Likud Gains Votes Despite Mandate Drop in Final Election Results

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Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba

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The final results of Israel's 26th Knesset elections show the Likud party as the largest, despite a drop to 27 mandates. The party received more votes than in the previous election but a lower percentage due to increased turnout. The bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu secured 53 mandates, 11 fewer than before, partly due to Shas's significant losses.

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Likud received more votes but fewer mandates in the 26th Knesset elections.
The Likud party secured 27 mandates in the 26th Knesset elections.
The bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu won 53 mandates, an 11-mandate decrease.
Shas party's mandates dropped from 11 to 6 in the new Knesset.
Final results were confirmed after counting double envelopes.

Likud Gains Votes Despite Mandate Drop in Final Election Results — Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

The final results for the 26th Knesset elections have been released, confirming the Likud party as the largest in the Knesset, though it saw a decrease in mandates. Despite falling to 27 seats in the upcoming Knesset compared to 32 in the previous election, the Likud party garnered approximately 50,000 more votes than in the prior election. In the 25th Knesset elections, Likud secured 32 mandates with 1,115,336 votes, representing 23.41% of the total valid votes. For the 26th Knesset, Likud received 1,164,494 votes, an increase of 49,158 votes. However, due to a significant rise in overall voter turnout, this translated to only 20.51% of the total votes, resulting in 27 mandates, a drop of five from the previous election.

Furthermore, the bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu, which includes Likud, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism, United Torah Judaism, and Shas, secured only 53 mandates in the 26th Knesset elections. This is a decrease of 11 mandates compared to the previous Knesset, which will prevent Netanyahu from forming the same government coalition. A significant factor contributing to this decline is the substantial drop in support for the Shas party, which fell from 11 mandates in the previous Knesset to just 6 in the upcoming one.