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Partial Election Results Show Likud Leading, Arab Parties Gaining
The Likud party is leading in the initial count of Israel's 26th Knesset elections, with early results showing the party ahead both nationally and in key cities such as Ashdod and Holon. With over 1.2 million votes counted, representing 21.4% of the total, Likud held 23.4% of the vote, followed by Yashar at 15.7%. Voter turnout reached a 25-year high of approximately 77.7%.
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What happened
- 01The Likud party led the early vote count in Israel's 26th Knesset elections, securing 23.4% of the first 1.2 million ballots tallied.
- 02Voter turnout in the general election reached a 25-year high of approximately 77.7%.
- 03With nearly a third of the votes counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc was projected to win 59 seats.
- 04Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a strong national-Jewish government and opposed relying on Arab parties.
- 05By Wednesday morning, with 51.8% of the ballots processed, Likud was projected to win 27 seats and Yesh Atid 21 seats.
- 06The Joint List showed increased strength in the interim results, rising to a projection of 12 Knesset seats.
- 07The preliminary results with over half the votes counted projected 55 seats for the incumbent coalition and 49 for the opposition.
As the count progressed to nearly a third of the ballots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc was projected to win 59 seats, just short of a 61-seat majority, while the center-left bloc was projected at 46 seats and Arab parties at 15. Netanyahu called for the formation of a strong national-Jewish government, opposing any reliance on Arab parties. At this stage, Likud led with 22.02% of the vote, translating to an estimated 29 mandates, followed by Gadi Eisenkot's party with 20 mandates.
By Wednesday morning, with 51.8% of the votes tallied, the interim results showed Likud leading with 27 projected seats, followed by Yesh Atid with 21 seats. The Joint List showed increased strength with 12 projected seats, while the Together party was projected to win 11 seats. Based on these later preliminary figures, the incumbent coalition was projected to secure 55 seats, the opposition bloc was estimated at 49 seats, and Ra'am held 4 seats, while several parties remained below the electoral threshold.
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Partial Election Results Show Likud Leading, Arab Parties Gaining
