Likud Gains Seat as 97.3% of Votes Counted in Israeli Elections
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
With 97.3% of votes counted in Israeli elections, the Likud party has increased its seat count to 27, while the Shas party has fallen to 6 seats. The current coalition bloc led by Binyamin Netanyahu holds 53 seats, and the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot has 48 seats. The results are preliminary and await the final official announcement from the Central Elections Committee.
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- Likud has risen to 27 seats, and Shas has dropped to 6 seats with 97.3% of votes counted.
- The current coalition bloc led by Binyamin Netanyahu has secured 53 seats.
- The left bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot holds 48 seats.
- The Joint List has obtained 11 seats, and the United Arab List has 8 seats.
- Preliminary results show other parties like Bayahd with 12 seats and Yahadut HaTorah with 7 seats.
- Two parties failed to pass the electoral threshold with 2.69% of the votes.
With 97.3% of votes tallied in the Israeli elections, the Likud party has risen to 27 seats, gaining one seat, while the Shas party has dropped to 6 seats, losing one. The Central Elections Committee announced that an additional 65,968 votes have been added to the results, bringing the final outcomes closer to being determined. Current results show the coalition bloc led by Binyamin Netanyahu securing 53 seats, contrasted with the left bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot holding 48 seats. The Joint List garnered 11 seats, and the United Arab List obtained 8 seats.
Other seat allocations include 12 for Bayahd, 8 each for Democrats and the United Arab List, and 7 seats each for Yisrael Beiteinu, Otzma Yehudit, and Yahadut HaTorah. The alliance of Religious Zionism and Zehut received 6 seats. Parties such as "Reserve Soldiers" and "Economic" failed to pass the electoral threshold, receiving 2.69% of the votes, while "People of Israel" received 1.65%.
These results remain preliminary until the complete vote count is finalized and officially announced by the Central Elections Committee.
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