Israel's Election Results Show Likud as Largest Party; Vinter's Party Fails to Pass Threshold
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Israel's final election results show the Likud party as the largest with 27 seats, followed by Yash with 20. Ofer Vinter's Am Israel party, despite recent poll predictions, failed to pass the electoral threshold. Other parties like HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit also fell short, while smaller factions like Noam received minimal votes.
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- The Likud party is the largest in the election results with 27 Knesset seats.
- Yash party secured 20 seats, a decrease of one mandate.
- The Joint List gained one mandate, reaching 13 seats.
- Ofer Vinter's Am Israel party failed to pass the electoral threshold.
- HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit and Am Israel parties did not cross the 3.25% threshold.
Israel's Central Elections Committee has released final results after counting approximately 70.7% of the votes, adding 250,588 ballots. The Likud party emerged as the largest faction, securing 27 seats in the Knesset. Following Likud is the Yash party with 20 seats, a decrease of one mandate. The Joint List garnered 13 seats, an increase of one mandate, while the B'Tselem party received 11 seats.
Further down the list, the Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu parties each obtained 8 seats. United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit, and Shas each secured 7 seats, with Ra'am receiving 6 seats. The Religious Zionism and Identity parties also passed the electoral threshold, each with 6 mandates.
Several parties failed to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold. HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit received 2.64% of the votes, and Am Israel garnered 1.65%. The Haredi Public party secured 0.21% of the votes, and the Noam party, led by Avi Maoz, received a mere 0.16%.
Recent polls had suggested that Ofer Vinter's Am Israel party would surpass the electoral threshold. A poll published by Channel 12 just six days prior predicted Am Israel would receive 4 seats. In that same poll, HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zeilikha, did not pass the threshold, receiving 2.8% of the votes. A "Zman Israel" poll from October 8, 2026, also indicated the party would pass the threshold with 4 mandates.
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