UTJ
Led by Yaakov Asher (Goldknopf 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
- 7
- Seats in 2022 5.9% of the vote, as United Torah Judaism
- 9 of 9
- Campaign record · Polls it passes never near the threshold
- 53 seats
- Netanyahu bloc 8 short of 61; this list is third of 5 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: 7.4. 2022: Central Elections Committee, 280,194 votes.
- 7
- Count so far 80% range 7 to 7
- 7.5
- Final poll average Each pollster's last poll, scaled to 120 seats
- 7–8
- Final polls Lowest to highest of the last polls of 7 pollsters Channel 14 and i24NEWS, kept apart: 8
- 7
- In 2022 5.9% of the vote
- 7
- 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, 7.5 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 | 8 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Channel 12 | 8 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Channel 14 | 7 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Maariv | 7 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 12 | 8 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 13 | 8 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Channel 14 | 7 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Walla | 7 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Maariv | 7 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 9 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Kan 11 | 7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Channel 12 | 8 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Channel 13 | 7 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 7 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 9 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Maariv | 7 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Channel 12 | 8 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Channel 13 | 7 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Channel 14 | 7 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Maariv | 6 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Kan 11 | not reported separately |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Channel 13 | 8 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Maariv | 7 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Channel 12 | 8 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Channel 13 | 8 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 8 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Maariv | 7 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Channel 12 | 7 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | Walla | 8 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Channel 13 | 8 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Maariv | 8 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | Kan 11 | 7 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Channel 12 | 7 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Channel 13 | 7 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | i24NEWS | 8 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Walla | 7 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 12 | 7 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 13 | 8 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Channel 14 | 7 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Channel 14 | 8 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Israel Hayom | 7 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Maariv | 7 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Zman Yisrael | 8 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Channel 12 | 7 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Channel 13 | 8 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | Kan 11 | 8 |
65 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.
| Modi'in Illit | 77.5% |
|---|---|
| Bnei Brak | 59.8% |
| Beitar Illit | 59.4% |
| Beit Shemesh | 38.8% |
| Elad | 34.9% |
| Nationally | 5.9% |
| Jerusalem | 23.8% |
| Haifa | 3.8% |
| Tel Aviv-Yafo | 0.8% |
| Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut | 0.5% |
Central Elections Committee, 25th Knesset results by locality. Nationally 5.9%. 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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Bar colour: the stance’s place in the issue’s range of answers, from dark red at one end of the debate to dark green at the other, shared across all lists. The economy’s options coexist, so its bar is a pale tint with an ink outline, not a step on that range. Squares: one slot per answer, in the same order, with the party’s square in its own; a square in the last slot means no answer. Dotted inner border: not said publicly, from the record; open the tile to see why.
Haredi draft. Should Haredi yeshiva students be drafted?
Ynet's summary: both factions "continue to oppose the enlistment of students who have dropped out of yeshivas" and oppose a universal draft law. The party "says the law it seeks to pass is intended solely to regulate the status of those who study Torah."
Ynet, Sep 16, 2026
UTJ: seven issues; choose a tile to read the party’s words and source.
Who they are
- A joint list of Agudat Yisrael (Hasidic) and Degel HaTorah (Lithuanian) since 1992. Both factions quit the government in July 2025 over the draft. (IDI party page)
- Sept 5, 2026: Rav Dov Landau removed Gafni and Maklev by letter and made Yaakov Asher head. Sept 8: Porush and Stark formed a third faction inside the list, Homat Torat Yisrael, the first since 1992. (Yeshiva World, Sep 5; Davar, Sep 8, 2026)
- Surplus-vote partner: Shas, “expected.” Signing not found. (JPost, Sep 10, 2026)
Surplus agreement with Shas: both lists are on course to pass the threshold.
Who votes for them
- 2022: 280,194 votes, 5.9%, 7 seats. (IDI, accessed Oct 5, 2026)
- 58% of Haredim voted UTJ in 2022; 86% voted UTJ or Shas. (IDI, Jun 28, 2026)
- 2021: 78% in Modi'in Illit, 60.9% in Bnei Brak. (Times of Israel)
- First-time voters: 9% overall, 45% of Haredi first-timers. (N12 via JPost, Sep 23, 2026)
Names on the list
- No. 1Yaakov Asher, Degel HaTorahOn track to enter at the current projection
- No. 2Yitzhak Goldknopf, Agudat Yisrael (Gur)On track to enter at the current projection
- No. 4Meir Porush, Homat Torat YisraelOn 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.
Davar; Israel Hayom, Sep 8, 2026
Pledges to be tested in coalition talks
- No government without a yeshiva-status law, whoever leads it. (Asher, Matzav, Sep 28, 2026)
- Porush's faction requires separate negotiations. (INN, Sep 8, 2026)
- Rav Landau: “We no longer have trust in Netanyahu.” (JPost, May 25, 2026)
In their words
“Many things look like etrogim – but this isn't an etrog.”
The people
Yaakov Asher. Replaced Moshe Gafni as chairman of Degel HaTorah (Times of Israel, Sep 9, 2026).
Yitzhak Goldknopf (no. 2). Leader of UTJ's Agudat Yisrael faction. Resigned as housing minister in June 2025 over the draft of yeshiva students (Times of Israel, Sep 14, 2025; Sep 9, 2026).
Bio source: Each bio names its sources in parentheses.
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