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Ra'am Surges in Vote Count, Coalition Bloc Shrinks

The ongoing vote count for Israel's 26th Knesset elections has shown a shift in the projected seat distribution after approximately 66.3% of the ballots were tallied. The Arab party Ra'am gained two mandates to reach six seats, boosting the total representation of Arab parties to 18 mandates, with the Joint List, also referred to as Hadash-Ta'al, holding 12 seats.

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What happened

01The Arab party Ra'am gained two mandates to reach six seats in the ongoing vote count for the 26th Knesset.
02The current coalition bloc has weakened to 54 mandates, while the opposition bloc holds 48 seats.
03Likud dropped by one seat to 27 mandates but remains the largest party in the Knesset.
04United Torah Judaism fell to seven mandates, equal to the strength of Shas and Otzma Yehudit.
05Arab parties have reached a combined total of 18 mandates, with the Joint List holding 12 seats.
06Neither political bloc has reached the 61-mandate majority required to form a government.
07Approximately 66.3% of the ballots have been tallied, with more than a third of the votes still uncounted.
08Smaller parties led by Yoaz Hendel and Ofer Winter remain below the 3.25% electoral threshold.

Concurrently, the Likud party lost one mandate, dropping to 27 seats, though it remains the largest party. United Torah Judaism also decreased to seven mandates, matching the strength of Shas and Otzma Yehudit. These shifts have weakened the current coalition bloc to 54 mandates, while the opposition bloc stands at 48 mandates.

Neither bloc has secured the 61-mandate majority required to form a government. Meanwhile, smaller parties continue to fall below the 3.25% electoral threshold, including the Reservists and Economists Party led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha at 2.66%, and Ofer Winter's Am Israel Party at 1.66%. The final distribution of seats remains pending as more than a third of the votes, including double envelopes, are yet to be counted by the Central Elections Committee.

Summarized by baba from the reports of 3 newsrooms. Updated 14:31

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