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Religious Zionist Party Blames Noam for Lost Knesset Seat
A senior Religious Zionist Party official criticized the Noam party for running independently, claiming it cost them a Knesset seat. The official stated that Noam's 9,876 votes, if cast for the Religious Zionist Party, would have secured a seventh seat, which instead went to Likud.
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- 01Religious Zionist Party official blames Noam's independent run for costing them a Knesset seat.
- 02Noam's 9,876 votes, if given to Religious Zionist Party, would have secured an additional seat.
- 03The lost seat went to Likud due to surplus-vote agreements and the Bader-Ofer allocation method.
- 04Official claims wasted votes on smaller parties reduced the national camp's potential Knesset strength.
- 05The loss of a seat is seen as a blow to nationalist and Torah-oriented parties, regardless of government formation.
The official argued that even without a 61-seat majority, the loss of a seat weakened nationalist forces and that wasted votes on smaller parties impacted the overall strength of the national camp.
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