Yesh Atid
יש עתיד
Yesh Atid ran inside Together in the election of 27 October 2026, and Together won 12 of the 120 seats. 5 of those seats are held by Yesh Atid.
Yesh Atid is a centrist party that Yair Lapid, a former television journalist, founded in 2012 and has led ever since. It came second in its first election, in 2013, with 19 seats, and won 24 in 2022, its most.
From 2019 to 2020 it ran inside Blue and White with Benny Gantz, and Lapid was prime minister in 2022. In April 2026 it joined Naftali Bennett's party in the Together list, where it holds five of the list's 12 seats.
- Leader
- Yair Lapid
- Founded
- 29 April 2012
- Its list in 2026
- Together
- Joint lists
- Blue and White
The best result of Yesh Atid since 2013 was 24 seats, in the election of 2022.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where Yesh Atid 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 | Together | 532,018 | 9.3% | 12 | |
| 2022 | Yesh Atid | פה | 847,435 | 17.8% | 24 |
| 2021 | Yesh Atid | פה | 614,112 | 13.9% | 17 |
| 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 |
| 2015 | Yesh Atid | פה | 371,602 | 8.8% | 11 |
| 2013 | Yesh Atid | פה | 543,458 | 14.3% | 19 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
Yesh Atid has 5 members in the 26th Knesset.
Yair Lapid
No. 2 on the list
Meirav Ben-Ari
No. 4 on the list
Noam Tibon
No. 6 on the list
Meirav Cohen
No. 9 on the list
Ram Ben-Barak
No. 12 on the list
In the election of 2022, Yesh Atid took its highest share of the vote in Ramat HaSharon, 42.2%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Ramat HaSharon42.2%
- Even Yehuda41.1%
- Kochav Yair-Tzur Yigal40.8%
- Hod HaSharon40.5%
- Tel Mond38.9%
These parties are part of the story of Yesh Atid.
- TogetherTogether, led by Bennett, is the alliance that the former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid formed in April 2026 between their parties, Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid.
- Blue and WhiteBlue 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.
Frequently asked questions
Who leads Yesh Atid?
Yair Lapid leads Yesh Atid.
When was Yesh Atid founded?
Yesh Atid was founded on 29 April 2012.
How many seats does Yesh Atid have in the Knesset?
Yesh Atid ran inside Together in the election of 27 October 2026, and Together won 12 of the 120 seats. 5 of those seats are held by Yesh Atid.
What were the ballot letters of Yesh Atid?
In the election of 2022, Yesh Atid ran on the ballot letters פה.
Sources: English Wikipedia, Yesh Atid, Hebrew Wikipedia, יש עתיד, the Central Elections Committee.