Ra'am
Led by Mansour Abbas (Yoav Segalovitz no. 2)
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.
- 7
- Projection from the count so far Estimate
- 5
- Seats in 2022 4.1% of the vote, as Ra'am (United Arab List)
- 9 of 9
- Campaign record · Polls it passes never near the threshold
- 18 seats
- Joint List and Ra'am a possible partner, not a governing bloc on its own; this list is second of 2
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: 5.4. 2022: Central Elections Committee, 194,047 votes.
- 7
- Count so far 80% range 7 to 7
- 5.6
- Final poll average Each pollster's last poll, scaled to 120 seats
- 5–7
- Final polls Lowest to highest of the last polls of 7 pollsters Channel 14 and i24NEWS, kept apart: 6
- 5
- In 2022 4.1% of the vote
- 5
- 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, 5.6 Projection from the count, 7 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 | 6 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Channel 12 | 4 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 12 | 4 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 13 | 6 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 14 | 6 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | i24NEWS | 5 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Walla | 5 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 5 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Channel 12 | 4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Channel 13 | 6 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | i24NEWS | 5 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 5 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 6 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Channel 12 | 5 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Channel 13 | 5 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | i24NEWS | 6 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 6 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Channel 13 | 5 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 5 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | i24NEWS | 5 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Channel 12 | 5 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Channel 13 | 6 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | i24NEWS | 5 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 5 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 5 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Channel 12 | 5 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Channel 14 | 5 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Walla | 5 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | i24NEWS | 6 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Channel 13 | 6 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 5 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Maariv | 6 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | i24NEWS | 6 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Channel 12 | 5 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Channel 13 | 6 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Channel 14 | 6 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | i24NEWS | 6 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Walla | 6 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 12 | 5 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 13 | 6 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 14 | 6 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Channel 14 | 6 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 5 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Maariv | 5 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 5 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Channel 12 | 5 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Channel 13 | 7 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Kan 11 | 5 |
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.
| Rahat | 64.2% |
|---|---|
| Tamra | 36.5% |
| Sakhnin | 29.1% |
| Nazareth | 21.4% |
| Shefa-Amr | 20.2% |
| Nationally | 4.1% |
| Haifa | 0.8% |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo | 0.7% |
| Jerusalem | 0.3% |
| Bnei Brak | 0.0% |
Central Elections Committee, 25th Knesset results by locality. Nationally 4.1%. 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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Courts. Should power shift from the courts to the Knesset and government?
Declined to give a current position; in 2023 it opposed the law abolishing the reasonableness standard and other measures to shift power from the courts.
On the record, because the party did not answer the questionnaire. Ynet, Sep 22, 2026
Same recorded stance: The DemocratsJoint List
Ra'am: seven issues; choose a tile to read the party’s words and source.
Who they are
- Founded in 1996; rooted in the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement. In 2021 it became the first Arab party to formally join an Israeli governing coalition. (IDI; JPost, Sep 1, 2026)
- In Dec 2025 Abbas said Ra'am was becoming “a completely civic party, with separate institutions,” cutting ties with the Islamic Shura Council: “we are not a part of the Muslim Brotherhood.” (Times of Israel, Dec 7, 2025; Aug 22, 2026)
- Barred by the Elections Committee Sept 23, 18–5; reinstated unanimously by the Supreme Court Oct 2. (Times of Israel, Sep 23; JPost, Oct 1 and Oct 2, 2026)
- Surplus-vote partner: Joint List (signed Sept 11). (Walla, Sep 12; Ynet, Sep 11, 2026)
Surplus agreement with Joint List: both lists are on course to pass the threshold.
Who votes for them
- 2022: 194,047 votes, 4.1%, 5 seats. (IDI, accessed Oct 5, 2026)
- Took 35.2% of the Arab and Druze vote in 2022, and 73.9% in the Negev. (IDI, Dec 25, 2022)
- Strongholds: the Negev and the Triangle; now seeking Christian and Druze voters, with a 7–8 seat target. (Ynet, 2026)
Names on the list
- No. 1Mansour AbbasOn track to enter at the current projection
- No. 2Yoav Segalovitz, Jewish former police commander; joined Aug 31On track to enter at the current projection
- —Walid Taha, on the Aug 22 slate; final slot not confirmed
Marks follow the count so far. Each name shows Elected or Not elected once the result is official.
JPost; Times of Israel, Aug 31, 2026
Pledges to be tested in coalition talks
- Open to any coalition, including one led by Likud. (Times of Israel)
- Eisenkot said Sept 26 that Abbas “won't be part of my next government.” Segalovitz: “Eisenkot won't have a government without Ra'am.” (Times of Israel, Sep 26, 2026)
In their words
“I am going to an Arab party. They are not coming to me.”
The people
Mansour Abbas. Ra'am chair; the first leader of a majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government, in 2021 (JTA, Jul 19, 2022).
Yoav Segalovitz (no. 2). Jewish, 67. Founded and commanded the police's Lahav 433 unit and headed its Investigations and Intelligence Division; deputy public security minister 2021–22. Second on Ra'am's slate (Times of Israel, Aug 16, Aug 31 and Sep 17, 2026).
Bio source: Each bio names its sources in parentheses.
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