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Israel Election: Nearly Half of Votes Counted, Likud Leads

Early election results from Israel on Wednesday show the Likud party leading as the vote count progresses. With 48.6% of the votes counted by Wednesday morning, Likud is projected to win 27 seats, followed by the Yashar party with 22 seats.

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01The Likud party leads early Israeli election results with 27 projected seats after 48.6% of the votes were counted on Wednesday morning.
02The Yashar party is in second place with 22 projected seats, according to preliminary results reported by Mignews.
03The current government coalition holds a slight lead with 55 projected seats, while the opposition bloc has 50 seats.
04According to Kipa, the right-wing bloc supporting Benjamin Netanyahu held 57 seats after 37.4% of the votes were counted.
05The Reservists and Economic party and Ofer Winter's Am Israel party are currently below the 3.25% electoral threshold.
06The election commission is continuing to count votes, including double envelopes from IDF soldiers, with final results expected in the coming days.

According to Kipa, which reported on the 26th Knesset elections after 37.4% of the votes were counted, Likud held 28 seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's Yisrael Beiteinu party was in second place with 21 seats. By the time nearly half the votes were counted, Mignews reported that the current government coalition held a slight lead with 55 projected seats, compared to the opposition bloc's 50 seats, while Arab and Islamist parties held 15 seats. A total of 61 seats are required to form a majority in the 120-member Knesset.

Several parties are currently polling below the 3.25% electoral threshold, including the Reservists and Economic party and Ofer Winter's Am Israel party. Votes from parties that fail to pass the threshold will be redistributed as the election commission continues to count ballots, including those from IDF soldiers in double envelopes. Final official results are expected in the coming days.

Summarized by baba from the reports of 3 newsrooms. Updated 08:08

Latest report: Mignews. Read Mignews’s original