Israel 2018 municipal elections Oct 30 and Nov 13

[DavidB.]

Which national parties have the strongest representation in the municipalities?

[DavidB.]

Which national parties have the strongest representation in the municipalities?

This varies greatly by municipality, but the Haredi are the only ones who consistently keep their national support, and a newer party like Kulanu does the worst.

In places like Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit or Bnei Brak, do the Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah run separately?

[DavidB.]

In places like Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit or Bnei Brak, do the Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah run separately?

Last time they ran together in those places. in fact in Beitar they also ran with Shas.

and won... all seats?

[DavidB.]

What would be the difference between Elkin and Lion, policy-wise?

[DavidB.]

Is Huldai running in Tel Aviv again?

[DavidB.]

Shas busy campaigning in the coastal city of Netanya: "On October 30, it is in your hands: only a strong Shas will stop the gay pride in Netanya"...

[DavidB.]

What's the weird 40% thing? How does it work? Can somebody be elected in the first round with only like 42% of the vote? Also, is it true that 17-year olds can already vote?

[DavidB.]

Got my voting done early, voted for Berkovitch and His party Hitorerut. Took about about 2 minutes waiting with 1 person in front of me.

I thought you were usually on the right, but then I also heard secular right-wingers are open to voting for Berkovitch in Jerusalem. May I ask why you voted for him?

[DavidB.]

Up to 51.89% turnout now, which means that the final number for the previous two elections has already been beaten.

Still hardly impressive given that people got a day off.

[DavidB.]

19% counted in Jerusalem:
Lion: 29.7%
Berkovitch: 29.3%
Deitsch: 22%
Elkin: 18.7%

Wow, certainly unexpected. I fully thought Elkin (for whom I think I would have voted) and Berkovitch would get to the second round.

Any links to websites reporting results, at least for the big cities?

[DavidB.]

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5384303,00.html
Only Hebrew for now.

Works for me, thanks. My Hebrew is very far from fluent, but still good enough for this sort of stuff.

[DavidB.]

Did Aryeh King get elected in Jerusalem?

[DavidB.]

Does the mayor form a coalition? What happens if, say, Berkovitch becomes mayor but the religious right-wing majority will continue to oppose Berkovitch's plans?