Blue and White
כחול לבן
The list of Blue and White withdrew before the election of 27 October 2026.
Blue and White is a centrist party that Benny Gantz, a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, founded in December 2018 under the name Israel Resilience. From 2019 to 2020 it led the Blue and White list with Yesh Atid and Telem, which won 35, 33 and 33 seats.
In 2022 it ran inside National Unity. It withdrew from the election of 2026.
- Leader
- Benny Gantz
- Founded
- 27 December 2018
- Made up of
- Yesh Atid
- Joint lists
- National Unity
The best result of Blue and White since 2013 was 35 seats, in the election of April 2019.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where Blue and White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | National Unity | כן | 432,482 | 9.1% | 12 |
| 2021 | Blue and White | כן | 292,257 | 6.6% | 8 |
| 2020 | Blue and White | פה | 1,220,381 | 26.6% | 33 |
| September 2019 | Blue and White | פה | 1,151,214 | 25.9% | 33 |
| April 2019 | Blue and White | פה | 1,125,881 | 26.1% | 35 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
In the election of 2021, Blue and White took its highest share of the vote in Caesarea, 15.6%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Caesarea15.6%
- Lehavim15.5%
- Beit Jann14.2%
- Omer14.1%
- Ramat HaSharon14.0%
These parties are part of the story of Blue and White.
- Yesh AtidYesh Atid is a centrist party that Yair Lapid, a former television journalist, founded in 2012 and has led ever since.
- National UnityNational Unity, also called the State Camp, was the alliance of Benny Gantz's Blue and White and Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope, joined by Gadi Eisenkot and Matan Kahana, for the election of 2022, in which it won 12 seats.
Frequently asked questions
Who leads Blue and White?
Benny Gantz leads Blue and White.
When was Blue and White founded?
Blue and White was founded on 27 December 2018.
How many seats does Blue and White have in the Knesset?
The list of Blue and White withdrew before the election of 27 October 2026.
What were the ballot letters of Blue and White?
In the election of 2021, Blue and White ran on the ballot letters כן.
Sources: English Wikipedia, Blue and White (political party), Hebrew Wikipedia, כחול לבן חוסן לישראל, the Central Elections Committee.