page_title: April 2019 Israeli legislative election
section_title: Surplus-vote agreements
hierarchical_section_title: April 2019 Israeli legislative election / Electoral system / Surplus-vote agreements
caption_attribution_description: English: Polling station in Israel
context_page_description: Early legislative elections were held in Israel on 9 April 2019 to elect the 120 members of the 21st Knesset. Elections had been due in November 2019, but were brought forward following a dispute between members of the current government over a bill on national service for the ultra-Orthodox population, as well as impending corruption charges against incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  Netanyahu's Likud tied with Blue and White alliance of Benny Gantz, both winning 35 seats. The balance of power was held by smaller parties, with right-wing and religious parties that have previously sat in coalition with Likud, which would have allowed Netanyahu to form the next government.
  Due to continuation of the disagreements over the national service of the ultra-Orthodox, a snap election was called, and was held on 17 September 2019.
context_section_description: Two party lists can sign an agreement that allows them to compete for leftover seats as though they are running together. The Bader–Ofer method disproportionately favors larger lists, meaning that such an alliance is more likely to receive leftover seats than both of its comprising lists would be individually. If the alliance receives leftover seats, the Bader–Ofer calculation is then applied privately, to determine how the seats are divided among the two allied lists. The following agreements were signed by parties prior to the election:
  Union of Right-Wing Parties and Likud
  New Right and Yisrael Beiteinu
  Meretz and Labor
  United Torah Judaism and Shas
  Hadash–Ta'al and Balad-Ra'am
caption: Voting in the election day in a polling station in HaBiluyim Primary School in Ramat Gan.
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