Seven million Israeli citizens are set to cast their vote for mayors or local council heads in 197 municipal authorities and 44 local councils. A total of 7,190,920 voters are expected to cast their vote in 75 cities of Israel. These voters can cast two ballots including one for the head of the council and the other for a council slate.

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Moreover, there are a total of 24,910 candidates running for Municipal Elections on 4,500 party slates, including 801 candidates for mayor, of which 83 are women. 

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Meanwhile, elections in the areas near Gaza and those that share their border with Lebanon will take place after nine months, on November 19. The towns of Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi and Sderot and regional councils in the south and the north that are home to kibbutzim, moshavim and several Arab villages will witness elections on this later date . Hence, a total of 180,000 citizens who live in these regions will not cast their vote today.

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As per The Times of Israel report, the Interior Ministry of the state in coordination with the IDF Home Front Command and the Israel Police will carry out security checks every two hours on election day. Voters would cast their vote amid tight security tight security arrangements informed Director General at Interior Ministry of Israel, Ronen Peretz at a pre-election briefing earlier this month.

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Ronen Peretz further said that the Interior Ministry will further issue instructions to citizens, giving directives as to how to cast their vote. Amid ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the ministry could even call a halt to voting and postpone it to a later date if necessary.

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These elections were originally scheduled for October 31 last year but was postponed to a later date in the wake of October 7 massacre undertaken by Hamas militants in the western Negev.

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Published: 27 Feb 2024, 07:13 AM IST