Israeli Election Results Show Coalition Weakening, Arab Parties Gaining Mandates

As of Wednesday afternoon, the current coalition bloc in the Israeli elections stood at 53 mandates, while the "change bloc" had 48, according to preliminary results from the Central Elections Committee. The Joint List and Ra'am together secured 19 mandates. The Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu parties each dropped one mandate compared to an earlier update, while the two Arab parties each gained one. The Likud was projected to receive 26 mandates and Yisrael Beiteinu 21, based on the count of approximately 85.6% of the votes. The Joint List rose to 12 mandates, equaling the United Torah Judaism party, while Ra'am reached seven. The Democratic party held eight mandates. Israel Beiteinu, United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit, and Shas each had seven mandates, with the Religious Zionism and Zehut parties receiving six. Parties below the electoral threshold included HaMiluimnikim and HaKalkalit with 2.63% of the votes, and Amekh Yisrael with 1.61%.

Overall, the change bloc had 48 mandates, and the Arab parties had 19, totaling 67 mandates when combined. The right-wing bloc held 53 mandates. The Central Elections Committee reported that results from 11,168 out of 12,018 regular polling stations had been processed, representing 4,875,751 voters. Votes cast via external envelopes are being processed and counted separately after necessary checks. The committee emphasized that the current data is partial and subject to change as the counting, data integration, and verification processes continue. There is a high probability that the Likud will regain a mandate that shifted to Arab parties, as hundreds of thousands of soldier votes, many of which are expected to favor Likud and coalition parties, are still to be counted.