Knesset Election Turnout Hits 77.7%, Highest Since 1999
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Voter turnout for the 26th Knesset elections on October 27 reached 77.7%, the highest since 1999. This figure represents 5,695,682 voters, a 7.1 percentage point increase from the 2022 election. The Central Elections Committee reported the numbers after polls closed. The 1999 election saw 78.7% turnout by this time, and the 1973 election had 78.6%.
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- Voter turnout for the 26th Knesset elections reached 77.7% on October 27.
- This is the highest voter turnout since the 1999 elections.
- A total of 5,695,682 Israelis cast their ballots.
- Turnout was 7.1 percentage points higher than the 2022 election.
- The 1999 election had a turnout of 78.7% by 10:00 PM.
- The 1973 election saw 78.6% turnout by the same time.
Voter turnout for the 26th Knesset elections, held on Tuesday, October 27, reached 77.7%, with 5,695,682 Israelis casting their ballots. The Central Elections Committee announced these figures after polling stations closed at 10:00 PM. This represents a significant increase from the previous election in 2022, where turnout by the same time was approximately 70.6%. The current figure is 7.1 percentage points higher than the 2022 election. This marks the highest voter turnout since 1999, when 78.7% of eligible voters had cast their ballots by 10:00 PM. For historical context, turnout by this time in the 1973 elections, which took place after the Yom Kippur War, was 78.6%.
