Netanyahu Bloc Leads as 90% of Votes Counted in Israeli Elections
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
With nearly 90% of votes counted in Israeli elections, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win 53 seats, while the "Izakod bloc" is at 48. The Likud party has 26 seats and Yesh Atid has 21. The party of reservists Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha is close to the threshold but needs more votes to enter the Knesset.
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- Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win 53 seats after 89.8% of votes were counted.
- The "Izakod bloc" is projected to win 48 seats.
- Arab parties collectively hold 19 seats.
- Likud leads with 26 seats, Yesh Atid follows with 21.
- The party of Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha needs 30,910 more votes to enter the Knesset.
With 89.8% of the votes tallied, representing 5,114,634 ballots, the bloc supporting Benjamin Netanyahu is projected to secure 53 Knesset seats. The opposing bloc, referred to as the "Izakod bloc," is currently at 48 seats, while Arab parties collectively hold 19 seats.
Within this count, the Likud party leads with 26 seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 21. The Joint List and Bayit Yehudi each have 12 seats. Other parties include Democrats with 8 seats, and Yahadut HaTorah, Yisrael Beiteinu, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Ra'am, Religious Zionism, and Zehut each with 7 or 6 seats.
A preliminary analysis indicates that the party formed by reservists, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, is falling short of the electoral threshold, needing an additional 30,910 votes to enter the Knesset.
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