Election Results: Netanyahu Bloc Leads, Several Parties Near Threshold

With 88.6% of votes counted, totaling over 5 million ballots, the political landscape shows no significant change in the distribution of Knesset seats. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win 53 seats, the "change bloc" 48, and Arab parties 19. The Likud party, led by Netanyahu, is currently the largest with 26 mandates. Following closely is Gadi Eisenkot's Yisrael Beiteinu party with approximately 21 seats. The Joint List and Naftali Bennett's Yamina party are each expected to secure around 12 mandates. Other parties projected to pass the electoral threshold include Yair Golan's Democratic Party (8 seats), Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu and Ra'am (7 seats each), and United Torah Judaism, Shas, and Otzma Yehudit (also 7 seats each). Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party is estimated to receive 6 seats.

The "Reservists" and "Economic" party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, remains below the 3.25% electoral threshold, having garnered 132,400 votes, or 2.63%. The party needs an additional 30,910 votes to cross the threshold based on the current count. If parties currently projected to be near the threshold manage to pass it, parties like Yisrael Beiteinu, Yamina, Shas, and others could potentially lose a mandate due to surplus vote agreements. These projections are preliminary and subject to change as the remaining votes are counted and final surplus vote agreements are made.