Netanyahu Leads, Joint List Surprises in Early Election Results
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Partial results from Israel's 26th Knesset elections show Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party leading with 22.24% of the votes. Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party is second with 15.41%, and the Joint List is in third place, narrowly ahead of Naftali Bennett's party. Ra'am is currently above the electoral threshold, while several other parties remain below it as vote counting continues.
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- Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party leads early results of Israel's 26th Knesset elections with 22.24% of votes.
- Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party is in second place with 15.41% of the votes counted.
- The Joint List is in third place, just 912 votes ahead of Naftali Bennett's "Achva" party.
- Ra'am is currently above the 3.25% electoral threshold with 3.67% of the votes.
- Several parties, including Yoaz Hendel's and Ofer Winter's, are currently below the electoral threshold.
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. Gadi Eisenkot's "Yashar!" party follows with 15.41% as vote counting continues across the country. The Joint List has secured third place with 8.28%, narrowly ahead of Naftali Bennett's "Achva" party, which has 8.22%, a difference of only 912 votes. This margin could change as more ballots are tallied.
Other parties showing significant 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%. Shas, led by Aryeh Deri, has 5.74%, and the Religious Zionism and Identity list has 5.71%.
Mansoour Abbas's Ra'am party is currently above the electoral threshold of 3.25%, with 3.67% of the votes. Parties like Yoaz Hendel's "HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit" (2.72%) and Ofer Winter's "Amcha Israel" (1.79%) remain below the threshold. Avi Maoz's Noam party has garnered only 0.20%.
As of 4:47 AM, over 1.6 million votes had been counted from nearly 4,000 polling stations. The results are still partial and subject to change as the remaining votes are processed.
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