Record Turnout: 66.7% Voted by 6 PM in Israeli Elections
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Turnout for the current Israeli elections reached 66.7% by 6:00 PM, a 9% increase from the previous election. Acting Director-General Dean Livneh reported that the number of voters by 6:00 PM exceeded the total from the previous election's 10:00 PM count. The committee is considering extending voting hours due to the high participation, with over 4.8 million voters casting ballots.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- 66.7% of eligible voters cast ballots by 6 PM, a 9% increase from the previous election.
- The number of voters by 6 PM surpassed the previous election's total by 10 PM.
- Over 4.8 million Israelis voted by 6 PM, a 15.6% rise in absolute numbers.
- The Central Elections Committee is considering extending voting hours.
- Dean Livneh is the Acting Director-General of the Central Elections Committee.
As of 6:00 PM, 66.7% of eligible voters had cast their ballots in the current elections, according to Dean Livneh, Acting Director-General of the Central Elections Committee. This represents a significant increase of approximately 9% compared to the same time in the previous elections. Livneh noted that the number of voters by 6:00 PM had already surpassed the total number of voters by 10:00 PM on election night in the last election. He also stated that the committee would discuss extending voting hours. The total number of voters by 6:00 PM reached 4,892,186 out of 7,331,981 eligible voters, marking a 15.6% rise in the absolute number of participants.
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