Agudat Yisrael
אגודת ישראל
Agudat Yisrael ran inside United Torah Judaism in the election of 27 October 2026, and United Torah Judaism won 7 of the 120 seats. One of those seats is held by Agudat Yisrael.
Agudat Yisrael is a Haredi party that began in 1912 as a movement of Orthodox Jews in Katowice, then part of the German Empire. In Israel it has mainly represented Hasidic voters since the 1980s.
It runs for the Knesset with Degel HaTorah as United Torah Judaism.
- Founded
- 1912
- Its list in 2026
- United Torah Judaism
Agudat Yisrael has run inside joint lists in every election on this page.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where Agudat Yisrael ran inside a joint list, the column is the whole list's seats.
On its own listThe whole joint list it ran inside
| Election | List | Letters | Votes | Share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | United Torah Judaism | 312,632 | 5.5% | 7 | |
| 2022 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 280,194 | 5.9% | 7 |
| 2021 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 248,391 | 5.6% | 7 |
| 2020 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 274,437 | 6.0% | 7 |
| September 2019 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 268,775 | 6.1% | 7 |
| April 2019 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 249,049 | 5.8% | 8 |
| 2015 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 210,143 | 5.0% | 6 |
| 2013 | United Torah Judaism | ג | 195,892 | 5.2% | 7 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
Agudat Yisrael has one member in the 26th Knesset.
Yitzhak Goldknopf
No. 2 on the list
These parties are part of the story of Agudat Yisrael.
- United Torah JudaismUnited Torah Judaism is the joint list of the two Ashkenazi Haredi parties, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah, first formed in 1992.
- Degel HaTorahDegel HaTorah is an Ashkenazi Haredi party that Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach founded for the election of 1988, after he left Agudat Yisrael.
Frequently asked questions
When was Agudat Yisrael founded?
Agudat Yisrael was founded in 1912.
How many seats does Agudat Yisrael have in the Knesset?
Agudat Yisrael ran inside United Torah Judaism in the election of 27 October 2026, and United Torah Judaism won 7 of the 120 seats. One of those seats is held by Agudat Yisrael.
Sources: English Wikipedia, Agudat Yisrael, Hebrew Wikipedia, מפלגת אגודת ישראל, the Central Elections Committee.