Israel Election Result 2026: Ballot boxes are set up at a polling station ahead of the voting in the Israel Election 2026. As Israelis voted on Tuesday to elect the 26th Knesset in the Israel Election 2026, Yaniv Ashtamker, a community leader from Kiryat Gat, is contesting on the Tzomet Beit Yisrael ticket, seeking to take the concerns of Indian-origin Jews into Parliament.

Yaniv Ashtamker is placed third on the party’s list. His candidature comes four decades after an earlier attempt by the community to win representation by contesting the July 1984 election.

Israel Election 2026: Yaniv Ashtamker, an Indian origin community leader from Kiryat Gat, is contesting the Israeli election on the Tzomet Beit Yisrael ticket, seeking to represent the concerns of Jews of Indian origin in the Knesset. (Special arrangement)

The bid failed, but the question of how the community could translate its presence into national political representation has persisted.…