Likud Leads as Over One Million Votes Counted in Israeli Elections

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The Likud party is leading with 24.1% of the vote after over 952,000 ballots were counted in Israel's 26th Knesset elections. Voter turnout was 77.7%, a significant increase from the last election. Full results, including absentee ballots, are still pending and may alter the current standings.

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The Likud party leads with 24.1% of votes after over 952,000 ballots were counted.
Voter turnout reached 77.7%, a 7.1 percentage point increase from the previous election.
Data from 2,419 polling stations has been processed as of early morning.
The final results may change after absentee and soldiers' votes are included.

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The Central Elections Committee is continuing to release the official results for the 26th Knesset elections. As of 3:47 AM, data from 2,419 polling stations nationwide has been processed, representing approximately 952,000 votes. The Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently in the lead with 24.1% of the votes. Following Likud is the Yisrael Beiteinu party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, with 16.1%. In third place is the Bayit Yehudi party, headed by Naftali Bennett, securing 8.8%, and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party garnered 6.9%. Yahadut HaTorah received 6.7% of the votes, while Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit stands at 6.4%. The Joint List has obtained 5.9%, Shas, led by Aryeh Deri, has 5.6%, and Yair Golan's Democrats party has an identical percentage. Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism and Identity party is at 5.4%.

So far, about 16.7% of the total 5,695,682 votes have been counted. The voter turnout rate reached 77.7%, an increase of 7.1 percentage points compared to the previous elections. While the vote counting continues, anticipation builds for the full results, which will include absentee ballots such as soldiers' votes. These are preliminary results and are subject to change as the counting progresses.