Party lists for the September 2019 Israeli legislative election explained

The September 2019 Israeli legislative election was held using closed list proportional representation. Each party presented a list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee prior to the election.

Blue and White

The Blue and White list is headed by Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid; the list (up to the 30th slot) remains the same as in the April election.[1] [2]

  1. Benny Gantz (Israel Resilience)
  2. Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid)
  3. Moshe Ya'alon (Telem)
  4. Gabi Ashkenazi (Israel Resilience)
  5. Avi Nissenkorn (Israel Resilience)
  6. Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid)
  7. Miki Haimovich (Israel Resilience)
  8. Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid)
  9. Yoaz Hendel (Telem)
  10. Orna Barbivai (Yesh Atid)
  11. Michael Biton (Israel Resilience)
  12. Hili Tropper (Israel Resilience)
  13. Yael German (Yesh Atid)
  14. Zvi Hauser (Telem)
  15. Orit Farkash-Hacohen (Israel Resilience)
  16. Karin Elharar (Yesh Atid)
  17. Meirav Cohen (Israel Resilience)
  18. Yoel Razvozov (Yesh Atid)
  19. Asaf Zamir (Israel Resilience)
  20. Yizhar Shai (Israel Resilience)
  21. Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid)
  22. Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid)
  23. Omer Yankelevich (Israel Resilience)
  24. Pnina Tamano-Shata (Yesh Atid)
  25. Gadeer Mreeh (Israel Resilience)
  26. Ram Ben Barak (Yesh Atid)
  27. Alon Shuster (Israel Resilience)
  28. Yoav Segalovich (Yesh Atid)
  29. Ram Shefa (Israel Resilience)
  30. Boaz Toporovsky (Yesh Atid)
  31. Orly Fruman (Telem)
  32. Eitan Ginzburg (Israel Resilience)
  33. Gadi Yevarkan (Telem)
  34. Idan Roll (Yesh Atid)
  35. Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu (Yesh Atid)
  36. Moshe Matalon (Telem)

Democratic Union

The Democratic Union list is headed by Nitzan Horowitz.[3]

  1. Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz)
  2. Stav Shaffir (Green Movement)
  3. Yair Golan (Israel Democratic Party)
  4. Tamar Zandberg (Meretz)
  5. Ilan Gilon (Meretz)
  6. Issawi Frej (Meretz)
  7. Yifat Bitton (Israel Democratic Party)
  8. Yael Cohen Paran (Green Movement)
  9. Noa Rotman (Israel Democratic Party)
  10. Ehud Barak (Israel Democratic Party)
  11. Gilad Kariv (Green Movement)
  12. Mossi Raz (Meretz)
  13. Michal Rozin (Meretz)
  14. Yaya Fink (Israel Democratic Party)
  15. Smadar Shmueli (Israel Democratic Party)

Joint List

The Joint List is headed by Ayman Odeh.[4]

  1. Ayman Odeh (Hadash)
  2. Mtanes Shehadeh (Balad)
  3. Ahmad Tibi (Ta'al)
  4. Mansour Abbas (United Arab List)
  5. Aida Touma-Suleiman (Hadash)
  6. Walid Taha (United Arab List)
  7. Ofer Cassif (Hadash)
  8. Heba Yazbak (Balad)
  9. Osama Saadi (Ta'al)
  10. Yousef Jabareen (Hadash)
  11. Said al-Harumi (United Arab List)
  12. Jabar Asatra (Hadash)
  13. Sami Abu Shehadeh (Balad)

Labor-Gesher

The Labor-Gesher list is headed by Amir Peretz.[5] [6]

  1. Amir Peretz (Labor)
  2. Orly Levy (Gesher)
  3. Itzik Shmuli (Labor)
  4. Merav Michaeli (Labor)
  5. Omer Bar-Lev (Labor)
  6. Revital Swid (Labor)
  7. Hagai Reznik (Gesher)
  8. Eran Hermoni (Labor)
  9. Saleh Saad (Labor)
  10. Carmen Elmakiyes (Gesher)

Likud

The Likud list is headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[7]

  1. Benjamin Netanyahu
  2. Yuli Edelstein
  3. Yisrael Katz
  4. Gilad Erdan
  5. Moshe Kahlon
  6. Gideon Sa'ar
  7. Miri Regev
  8. Yariv Levin
  9. Yoav Gallant
  10. Nir Barkat
  11. Gila Gamliel
  12. Avi Dichter
  13. Ze'ev Elkin
  14. Haim Katz
  15. Eli Cohen
  16. Tzachi Hanegbi
  17. Ofir Akunis
  18. Yuval Steinitz
  19. Tzipi Hotovely
  20. Dudi Amsalem
  21. Amir Ohana
  22. Ofir Katz
  23. Eti Atiya
  24. Yoav Kish
  25. David Bitan
  26. Keren Barak
  27. Shlomo Karhi
  28. Miki Zohar
  29. Yifat Shasha-Biton
  30. Sharren Haskel
  31. Michal Shir
  32. Keti Shitrit
  33. Fateen Mulla
  34. May Golan
  35. Tali Ploskov
  36. Uzi Dayan
  37. Ariel Kellner
  38. Osnat Mark

