Haifa heads to runoff race, Beersheba mayor runs unopposed • Incumbents win big, from Eilat to Tiberias through the West Bank
With the majority of ballots counted, the incumbents of Israel's two largest cities cling to victory and are set to serve for another five years.
Holon Mayor Moti Sasson's tenure ends after 30 years that saw him carve out a legacy as a champion of the central city.
The race for the mayorship of Beit Shemesh is shaping up to be one of the most dramatic in the current round of local authority elections.
Facing Ashdod's incumbent mayor, Yechiel Lasri, are the duo Shimon Katznelson and Barak Seri.
according to an update by the unit in the interior ministry responsible for the election, at 7:00 p.m. approximately 2.9 million Israelis, 41% of eligible voters, had cast their votes.
Mayoral candidates Hanoch Zeibert, Yaakov Vider, and Uriel Menachem Buso made their last pitches to the city's residents on Tuesday.
The Jerusalem Post spoke to some local residents about their views on the election, which issues are important to Haifa, which candidates have their support, and what they think about the pigs.
Throughout Election Day, around 570 polling stations will be opened in various IDF positions, including conflict zones.
A Beit Shemesh resident in his 20s attempted to bribe voters to vote for a specific candidate, and tried to buy ID cards to commit voter fraud.
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