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Ultra-Orthodox party withdraws from election four days prior
Just four days before the scheduled elections, a prominent ultra-Orthodox political faction has officially announced its withdrawal from the parliamentary race. The decision comes in the wake of consistently poor polling figures that indicated the party would fail to cross the electoral threshold. Leadership made the abrupt choice to step aside rather than risk splitting crucial conservative votes. The sudden exit alters the closing days of the campaign cycle and forces political analysts to recalculate projections for the upcoming vote.