Channel 14 Exit Polls Show Likud Leading in 2026 Elections

With over 1.2 million votes counted from 3,024 polling stations by early Wednesday morning, Likud holds the lead with 23.36% of the vote. Gadi Eisenkot's party, referred to variously as Yashar, Yishar, Yachad, or Yisrael Beiteinu in different reports, is in second place with 15.74%, followed by Naftali Bennett's party, referred to as Be'yachad, B'Yachad, Behad, or Bayad, in third with 8.53%.

Other parties in the count include Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu at 6.67%, Yahadut HaTorah at 6.64%, the Joint List at 6.54%, and Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit at 6.30%. Yair Golan's Democrats, Shas, and a joint list of Religious Zionism and Zehut are each hovering around 5.7%. Several parties, including Mansour Abbas's Ra'am, Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha's Reservists and Economic party, and Ofer Winter's Amcha Israel, are currently below the 3.25% electoral threshold.

Addressing supporters, Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Likud is the largest party and vowed to establish a strong national-right government, warning against a coalition relying on anti-Zionist Arab parties. Gadi Eisenkot called for a Zionist conscription government to end draft evasion and warned against heading to further elections. The final results remain pending as the manual count continues, including the verification of hundreds of thousands of special ballots from security forces, police, and medical personnel.