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Election Results: Likud Leads as Half of Votes Counted
The Likud party is leading the early vote count in the Israeli election, according to partial results released on Wednesday morning. With approximately half of the votes tallied, Likud is projected to secure 27 mandates, while the "Yes! with Eisenkot" list follows in second place with 22 mandates.
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What happened
- 01The Likud party leads the Israeli election with 27 projected mandates as approximately half of the votes are counted.
- 02The "Yes! with Eisenkot" list is in second place with 22 projected mandates.
- 03The right-wing bloc is projected to secure 55 mandates, while the "change" bloc holds 50 mandates and Arab parties hold 15 mandates.
- 04The "Together led by Naftali Bennett" list and the Joint List are tied with 11 mandates each.
- 05Earlier in the count, United Torah Judaism led in Jerusalem with 20% of the vote, while Yashar led in Tel Aviv with 30.9%.
- 06With over 2 million votes counted, representing about 40% of the total, the bloc supporting Benjamin Netanyahu was projected to secure 52 mandates.
- 07Several parties remained below the electoral threshold during the early stages of the vote count.
Earlier in the night, with less than 14% of ballots counted, Likud held 25.34% of the vote, followed by Yashar at 16.6%. Early local results showed Yashar leading in Tel Aviv with 30.9% of the vote, while United Torah Judaism led in Jerusalem with 20% of the vote.
As the count progressed past the 40% mark, representing over 2 million votes, preliminary projections indicated that the bloc supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could reach 52 mandates. By the time half of the votes were counted, the right-wing bloc was projected to hold 55 mandates, compared to 50 mandates for the "change" bloc and 15 mandates for Arab parties.
Among other parties, the "Together led by Naftali Bennett" list and the Joint List are tied with 11 mandates each. The Democrats hold 9 mandates, United Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beiteinu have 8 mandates each, Shas and Otzma Yehudit have 7 mandates each, the Religious Zionism and Identity list has 6 mandates, and Ra'am has secured 4 mandates.
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