Orthodox lists have secured their strongest showing on record in the United States election for the 39th World Zionist Congress , capturing almost 46 percent of the 230,257 valid ballots cast and overtaking the long-dominant liberal streams.

Preliminary figures released by the American Zionist Movement show that four explicitly Orthodox tickets—Am Yisrael Chai, Eretz HaKodesh, the Orthodox Israel Coalition–Mizrachi, and Aish Ha’Am—together amassed 105,548 votes, or 45.9 percent of the US total.

Three smaller Torah-oriented lists added a further 3,538 votes, pushing the overall Orthodox share just above 47 percent. Five years ago the combined Orthodox vote stood at 34 percent.

Am Yisrael Chai, running for the first time and backed informally by the Olami campus-outreach network, placed

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