Record Voter Turnout in Israeli Knesset Elections Reaches 55.7%
Translated & summarized from Panet by baba
Voter turnout for Israel's 26th Knesset elections reached 55.7% by 4:00 PM, with over 4 million people voting. This marks an 8.2 percentage point increase from the previous election and is the highest turnout in 50 years. The Central Elections Committee reported the figures.
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- Voter turnout for Israel's 26th Knesset elections reached 55.7% by 4:00 PM.
- Over 4 million voters had cast their ballots by the 4:00 PM deadline.
- The current turnout is 8.2 percentage points higher than in the 25th Knesset elections.
- This is the highest voter turnout in Israel in 50 years.
- The Central Elections Committee announced the official figures.
Israel's Central Elections Committee announced that voter turnout for the 26th Knesset elections reached approximately 55.7% by 4:00 PM. A total of 4,085,075 voters had cast their ballots by that time. This figure represents a significant increase of 8.2 percentage points compared to the same time during the 25th Knesset elections, when turnout was 47.5%. The current turnout rate is the highest recorded in 50 years.
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