Likud Leads as Over One Million Votes Counted in Israeli Knesset Elections
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
The Likud party is leading in Israel's 26th Knesset elections with 24.1% of the vote after over one million ballots were counted. Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party is in second place with 16.1%. The election saw a high voter turnout of 77.7%. The Central Elections Committee continues to release official results as more votes are tallied, including absentee ballots.
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- Likud leads with 24.1% of over one million votes counted in Israel's 26th Knesset election.
- Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party is in second place with 16.1% of the vote.
- Naftali Bennett's Together party holds third place with 8.8% of the counted votes.
- Voter turnout reached 77.7%, a significant increase from the previous election.
- The Central Elections Committee is continuing to release official results from 2,419 polling stations.
The Central Elections Committee is continuing to release the official results for the 26th Knesset elections, with over one million votes counted from 2,419 polling stations as of early Wednesday morning. The Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently in the lead with 24.1% of the votes counted. Following in second place is Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar party with 16.1%.
Naftali Bennett's Together party is in third place with 8.8%, while Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu has garnered 6.9%. Other parties include Yahadut HaTorah at 6.7% and Otzma Yehudit at 6.4%. The Joint List has 5.9%, Shas 5.6%, the Democrats 5.6%, and Religious Zionism and Identity led by Bezalel Smotrich has 5.4%.
These figures represent an interim snapshot before all votes are tallied. The total number of votes included in the results at 3:47 AM was approximately 952,000, representing about 16.7% of the 5,695,682 eligible voters. The election saw a particularly high voter turnout, with 77.7% of eligible voters casting ballots by 10:00 PM, an increase of 7.1 percentage points compared to the previous election. The counting process will also include absentee ballots, such as those from soldiers.
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