Exit Polls Show No Clear Winner in Israel’s Election
- On Thursday, the Central Elections Committee announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party secured 27 seats, emerging as the largest party in the 26th Knesset after counting nearly 100% of votes.
- Netanyahu's coalition bloc holds 53 seats while the Opposition bloc secured 48, according to official Central Elections Committee figures. Arab-led parties won a record-breaking 19 seats, leaving both blocs short of the 61-seat majority required.
- The official count concluded amid an ongoing Shin Bet investigation into suspected foreign funding from Qatar and Turkey aimed at influencing Arab-led party voter turnout. The Central Elections Committee confirmed that polling station vote integrity was preserved.
- President Isaac Herzog will consult with Knesset factions before assigning the task of forming a government. Herzog urged political leaders to approach negotiations with open minds to avoid another election.
- Without the required 61-seat majority, parties must negotiate partnerships, potentially including a minority government relying on Arab-led party support. Failure to reach agreement could force Israel toward another parliamentary election.
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The bloc, led by current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, will receive 53 seats, while the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party will receive 48. The rest will be made up of the two Arab parties, which received a record combined total of 19 seats.
According to the general report of the Israeli Central Election Commission as of 16:05 (Moscow time), about 97.3% of the votes in the Knesset elections have already been processed. In the preliminary distribution of seats, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud received the 27th mandate at the expense of the SHAS party...
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