Israel Election Results: 91% of Votes Counted, No Clear Majority
Translated & summarized from Cursorinfo by baba
Israel's parliamentary elections saw a 77.7% turnout, with 91% of votes counted as of October 29. Preliminary results show a political deadlock, with no bloc securing the 61 seats needed to form a government. Likud leads with 26 seats, followed by Yashar! with 21. The final results, pending the count of "double envelopes" from special voting groups, are due by November 4, 2026.
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- 91% of votes counted in Israel's parliamentary elections show no bloc with a majority.
- Turnout was high at 77.7%, with over 5.6 million citizens casting ballots.
- Likud is projected to win 26 seats, Yashar! 21, and the Joint List 11.
- Arab parties collectively are expected to hold 19 seats in the Knesset.
- Two parties, Reservists and Economic Party and Amcha Israel, are below the electoral threshold.
- Final results, including special ballots, are due by November 4, 2026.
Israel's parliamentary elections saw a high turnout of 77.7%, with over 5.6 million citizens participating. As of the morning of October 29, 91% of the votes have been processed, accounting for 5,183,415 ballots from 11,836 polling stations. Of these, 5,160,522 were valid, and 22,893 were annulled. The current vote count shows a significant political deadlock, with the ruling coalition projected to win 53 seats and the opposition bloc 48 seats. Arab parties are expected to secure 19 seats. A minimum of 61 seats is required to form a stable government, a threshold neither bloc has reached, leaving the country in a complex political stalemate.
Preliminary seat distribution for the 120 Knesset seats, considering residual vote agreements, indicates Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, securing 26 seats with 1,066,982 votes (20.68%). Yashar! (Gadi Eisenkot) is projected to get 21 seats (834,653 votes, 16.17%), and Be'yahad (Naftali Bennett) 12 seats (464,828 votes, 9.01%). The Joint List (Yusuf Jabarin, Ahmad Tibi, Sami Abu Shehadeh) is expected to receive 11 seats (474,446 votes, 9.19%). Democrats (Yair Golan) are projected for 8 seats (335,244 votes, 6.50%), Ra'am (Mansour Abbas) for 8 seats (316,981 votes, 6.14%), Yisrael Beiteinu (Avigdor Lieberman) for 7 seats (306,209 votes, 5.93%), United Torah Judaism (Yaakov Asher) for 7 seats (291,001 votes, 5.64%), Otzma Yehudit (Itamar Ben-Gvir) for 7 seats (285,954 votes, 5.54%), and Shas (Aryeh Deri) for 7 seats (273,708 votes, 5.30%). Religious Zionism and Zehut (Bezalel Smotrich / Moshe Feiglin) are projected to win 6 seats (242,185 votes, 4.69%).
While Ra'am has gained a seat at the expense of the Joint List compared to earlier counts, the total representation for Arab factions remains 19 seats. Two parties, the Reservists and Economic Party (Yoaz Hendel / Yaron Zelicha) with 135,574 votes (2.63%) and Amcha Israel (Ofer Vinter) with 82,651 votes (1.60%), are currently falling short of the 3.25% electoral threshold.
The final results may be influenced by votes from "double envelopes," which include ballots from IDF soldiers, diplomats, hospital patients, prisoners, and special polling stations. The official final results are expected to be approved by November 4, 2026.
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