United Torah Judaism appears to have earned 7 seats in the 19th Knesset, with 5.30% of the vote and 189,666 votes cast.
The UTJ list is thus as follows:
1. Yaakov Litzman
2. Moshe Gafni
3. Meir Porush
4. Uri Maklev
5. Menachem Moses
6. Yisrael Eichler.
7. Yaakov Asher
The newcomer is Yaakov Asher, who will join the Knesset thanks to the seventh seat earned by UTJ. Asher is the mayor of Bnei Brak.
{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}
May Hashem give him and all the Gimmel MKs the chochma to realize and the strength to tackle the real issues facing the charedi world.
Isn’t he the CURRENT mayor of Bnei Brak?
# 2 please read the last sentance above.
yes he is the CURRENT mayor, look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnei_Brak right under the map