WZO Election Results: Eretz Hakodesh Garners 20,000 Votes

Voting for U.S. representatives to the World Zionist Congress (WZC) ended on March 11 and was conducted primarily online at ZionistElection.org with thousands of paper ballots also sent in by postal mail.

The results below are preliminary, including mailed ballots received to-date, and are subject to final certification by VOTEM, the election management company that is tallying the votes.

The seven-week US election for the World Zionist Congress garnered over 123,000 votes, more than double the turnout of the last election in 2015 and the highest number of votes since the election began for the entire American Jewish community 30 years ago. A total of 15 slates, comprised of nearly 1,800 candidates, were vying for 152 American seats for the Congress during the election organized and facilitated in the US by the American Zionist Movement (AZM).

After the votes are certified, the number of delegates per slate will be apportioned using a formula outlined in the official election rules.

The 38th World Zionist Congress is scheduled to be held in Yerushalayim from October 20-22, 2020.

The election results are as follows:
Vote Reform 31,500
Orthodox Israel Coalition – Mizrachi 21,698
Eretz Hakodesh 20,023
MERCAZ USA 14,666
ZOA Coalition 10,313
American Forum for Israel 8,132
Hatikvah 7,932
Shas Olami 2,046
Kol Yisrael 1,752
Dorshei Torah V’Tziyon 1,373
Herut Zionists 1,157
Vision 1,036
Americans4Israel 857
Israel Shelanu 769
Ohavei Zion 375
TOTAL 123,629

{Matzav.com Israel News Bureau}