Netanyahu Bloc Leads as Half of Knesset Votes Counted
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
With 48.4% of votes counted for Israel's 26th Knesset elections, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc leads with 55 seats to the opposition's 50. The Likud party is the largest single party with 27 mandates, followed by Gadi Eisenkot's Yisrael Beiteinu with 22. Counting is ongoing, with results for various parties including Haredi factions and smaller parties like Ra'am also reported.
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- Netanyahu's bloc leads with 55 seats after 48.4% of votes are counted.
- Likud is the largest party with 27 mandates, followed by Yisrael Beiteinu with 22.
- The opposition "change bloc" trails with 50 seats.
- The Joint List and Yamina parties are tied with 11 mandates each.
- United Torah Judaism and Shas are polling at 8 and 7 mandates respectively.
Vote counting for Israel's 26th Knesset elections continued Wednesday morning, with 48.4% of ballots tallied. The incumbent coalition bloc, led by Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, is currently ahead with 55 seats, while the opposition "change bloc" trails with 50 seats. The Joint List holds 11 seats, and the Ra'am party has 4.
The Likud party is leading with 27 mandates. In second place is Gadi Eisenkot's Yisrael Beiteinu party with 22 mandates. The Joint List and Naftali Bennett's Yamina party are tied for third with 11 mandates each. The Democratic party is projected to win 9 mandates.
Among the Haredi parties, United Torah Judaism is polling at 8 mandates, and Shas is at 7. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party also stands at 8 mandates, while Otzma Yehudit is projected to receive 7. Religious Zionism has 6 mandates, and Ra'am is currently at 4.
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