Party registration opens at Knesset ahead of November 1 election

14 September 2022, 2:00 pm

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Members of the Central Elections Committee await political party registrations at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 14, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Registration for parties seeking to run in the upcoming national elections begins this afternoon at the Knesset.

Eli Avidar, the renegade Yisrael Beytenu MK, is among the first to register his party, which is not expected to cross the electoral threshold come November 1. Nevertheless, Avidar tells reporters that he fully intends to run until the end, and believes he will attain the required 3.25% of the vote.

Parties have until tomorrow night to finalize and submit their party lists, leaving room for last-minute mergers, defections and spot-jostling among the major parties expected to run in Israel’s fifth national election in three years.