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Over 300,000 Votes Unrepresented in Israeli Election

Over 306,000 votes were cast for parties that did not cross Israel's 3.25% electoral threshold in the recent election, failing to secure Knesset representation. This number is lower than the 417,000 "wasted" votes in the 2022 election.

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What happened

01Over 306,000 votes were cast for parties failing to cross Israel's 3.25% electoral threshold.
02The joint Reservists-Economic Party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, received 154,950 votes but missed the threshold.
03Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael party garnered 95,663 votes, falling short of Knesset representation.
04Ultra-Orthodox parties and Avi Maoz's Noam party received around 10,000 votes each.
05Sharren Haskel's Israel First party received just 955 votes nationwide.
06The number of unrepresented votes was lower than the 417,000 recorded in the 2022 election.

The joint Reservists-Economic Party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, came closest to the threshold with 154,950 votes. Other parties, including those led by Ofer Winter and Avi Maoz, received significantly fewer votes, while fringe parties like Sharren Haskel's Israel First garnered less than a thousand votes.

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