New Hope
תקווה חדשה
New Hope ran inside Likud in the election of 27 October 2026, and Likud won 27 of the 120 seats.
New Hope is a centre-right party that Gideon Sa'ar founded in December 2020. It won six seats in its first election, in 2021, and ran inside National Unity in 2022 until it left that alliance in March 2024.
For the election of 2026 it merged into Likud.
- Leader
- Gideon Sa'ar
- Founded
- 8 December 2020
- Its list in 2026
- Likud
- Joint lists
- National Unity
The best result of New Hope since 2013 was 6 seats, in the election of 2021.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where New Hope 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 | Likud | 1,167,591 | 20.5% | 27 | |
| 2022 | National Unity | כן | 432,482 | 9.1% | 12 |
| 2021 | New Hope | ת | 209,161 | 4.7% | 6 |
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, New Hope took its highest share of the vote in Zarzir, 15.5%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Zarzir15.5%
- Rameh12.5%
- Kisra-Sumei10.5%
- Oranit9.9%
- Alfe Menashe8.8%
These parties are part of the story of New Hope.
Frequently asked questions
Who leads New Hope?
Gideon Sa'ar leads New Hope.
When was New Hope founded?
New Hope was founded on 8 December 2020.
How many seats does New Hope have in the Knesset?
New Hope ran inside Likud in the election of 27 October 2026, and Likud won 27 of the 120 seats.
What were the ballot letters of New Hope?
In the election of 2021, New Hope ran on the ballot letters ת.
Sources: English Wikipedia, New Hope (Israel), Hebrew Wikipedia, תקווה חדשה, the Central Elections Committee.