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Israel Election Results: Netanyahu Bloc Leads With 53 Seats After 90.5% Count

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With 90.5% of votes counted in Israel's 26th Knesset elections, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is projected to win 53 seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc has 48, and Arab parties hold 19. Neither bloc has secured the 61 seats needed for a majority government. Final results, including special category votes, are expected by November 4, 2026.

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Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc leads with 53 seats after 90.5% of votes are counted in Israel's Knesset elections.
Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc has secured 48 seats, and two Arab parties collectively hold 19 seats.
Neither of the two main political blocs has reached the 61-seat majority required to form a government.
Turnout for the elections held on October 27 was 77.7%.
Updated results including special category votes are expected on Thursday, potentially affecting the final distribution.
The official final election results are due by November 4, 2026.

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As of early Thursday, October 29, Israel's Central Election Committee reported that 90.5% of votes from the 26th Knesset elections had been counted. The preliminary results show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc securing 53 seats, the opposition agreement led by Gadi Eisenkot obtaining 48 seats, and two Arab parties collectively winning 19 seats. This distribution has remained consistent since the previous tally when approximately 85.6% of votes were processed.

The breakdown of seats per party includes Likud (Benjamin Netanyahu) with 26 seats, Yashar (Gadi Eisenkot) with 21, the United List with 12, Bayahad (Naftali Bennett) with 12, Democrats (Yair Golan) with 8, Ra'am (Mansour Abbas) with 7, Yisrael Beiteinu (Avigdor Lieberman) with 7, United Torah Judaism (Yaakov Asher) with 7, Shas (Aryeh Deri) with 7, and Otzma Yehudit (Itamar Ben-Gvir) with 7 seats. Religious Zionism (Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin) is projected to receive 6 seats. Parties such as Miluimnikim ve' Kalkalit and Amcha Yisrael are currently below the 3.25% electoral threshold.

Netanyahu's bloc, comprising Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit, and Religious Zionism, has a combined total of 53 seats. The opposition bloc, including Yashar, Bayahad, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Democrats, has 48 seats. The two Arab parties, the United List and Ra'am, together hold 19 seats. With 120 seats in the Knesset, neither of the two main blocs has reached the 61-seat majority required to form a government.

Turnout for the October 27 elections was 77.7%, with 5,695,682 out of 7,331,981 eligible voters participating. Updated results, including votes from "double envelopes" (such as those cast by soldiers, disabled voters, hospital patients, and prisoners), are expected around noon on Thursday. These additional votes could potentially alter the final seat distribution, particularly for parties close to the electoral threshold. The official final results are due by November 4, 2026.