The Democrats
Led by Yair Golan
Projection from the count so far · Estimate · Current
Updated 02:05 from the count file of 01:51 · Checked: Oct 29, 02:05 Israel time
Source
One coherent 120-seat allocation; uncertainty ranges are separate.
- 8
- Projection from the count so far Estimate
- 4
- Seats in 2022 3.7% of the vote, as Labor
- 9 of 9
- Campaign record · Polls it passes never near the threshold
- 49 seats
- Anti-Netanyahu bloc (Zionist parties) 12 short of 61; this list is third of 4 in the bloc
Campaign record: Average over the latest poll from each of 9 pollsters, Oct 20 to Oct 23, 2026, weighted by sample size and scaled to 120 seats. Without Channel 14 and i24NEWS, the two the site’s alternative average leaves out: 9. 2022: Central Elections Committee, 175,992 votes.
- 8
- Count so far 80% range 8 to 9
- 8.6
- Final poll average Each pollster's last poll, scaled to 120 seats
- 8–10
- Final polls Lowest to highest of the last polls of 7 pollsters Channel 14 and i24NEWS, kept apart: 8–9
- 4
- In 2022 3.7% of the vote
- 4
- Last Knesset Seats at dissolution, July 17, 2026
Provisional until the Central Elections Committee certifies the result. This line then shows the official seats by itself.
Campaign recordEvery poll since the Knesset dissolved, drawn and tabulated
Final poll average, 8.6 Projection from the count, 8 The other 7 publishers, joined Channel 14 and i24NEWS, which the site’s alternative average leaves out 2022 result
| Published | Pollster | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Channel 12 | 11 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Channel 14 | 10 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Maariv | 10 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 12 | 10 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 13 | 10 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | i24NEWS | 9 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Kan 11 | 9 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Walla | 9 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Maariv | 10 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Channel 12 | 10 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Channel 14 | 9 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Channel 13 | 10 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | i24NEWS | 10 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 9 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Maariv | 9 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Channel 12 | 9 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Channel 13 | 11 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Channel 14 | 9 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | i24NEWS | 9 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Maariv | 11 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Kan 11 | 9 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Channel 13 | 11 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Channel 14 | 9 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | i24NEWS | 9 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Maariv | 10 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Channel 12 | 9 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Channel 13 | 10 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Channel 14 | 9 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | i24NEWS | 10 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 8 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Maariv | 9 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Channel 12 | 9 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Channel 14 | 10 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Walla | 10 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | i24NEWS | 9 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Channel 13 | 9 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Maariv | 9 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | i24NEWS | 9 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | Kan 11 | 9 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Channel 12 | 9 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Channel 13 | 9 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Channel 14 | 9 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | i24NEWS | 9 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Walla | 9 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 12 | 9 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 13 | 10 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 14 | 9 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 8 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Maariv | 10 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Channel 12 | 10 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Channel 13 | 10 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
66 polls from 9 publishers, Sep 6, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. A dot on the floor is a poll that had the list below the threshold; a gap is a poll that did not report it separately.
| Givatayim | 10.5% |
|---|---|
| Tel Aviv-Yafo | 9.3% |
| Pardes Hanna-Karkur | 7.3% |
| Ramat HaSharon | 7.2% |
| Hod HaSharon | 6.8% |
| Nationally | 3.7% |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo | 9.3% |
| Haifa | 4.8% |
| Jerusalem | 2.5% |
| Bnei Brak | 0.2% |
Central Elections Committee, 25th Knesset results by locality. Nationally 3.7%. The five strongest localities with at least 15,000 valid votes; below the national line, the three biggest cities and the weakest place with 50,000 or more valid votes, for comparison.
Where they stand
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Haredi draft. Should Haredi yeshiva students be drafted?
"The obligation to serve the state should apply to all citizens, within a national and equal framework."
Ynet, Sep 16, 2026
Same recorded stance: People of IsraelYashar!B'YachadYisrael BeiteinuReservists–EconomicBlue and White
The Democrats: seven issues; choose a tile to read the party’s words and source.
Who they are
- Labor (founded 1968; prime ministers Meir, Rabin, Peres) and Meretz (1992) running together. A partial merger: both keep their own institutions. (IDI, accessed Oct 5, 2026)
- Yair Golan won Labor's leadership in May 2024 with 95% of the vote. The 2026 slate includes anti-government protest leader Moshe Radman and former Meretz MK Gaby Lasky. (Times of Israel, May 28, 2024; Jul 20, 2026)
- Surplus-vote partner: Yashar! (signed Sept 10). (Times of Israel, Sep 10, 2026)
Surplus agreement with Yashar!: both lists are on course to pass the threshold.
Who votes for them
- 2022: Labor 175,992 votes, 3.7%, 4 seats; Meretz 150,793, 3.2%, 0 seats (its first time out of the Knesset). (IDI, accessed Oct 5, 2026)
- Labor and Meretz took 16% of the secular vote in 2022, down from 19%. (IDI, Jun 28, 2026)
- First-time voters: 7%. Claims more than 100,000 members. (N12 via JPost, Sep 23, 2026)
Names on the list
- No. 2Naama LazimiOn track to enter at the current projection
- No. 3Gilad KarivOn track to enter at the current projection
- No. 6Gaby Lasky, former Meretz MKOn track to enter at the current projection
Marks follow the count so far. Each name shows Elected or Not elected once the result is official.
Times of Israel, Jul 20, 2026 (primary results)
Pledges to be tested in coalition talks
- No Haredi parties: “the Haredim will be outside [the government], that is a guarantee.” Golan said this after a leaked clip in which he would back a government that needed a Haredi party “provided that Likud, Smotrich, and Ben Gvir are not there.” (Times of Israel, May 27, 2026)
- Open to an Arab party: “It is natural, right, appropriate and democratic” (the party says this is its own platform, not the bloc's). (Kan via Times of Israel, Sep 27, 2026)
In their words
“In our government, there will be zero criminal defendants. Zero.”
The leader
Yair Golan. A former IDF deputy chief of staff. On October 7 he drove to the Nova festival area and rescued people. Won Labor's leadership in May 2024 with 95% of the vote (Times of Israel, May 28, 2024; Sep 10, 2026).
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