Degel HaTorah
דגל התורה
Degel HaTorah ran inside United Torah Judaism in the election of 27 October 2026, and United Torah Judaism won 7 of the 120 seats. 4 of those seats are held by Degel HaTorah.
Degel HaTorah is an Ashkenazi Haredi party that Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach founded for the election of 1988, after he left Agudat Yisrael. Since 1992 it has run for the Knesset with Agudat Yisrael as United Torah Judaism.
- Founded
- 1988
- Its list in 2026
- United Torah Judaism
Degel HaTorah has run inside joint lists in every election on this page.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where Degel HaTorah 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
Degel HaTorah has 4 members in the 26th Knesset.
Ya'akov Asher
No. 1 on the list
Yitzhak Pindrus
No. 3 on the list
Moshe Rosenthal
No. 5 on the list
Yehuda Weisfish
No. 7 on the list
These parties are part of the story of Degel HaTorah.
Frequently asked questions
When was Degel HaTorah founded?
Degel HaTorah was founded in 1988.
How many seats does Degel HaTorah have in the Knesset?
Degel HaTorah ran inside United Torah Judaism in the election of 27 October 2026, and United Torah Judaism won 7 of the 120 seats. 4 of those seats are held by Degel HaTorah.
Sources: English Wikipedia, Degel HaTorah, Hebrew Wikipedia, דגל התורה, the Central Elections Committee.