Final Results Show Opposition Bloc Securing Majority in Knesset Elections
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Final results from Israel's 26th Knesset elections show the opposition bloc winning 67 seats against the Netanyahu bloc's 53. Over 5.7 million people voted, with the Likud party becoming the largest single party. Parties failing to pass the electoral threshold received over 300,000 votes.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Opposition bloc wins 67 seats, Netanyahu bloc gets 53 in final Knesset election results.
- Likud becomes largest party with 27 seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 21.
- Over 5.7 million Israelis participated in the 26th Knesset elections.
- 25,789 votes were disqualified in the final count.
- Parties below the electoral threshold received over 300,000 votes.
The final vote count for the 26th Knesset elections concluded Thursday, less than two days after polls closed. Data from approximately 13,000 polling stations revealed that 5,704,141 people participated, with 25,789 votes disqualified. The results indicate that the opposition bloc has secured 67 seats, compared to 53 for the Netanyahu bloc. The Likud party emerged as the largest, with 27 seats in the incoming Knesset, followed by Yesh Atid with 21 seats. Other parties include Yachad with 12 seats, the Joint List with 11, Democrats and Ra'am with eight each, Yisrael Beiteinu, Otzma Yehudit, and United Torah Judaism with seven each, and Shas and Religious Zionism with six each. A total of 306,679 votes were cast for parties that did not pass the electoral threshold. Among these, "The Reservists" party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, garnered approximately half of these votes, totaling 154,585 (about 2.72% of the total vote). The Am Israel party, headed by Ofer Vinter, received 95,288 votes (1.68% of the total vote).
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