Grafman's "Betach" (Security) party received a particularly low 221 votes, a significant drop from the 4,618 votes he received in 2019. Several other parties received between 123 and 513 votes. Two lists that withdrew from the race also received minimal votes: Rabbi Chida Abargel's "Tnuat Achai" (My Brother Movement) got 21 votes, and Benny Gantz's Blue and White party, which announced it would not run, received only three votes. These figures are based on a partial count and may change as more votes are tallied.
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