Netanyahu Bloc Leads as 37% of Votes Counted in Israeli Election
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is leading in Israel's 26th Knesset elections with 28 mandates after 37% of votes are counted. Gadi Eisenkot's National Unity party is in second place with 21 mandates. The Joint List and Benny Gantz's National Unity party follow with 12 and 11 mandates respectively. Two parties are currently below the electoral threshold, and final results are pending the full vote count.
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- Likud leads with 28 mandates after 37% of votes counted in Israel's 26th Knesset election.
- National Unity party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is in second place with 21 mandates.
- The Joint List and Benny Gantz's National Unity party are projected to win 12 and 11 mandates.
- United Torah Judaism and Shas are polling at 8 and 7 mandates respectively.
- Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party is projected to secure 8 mandates.
- Two parties, Reservists and Economic, are currently below the electoral threshold.
Initial results from Israel's 26th Knesset elections show the Likud party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, in the lead after approximately 37% of the votes have been tallied. The Likud party has secured 28 mandates, with 460,565 votes, representing 21.60% of the counted ballots. The National Unity party, headed by Gadi Eisenkot, is in second place with 21 mandates and 333,786 votes (15.65%).
The Joint List follows in third place with 12 mandates and 195,808 votes. The National Unity party led by Benny Gantz is in fourth with 11 mandates and 177,904 votes. Among the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties, United Torah Judaism is currently projected to receive 8 mandates with 136,365 votes, while Shas has 7 mandates and 120,402 votes.
Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party is polling at 8 mandates with 133,186 votes. The Democrats are projected to win 7 mandates, as are Otzma Yehudit and the Religious Zionism party, each receiving 7 mandates. The Ra'am party is currently at 4 mandates with 80,894 votes, or 3.79% of the counted votes.
Two parties, the Reservists party and the Economic party, are currently below the electoral threshold with 2.70% of the votes (57,666 ballots). The Am Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, is also below the threshold with 1.76% of the votes (37,472 voters).
Officials emphasize that these are preliminary results based on a partial count. The final distribution of mandates and the status of parties near the electoral threshold could change as more votes are counted, including double envelopes. Final results will be determined only after the complete tally and verification of all ballots.
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