Election Day for 22nd Knesset is on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Based on voter statistics from the April 2019 election for 21st Knesset, in many major left-wing voting areas, voter turnout was significantly higher than in right-wing cities and municipalities.

The right-wing parties remain concerned, as clearly, with such a close election, based on recent polls, voter apathy will have a direct impact on the outcome of the race.

Following are the voter turnout percentages from the last election.

Left-wing areas:
Hod Hasharon 76.7%
Herzliya 67.8%
Kfar Sava 73.2%
Givatayim 71.6%
Modi’in 78%
Ra’anana 68.5%

Right-wing areas:
Be’er Sheva 61.3%
Ashkelon 62%
Netanya 60.3%
Tiveria 59.3%
Bat Yam 52.3%
Hadera 62.8%

In the final poll released ahead of the election, both Likud and Blue & White have 32 seats, and neither can form a coalition government without Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party, which received eight seats.

The right-wing/chareidi bloc has 59 seats, two short of a minimum majority, while the left-wing/centrist/Arab bloc has 53 seats.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)