Likud Gains Knesset Seat from Shas as Votes Counted
Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba
The Likud party has gained one Knesset seat from the Shas party as votes from "double envelopes" are counted. Preliminary results show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc with 53 seats and Gadi Eisenkot's bloc with 48, while Arab parties hold a record 19. The Central Elections Committee continues to count the remaining votes, with the seat redistribution not yet affecting the overall bloc balance.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- The Likud party gained a Knesset seat from the Shas party during vote counting.
- Preliminary results show Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc with 53 seats and Gadi Eisenkot's with 48.
- Arab parties are set to retain a record 19 seats in the Knesset.
- Over 295,000 votes from "double envelopes" have been processed so far.
- The final results may change as the vote count continues.
The Likud party has gained an additional seat in the Knesset at the expense of its ally, the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, as votes from "double envelopes" are tallied. Despite this shift, the overall balance of power between the major political blocs remains unchanged, according to preliminary data from the Central Elections Committee.
Preliminary results indicate that the bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold 53 seats, while the bloc headed by Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar Party will have 48 seats. Arab parties are set to retain 19 mandates, a record high. The Central Elections Committee reported that 295,607 votes from double envelopes have been processed so far, with an expected total of 430,000 to 480,000 such votes. The vote count is ongoing, and final results may differ.
The redistribution of one mandate between Likud and Shas has not yet altered the balance between the two main political blocs.
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