Otzma Yehudit

The Otzma Yehudit list is headed by Itamar Ben-Gvir.[8] [9] Baruch Marzel and Ben-Zion Gopstein were barred from running on 25 August 2019 by the Supreme Court of Israel.[10]

  1. Itamar Ben-Gvir
  2. Adva Biton
  3. Yitzhak Wasserlauf[11]
  4. David Cooperschmidt

Shas

The Shas list is headed by Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri.[12]

  1. Aryeh Deri
  2. Yitzhak Cohen
  3. Meshulam Nahari
  4. Ya'akov Margi
  5. Yoav Ben-Tzur
  6. Michael Malchieli
  7. Moshe Arbel
  8. Yinon Azulai
  9. Moshe Abutbul

United Torah Judaism

The United Torah Judaism list represents the Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah parties, which have run jointly since 1992. The list is headed by Yaakov Litzman, and is identical to the April 2019 list.

  1. Yaakov Litzman (Agudat Yisrael)
  2. Moshe Gafni (Degel HaTorah)
  3. Meir Porush (Agudat Yisrael)
  4. Uri Maklev (Degel HaTorah)
  5. Ya'akov Tessler (Agudat Yisrael)
  6. Ya'akov Asher (Degel HaTorah)
  7. Yisrael Eichler (Agudat Yisrael)
  8. Yitzhak Pindros (Degel HaTorah)

Yamina

The Yamina list is headed by Ayelet Shaked.[13] It is an alliance of the New Right and the Union of the Right-Wing Parties (URWP).

  1. Ayelet Shaked (New Right)
  2. Rafi Peretz (Jewish Home)
  3. Bezalel Smotrich (National Union–Tkuma)
  4. Naftali Bennett (New Right)
  5. Moti Yogev (Jewish Home)
  6. Ofir Sofer (National Union–Tkuma)
  7. Matan Kahana (New Right)
  8. Idit Silman (Jewish Home)
  9. Roni Sassover (New Right)
  10. Orit Strook (National Union–Tkuma)
  11. Shai Maimon (New Right)
  12. Shuli Mualem (New Right)
  13. Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home)

Yisrael Beitenu

The Yisrael Beitenu list is headed by Avigdor Lieberman.[14]

  1. Avigdor Lieberman
  2. Oded Forer
  3. Evgeny Sova
  4. Eli Avidar
  5. Yulia Malinovsky
  6. Hamad Amar
  7. Alex Kushnir
  8. Mark Ifraimov
  9. Limor Magen Telem
  10. Elina Bardach-Yalov

Zehut (withdrawn)

The Zehut list was headed by Moshe Feiglin,[15] though Feiglin announced on 29 August that it would pull out of the race in return for a ministerial position and a push for the legalization of medical cannabis, pending a ratification of the agreement by Zehut members,[16] which was approved on 1 September.[17] On 3 September, the entire Zehut list withdrew from the elections, effectively eliminating the party's candidacy.

  1. Moshe Feiglin
  2. Gilad Alper
  3. Ronit Dror
  4. Arkady Muter

Minor parties

Minor parties in the order in which they registered with the Central Elections Committee.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: 32 parties register electoral slates for September vote, down from 47 last time. The Times of Israel. 2 August 2019. 12 August 2019. Staff writer.
  2. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=133&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Blue and White
  3. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=138&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Meretz
  4. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=141&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Joint List
  5. News: All the Candidates Running in Israel's September Do-over Election. Haaretz. 2 August 2019. 29 August 2019.
  6. News: Labor approves Peretz's request for spot reserved for candidate of his choice. The Times of Israel. 29 July 2019. 29 July 2019.
  7. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=136&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Likud
  8. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=142&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Otzma Yehudit
  9. News: It's final - Otzma Yehudit is running alone. David Rosenberg. Arutz Sheva. 1 August 2019. 1 August 2019.
  10. News: Israel's Top Court Bars Leaders of Kahanist Party From Running for Knesset. Revital Hovel. 25 August 2019. 25 August 2019. Haaretz.
  11. Web site: The Platform of Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) | За Оцма Йегудит.
  12. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=125&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Shas
  13. https://bechirot22.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=145&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Yamina
  14. News: Announcing Knesset slate, Liberman vows to force unity government. The Times of Israel. 30 July 2019. 30 July 2019.
  15. News: Zehut running alone as Feiglin submits its electoral list . The Jerusalem Post. 11 September 2019. 31 July 2019. Jeremy Sharon. Stephanie Wasserman.
  16. News: The Jerusalem Post. Netanyahu promises Feiglin ministry so that Zehut Party ends race. 29 August 2019. Gil Hoffman. 11 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Zehut Members Approve Dropout Deal With Likud. 1 September 2019. Hamodia. 11 September 2019.

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