Election Exit Polls Show No Clear Majority for Any Bloc
Translated & summarized from Makor Rishon by baba
Exit polls released Tuesday for Israel's 26th Knesset elections show no bloc achieving the 61 seats needed for a majority. The Likud party is projected as the largest, with Arab parties reaching a historic high. Projections for the pro-Netanyahu bloc range from 50 to 55 seats, while the opposition bloc is expected to win 43 to 53 seats, indicating a potential political deadlock.
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- Exit polls for Israel's 26th Knesset elections show no bloc reaching the 61 seats needed for a majority.
- The Likud party is projected to be the largest single party with 25-27 seats.
- Arab parties are expected to achieve a historic high of 16-17 seats.
- The pro-Netanyahu bloc is projected to win between 50 and 55 seats.
- The opposition bloc is projected to win between 43 and 53 seats.
- Channel 14's poll showed the pro-Netanyahu bloc with 60 seats, still short of a majority.
Exit polls released Tuesday evening by six Israeli television channels following the Knesset elections for the 26th Knesset indicate a fragmented political landscape with no clear majority for any bloc. The polls, based on surveys of voters, show varying results across the channels, but consistently suggest that neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition bloc will reach the 61-seat threshold needed to form a government.
According to the exit polls, the Likud party is expected to be the largest single party, with projections ranging from 25 to 27 seats. The Arab parties are projected to achieve a historic high of 16 to 17 seats. The bloc supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to receive between 50 and 55 seats, while the opposition bloc, referred to as the 'change bloc' or 'Gush Yitzhak' by some channels, is projected to win between 43 and 53 seats.
Channel 14's poll presented a significantly different outcome, showing the pro-Netanyahu bloc with 60 seats, still short of a majority, and the opposition bloc with 43 seats. Other channels, including Kan 11, Keshet 12, and Channel 13, showed the pro-Netanyahu bloc with around 50-53 seats and the opposition bloc with a similar number, indicating a deadlock.
Channel 11's poll also indicated a significant drop for the Shas party, projecting it to receive only 6 seats. The article emphasizes that these are exit polls and not final results, which may change as vote counting progresses. Interactive maps are also available to track real-time voting percentages and results down to the neighborhood level.
