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Likud Leads as Israeli Election Vote Count Nears Completion

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The Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently ahead in Israel's 26th Knesset elections, with 27.75% of the vote counted from 908 polling stations. Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party and Naftali Bennett's "Behad" are in second and third place, respectively. Several other parties have crossed the electoral threshold, while Benny Gantz's "Blue and White" has received no votes so far. Vote counting is continuing.

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Likud leads the 26th Knesset election count with 27.75% of votes from 908 polling stations.
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has secured 89,002 votes, followed by Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" with 52,408.
Naftali Bennett's "Behad" party is in third place with 28,824 votes.
Several parties, including "Yisrael Beiteinu" and "Otzma Yehudit," have surpassed the 3.25% electoral threshold.
Benny Gantz's "Blue and White" party has received zero votes in the ongoing count.
Vote counting is still in progress across Israel.

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As of 3:00 AM on October 28, vote counting for the 26th Knesset elections in Israel is underway, with results from 908 polling stations processed. Out of 322,299 voters whose ballots have been tallied, 320,750 are valid. The Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently in the lead with 27.75% of the valid votes, representing 89,002 ballots. "Yashar!" party, headed by Gadi Eisenkot, follows with 16.34% (52,408 votes), and "Behad" led by Naftali Bennett is in third place with 8.99% (28,824 votes).

Other parties also surpassing the 3.25% electoral threshold include "Yisrael Beiteinu" with 8.14% (26,111 votes), "Otzma Yehudit" at 7.22% (23,154 votes), Shas with 5.84% (18,716 votes), "Religious Zionism" securing 5.27% (16,889 votes), "United Torah Judaism" at 5.13% (16,452 votes), and "Democrats" with 4.93% (15,799 votes).

Additionally, the "United List" has garnered 3.38% (10,831 votes), and "Reservists and Economic" led by Yoaz Hendel is at 3.28% (10,509 votes), both crossing the electoral threshold. Parties such as "Amcha Israel" received 1.85% (5,922 votes), and Ra'am obtained 1.02% (3,258 votes). Notably, Benny Gantz's "Blue and White" party has received no votes according to the current count. The counting process is ongoing.