Israel's Election Body Tallies Nearly 200,000 Special Ballots
Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba
Israel's Central Election Committee has processed nearly 200,000 special ballots, with the Likud party leading the count. These special votes, cast by soldiers, diplomats, and other designated groups, are still being verified. The final results of these ballots are anticipated to influence the allocation of seats in the Knesset.
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- Israel's Central Election Committee processed 196,618 special ballots, nearly half of all double-envelope votes.
- Likud leads the special ballot count with 18.5%, followed by Yashar (15.1%) and B'Yachad (13.9%).
- Special ballots include votes from soldiers, diplomats abroad, medical staff, patients, and prisoners.
- The processing of special ballots requires manual verification to prevent duplicate voting.
- The final tally of special ballots will directly affect the distribution of seats in the Israeli parliament.
Israel's Central Election Committee has processed 196,618 special ballots, representing nearly half of all double-envelope votes cast. The Likud party currently leads this category with 18.5% of the counted votes. The Yashar movement follows with 15.1%, and the B'Yachad party is in third place with 13.9%.
Rounding out the top five are Religious Zionism at 10.6% and Otzma Yehudit with 8.1%. Both Yisrael Beiteinu (NDI) and Democrats received 5.9% of the votes. Among the ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas garnered 4.7% and Yahadut HaTorah received 4.3%. The HaMiluimnikim movement crossed the 4% threshold with exactly 4% of the vote.
Other parties, including Amcha Yisrael and the Joint List, each received 2.7%, while the Arab party Ra'am secured 2.1%. Special ballots traditionally include votes from soldiers, diplomats abroad, essential medical workers, hospital patients, and prisoners. Their processing requires extra time due to manual verification of voter identities to prevent duplicate voting.
The final tally of these special ballots is expected to directly impact the distribution of parliamentary seats. The election commission stated that the verification of the remaining envelopes is ongoing according to established procedures.
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