Netanyahu Leads in Partial Election Results; Joint List Surprises

By רבקה שורק

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Partial results from Israel's 26th Knesset elections show Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party leading with 22.24% of the votes. Gadi Eisenkot's party is second with 15.41%, and the Joint List is a surprising third with 8.28%. Several parties, including Ra'am, are currently above the electoral threshold, while others remain below it as vote counting continues.

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Likud leads with 22.24% of votes in Israel's 26th Knesset election partial results.
Gadi Eisenkot's party is in second place with 15.41% of the counted votes.
The Joint List is a surprising third with 8.28%, narrowly ahead of Naftali Bennett's party.
Ra'am party is above the 3.25% electoral threshold with 3.67% of votes.
Over 1.6 million votes have been counted, but results are still partial.

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Partial results from Israel's 26th Knesset elections show the Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, in the lead with 22.24% of the votes counted so far. Following closely is Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party, securing 15.41% of the votes.

The Joint List has emerged in third place with 8.28%, narrowly ahead of Naftali Bennett's "Achva" party, which has garnered 8.22%. The difference between these two lists is just 912 votes, a margin that could shift as more ballots are tallied.

Other parties' preliminary results include Yahadut HaTorah with 6.74%, Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu with 6.43%, Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit with 6.02%, and Yair Golan's Democrats with 5.89%.

Aryeh Deri's Shas party has 5.74%, the Religious Zionism and Identity list has 5.71%, and Mansour Abbas's Ra'am party is currently above the electoral threshold with 3.67%.

Several parties remain below the 3.25% electoral threshold, including Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha's "HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit" with 2.72%, Ofer Winter's "Amcha Israel" with 1.79%, and Avi Maoz's Noam party with 0.20%.

As of 4:47 AM, 1,605,421 votes had been counted from 3,906 polling stations, with 1,597,973 valid votes. The total number of eligible voters is 7,331,981, and the results are still partial and subject to change.

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