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Israeli Election Results Show Coalition Weakening, Arab Parties Gaining Mandates

Preliminary Israeli election results show the governing coalition bloc at 53 mandates and the opposition "change bloc" at 48, with Arab parties gaining strength. The Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu parties each lost a mandate, while the Joint List and Ra'am gained.

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Israeli Election Results Show Coalition Weakening, Arab Parties Gaining Mandates — Illustration by baba

What happened

01Coalition bloc has 53 mandates, change bloc has 48, with Arab parties gaining in Israeli election results.
02Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu dropped one mandate each, while Arab parties gained one mandate each.
03The Joint List rose to 12 mandates, matching United Torah Judaism, and Ra'am reached seven.
04Approximately 85.6% of votes are counted, with soldier votes yet to be tallied.
05The Central Elections Committee warns that current results are partial and may change.

The Central Elections Committee stated that the results are partial and subject to change, especially with the upcoming count of soldier votes, which may benefit the Likud.

Translated and summarized by baba from JDN, the latest report. Read JDN’s original