The Democrats
הדמוקרטים
The Democrats won 8 of the 120 seats in the election of 27 October 2026, with 366,278 votes (6.44%).
The Democrats is a social democratic, Zionist party formed in 2024, when the Labor Party and Meretz merged. Yair Golan, a former deputy chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, leads it.
It won eight seats in its first election, on 27 October 2026.
- Leader
- Yair Golan
- Founded
- 30 June 2024
- In the 26th Knesset
- 8 seats
The best result of The Democrats since 2013 was 8 seats, in the election of 2026.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where The Democrats ran inside a joint list, the column is the whole list's seats.
| Election | List | Letters | Votes | Share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Democrats | 366,278 | 6.4% | 8 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
The Democrats has 8 members in the 26th Knesset.
Yair Golan
No. 1 on the list
Naama Lazimi
No. 2 on the list
Gilad Kariv
No. 3 on the list
Efrat Rayten
No. 4 on the list
Yaya Fink
No. 5 on the list
Gaby Lasky
No. 6 on the list
Omri Ronen
No. 7 on the list
Michal Rozin
No. 8 on the list
In the election of 2026, The Democrats took its highest share of the vote in Kiryat Tiv'on, 25.8%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Kiryat Tiv'on25.8%
- Binyamina-Giv'at Ada21.7%
- Tel Aviv-Yafo21.3%
- Givatayim19.4%
- Ramat HaSharon17.7%
These parties are part of the story of The Democrats.
- LaborThe Israeli Labor Party was founded in January 1968 by the merger of Mapai, Ahdut HaAvoda and Rafi, the parties of the labour movement that had led the country since it was founded.
- MeretzMeretz was a social democratic and secular party, formed in 1992 as an alliance of Ratz, Mapam and Shinui and made one party in 1997.
Frequently asked questions
Who leads The Democrats?
Yair Golan leads The Democrats.
When was The Democrats founded?
The Democrats was founded on 30 June 2024.
How many seats does The Democrats have in the Knesset?
The Democrats won 8 of the 120 seats in the election of 27 October 2026, with 366,278 votes (6.44%).
Sources: English Wikipedia, The Democrats (Israel), Hebrew Wikipedia, הדמוקרטים, the Central Elections Committee.