2024 Tel Aviv municipal election

2024 Tel Aviv municipal election

←  2018 February 27, 2024 (2024-02-27)
Mayoral election
Turnout	42.18%
Candidate Ron Huldai Orna Barbivai Yuval Zellner Party One Tel Aviv Yesh Atid New Hope Popular vote 95,578 69,133 20,284 Percentage 51.67% 37.37% 10.96%
Mayor before election Ron Huldai One Tel Aviv Elected mayor Ron Huldai One Tel Aviv
City council election
Turnout	42.18%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– One Tel Aviv Ron Huldai 20.91 7 0 Yesh Atid Orna Barbivai 18.09 6 +5 Meretz Mital Lehavi  [ he ] 16.44 5 +2 We Are All The City Amir Badran  [ he ] 7.65 3 −1 Secular Greens Reuven Ladiansky 6.10 2 0 Shas Elhanan Zebulon 5.38 2 0 Believers in Tel Aviv Chaim Goren 4.66 2 0 Likud Dudu Lanidao 4.43 1 0 Power to the Pensioners  [ he ] Natan Voloch  [ he ] 4.27 1 −1 New Hope Yuval Zellner 3.92 1 +1 The Youth Faction Chen Kraus 2.66 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2024 Tel Aviv municipal election was held on February 27, 2024. ^[1] Originally scheduled for October 31, 2023, the elections were delayed due to the Gaza war to elect the mayor of Tel Aviv. ^[2] The election was part of the 2024 Israeli municipal elections. Campaign issues included the increasing cost of living, ^[3] the local real estate market and high housing costs, ^[4] frequent traffic jams, ^{[5] [6]} the construction and delayed opening of the Tel Aviv Light Rail, ^[7] and public transportation on Shabbat. ^{[8] [9]}

Candidates

Declared candidates

Candidate	Photo	Occupation	References
Ron Huldai		incumbent mayor	[10] [11] [12]
Orna Barbivai		member of the Knesset and former Minister of Economy	[13]
Yuval Zellner		former member of the Knesset	[14]

Candidates that withdrew

• Amos Shapira, former President of Cellcom, El Al and the University of Haifa ^[15] Withdrew from race on August 20, 2023, supporting Barbivai. ^[16]
• Asaf Zamir, former Minister of Tourism and former deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. He announced on August 28 that he was joining forces with Huldai. ^[17]
• Tzipi Brand  [ he ], deputy mayor of Tel Aviv, joined Orna Barbivai.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Reuven Ladiansky, city councillor and former deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. ^[18]
• Amir Badran, Member of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Council, first Arab candidate for Mayor position ^{[19] [20]}

Polling

Date	Polling firm	Sample Size	Margin of error	Vote share
				Amos Shapira	Orna Barbivai	Ron Huldai	Reuven Ladiansky	Yuval Zellner	Tzipi Brand  [ he ]	Amir Badran  [ he ]	Undecided	Will not vote
27-29 June 2023	Midgam [21]	504	±4.4%	5%	22%	29%	2%	5%	8%	–	29%
2-5 February 2024	Lazar [22]	450	±4.6%	–	30%	36%	–	5%	–	1%	28%

Results

Mayoral

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ron Huldai	One Tel Aviv	95,578	51.67
	Orna Barbivai	Yesh Atid	69,133	37.37
	Yuval Zellner	New Hope	20,284	10.96
Total			184,995	100.00
Valid votes			184,995	93.72
Invalid/blank votes			12,406	6.28
Total votes			197,401	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			468,052	42.18
Source: Reshumot, timeout.co.il

City council

Party		Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	One Tel Aviv	Ron Huldai	40,692	20.91	7	0
	Yesh Atid and the Tel Avivians	Orna Barbivai	35,199	18.09	6	+5
	Meretz Tel Aviv-Yafo-New Contract-Greens-Center	Mital Lehavi  [ he ]	31,994	16.44	5	+2
	We Are All The City	Amir Badran  [ he ]	14,882	7.65	3	-1
	Secular Greens	Reuven Ladiansky	11,865	6.10	2	0
	Shas	Elhanan Zabulon	10,469	5.38	2	0
	Believers in Tel Aviv	Chaim Goren	9,060	4.66	2	0
	Likud	Dudu Lanidao	8,620	4.43	1	0
	Power to the Pensioners  [ he ]	Natan Voloch  [ he ]	8,310	4.27	1	-1
	New Hope	Yuval Zellner	7,629	3.92	1	–
	The Youth Faction	Chen Kraus	5,185	2.66	1	-1
	Citizens of the City	Sigal Weizmann	4,690	2.41	0	–
	Voice of the City	Nehama Goldoser	4,154	2.13	0	–
	The Equal List	Linor Abergel  [ he ]	1,278	0.66	0	–
	Freedom	Aharon Maduel  [ he ]	599	0.31	0	–
Total			194,626	100.00	31	–
Valid votes			194,626	98.57
Invalid/blank votes			2,820	1.43
Total votes			197,446	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			468,052	42.18
Source: Reshumot, City of Tel Aviv, timeout.co.il

Gallery

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  Election ballots for the 2024 municipal elections in Tel Aviv
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  Poster for the 2024 municipal elections
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  Ron Huldai
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  Orna Barbivai

References

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