Religious Zionist Party
הציונות הדתית
Religious Zionist Party won 6 of the 120 seats in the election of 27 October 2026, with 290,549 votes (5.11%).
The Religious Zionist Party, called Tkuma until 2021, was founded in October 1998 by Hanan Porat and Zvi Hendel, who left the National Religious Party. In every election since, it has run on a joint list with other parties.
Bezalel Smotrich leads it. In August 2023 it merged with The Jewish Home, and in 2026 it ran with Zehut as Religious Zionism–Zehut, which won six seats.
- Leader
- Bezalel Smotrich
- Founded
- October 1998
- In the 26th Knesset
- 6 seats
- Made up of
- Otzma Yehudit, Zehut
- Joint lists
- Yamina, Union of Right-Wing Parties, The Jewish Home
The best result of Religious Zionist Party since 2013 was 14 seats, in the election of 2022.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where Religious Zionist Party 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 | Religious Zionist Party | 290,549 | 5.1% | 6 | |
| 2022 | Religious Zionist Party | ט | 516,470 | 10.8% | 14 |
| 2021 | Religious Zionist Party | ט | 225,641 | 5.1% | 6 |
| 2020 | Yamina | טב | 240,689 | 5.2% | 6 |
| September 2019 | Yamina | טב | 260,655 | 5.9% | 7 |
| April 2019 | Union of Right-Wing Parties | טב | 159,468 | 3.7% | 5 |
| 2015 | The Jewish Home | טב | 283,910 | 6.7% | 8 |
| 2013 | The Jewish Home | טב | 345,985 | 9.1% | 12 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
Religious Zionist Party has 5 members in the 26th Knesset.
Bezalel Smotrich
No. 1 on the list
Orit Strook
No. 3 on the list
Simcha Rothman
No. 4 on the list
Tzvika Mor
No. 5 on the list
Itamar Eitam
No. 6 on the list
In the election of 2026, Religious Zionist Party took its highest share of the vote in Karnei Shomron, 47.1%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Karnei Shomron47.1%
- Efrat41.3%
- Kiryat Arba39.6%
- Sha'ar Shomron20.9%
- Giv'at Shmuel17.9%
These parties are part of the story of Religious Zionist Party.
- Otzma YehuditOtzma Yehudit is a far-right party, founded on 13 November 2012 as Otzma LeYisrael and led by Itamar Ben-Gvir.
- ZehutZehut is a libertarian and nationalist party that Moshe Feiglin founded in 2015.
- YaminaYamina was an alliance of right-wing parties that first ran in September 2019, led by Ayelet Shaked, with the New Right, The Jewish Home and Tkuma.
- Union of Right-Wing PartiesThe Union of Right-Wing Parties was the joint list of The Jewish Home, Tkuma and Otzma Yehudit for the election of April 2019, in which it won five seats.
- The Jewish HomeThe Jewish Home was the religious Zionist party that carried on the National Religious Party, formed in November 2008.
Frequently asked questions
Who leads Religious Zionist Party?
Bezalel Smotrich leads Religious Zionist Party.
When was Religious Zionist Party founded?
Religious Zionist Party was founded in October 1998.
How many seats does Religious Zionist Party have in the Knesset?
Religious Zionist Party won 6 of the 120 seats in the election of 27 October 2026, with 290,549 votes (5.11%).
What were the ballot letters of Religious Zionist Party?
In the election of 2022, Religious Zionist Party ran on the ballot letters ט.
Sources: English Wikipedia, Religious Zionist Party, Hebrew Wikipedia, האיחוד הלאומי–תקומה, the Central Elections Committee.