A fight for every vote: The MKs from the Likud and the functionaries go out to vote - 8% have voted so far | Israel Today

140 thousand Likud officials will participate today (Wednesday) in the great democratic celebration: the primaries for the party list for the 25th Knesset, which will be held at 110 voting sites throughout the country - at the end of long weeks of campaigns and preparations, tricks and tricks.

The polls opened at nine in the morning and closed at nine in the evening.

The results - will be published only tomorrow.

Primary in Jerusalem, photo: Oren Ben Hakon

By 11:00, about 8% had voted.

Several strong candidates are also competing for a place in the national list, and may push out of the Knesset sitting MKs who will not be included in the next list in a realistic place.

data for the primaries,

The candidates who are considered the strongest among those who are not MKs are the former editor of "Israel Hayom" Boaz Bismut, and the former Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon.

The primaries in Be'er Sheva, photo: Dodo Greenspan

According to the Likud election system, in order to ensure the refreshing of the list and the introduction of new forces into the Knesset - the list consists of a series of placements intended for representatives of districts and sectors, to which former Knesset members cannot be screwed, but only new candidates.

The choice is made by the officials of the movement, where each official can choose only the representative of the district in which he lives.

The primaries in Jerusalem, photo: Oren Ben Hakon

 Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive at the exhibition grounds to vote at 12:00.

The chairman of the Likud faction, MK Yariv Levin, voted together with his wife and children at the ballot box in Modi'in: "For me as a candidate it is a privilege to ask for the trust of Likud officials, so that I can continue to work for our common path."

Danny Danon also voted at the ballot box in Modi'in, saying: "Today the Likud begins the road back to power, back to victory. Go vote, together we will win."

Yiri Levin and his partner vote in Modi'in, photo: none

Some Likud members sought public support for the primaries from the chairman of Otzma Yehudit, Itamar Ben Gabir, who shared posts about them on his Facebook page. For example, he wrote about MK May Golan and her fight against the infiltrators, and also about Moshe Feiglin and his fight for Jewish identity in Israel.

Ben Gvir's posts,

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