Election Exit Polls Show Netanyahu Bloc Short of Majority
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Exit polls released by Israeli television channels on October 27, 2026, show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc winning 50 seats and the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot winning 53 seats. These results follow record voter turnout in the elections for the 26th Knesset. Likud is projected to be the largest party with 25 seats, while Yesh! is projected at 21 seats. The polls indicate a potential majority for the opposition bloc.
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- Exit polls show Netanyahu's bloc with 50 seats, opposition bloc with 53 seats.
- Record voter turnout preceded the release of the election exit polls.
- Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is projected to win 25 seats.
- Yesh!, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is projected to win 21 seats.
- The Joint List and The Democrats are each projected to receive 10 seats.
- Two parties failed to cross the electoral threshold, receiving 0 seats.
Exit polls released by Israeli television channels following the closure of polling stations at 10 PM on October 27, 2026, indicate that the bloc supporting Benjamin Netanyahu would secure 50 seats in the Knesset, while the opposing bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is projected to win 53 seats. These results follow record-breaking voter turnout in the elections for the 26th Knesset.
According to the exit poll conducted by Kan 11, the distribution of seats among the parties is as follows: Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is projected to receive 25 seats. Yesh!, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is expected to win 21 seats. Together, led by Naftali Bennett, is projected at 14 seats. The Joint List, led by Yousef Jabareen, and The Democrats, led by Yair Golan, are both expected to receive 10 seats each.
Further projections from the Kan 11 poll include Yisrael Beiteinu, led by Avigdor Lieberman, with 8 seats. Ra'am, led by Mansour Abbas, and Otzma Yehudit, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, are each projected to win 7 seats. Shas, led by Aryeh Deri, and United Torah Judaism, led by Yaakov Asher, are both expected to receive 6 seats. Religious Zionism, led by Bezalel Smotrich, is also projected to win 6 seats.
Two parties, Am Israel, led by Ofer Vinter, and HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, did not cross the electoral threshold and are projected to receive 0 seats. The poll also estimates that Arab parties collectively would win 17 seats. The overall bloc calculations show Netanyahu's bloc with 50 seats and the change bloc with 53 seats.
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