Incumbent mayor Moshe Lion headed the One Jerusalem list, and has been endorsed by most right-wing and religious parties.

[5] Yosi Havilio is heading the Jerusalem Union (Ha'ihud Ha'yerushalmi) list, composed of five parties: Havilio's party Saving Jerusalem, Meretz (Dr. Laura Wharton), Labor (Eran Ben Yehuda), Yesh Atid (Yeela Bitton De-Lange), and New Deal, consisting of organizations active in the 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests.

Havilio is seen as representing the left-wing and secular populations of Jerusalem, with Lion having the backing of the Orthodox-Zionist and Haredi parties.

There is a new political list called All Its Residents (Kol Toshaveha) headed by an Arab Israeli woman from Nazareth, Sondos Alhot.

Key issues in the 2024 municipal election include real estate prices and development, highway repairs, and the rapidly spreading influence of Haredi Judaism in the city.

Likewise, expansion of the Jerusalem Light Rail,[15] especially the controversial blue line on Emek Refaim in the German Colony and Katamon,[16][17] and a cable car from the First Station to Jerusalem's Old City and, eventually, the Mount of Olives divide voters.