Netanyahu Bloc Leads After Half of Israeli Votes Counted but No Majority
Netanyahu’s bloc led the count with 54 to 56 seats, but the final tally could still hinge on Arab parties and absentee ballots.
- Exit polls from Israel's election yesterday indicate an apparent deadlock, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor rival Gadi Eisenkot on track for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
- The election saw record turnout for a wartime vote, with over 74 per cent of Israelis casting ballots as voters passed judgment on Netanyahu following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks.
- Projections show 52-53 seats for Eisenkot's opposition bloc, 50 for Netanyahu's, and 17-18 for Arab parties; Eisenkot said results show a "lack of confidence" in the incumbent prime minister.
- Netanyahu vowed to form a right-wing government despite the deadlock, though Israel's fragmented political system makes coalition building difficult since no single party has ever won 61 seats outright.
- Middle East specialist Ian Parmeter warned it is "too soon to write Netanyahu off," noting the process to resolve the election results could take six to eight weeks.
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Netanyahu’s bloc short of majority with 77 percent of votes counted
Netanyahu’s bloc short of majority with 77 percent of votes counted Israel’s Central Elections Committee has updated the seat projections after counting 77 percent of ballots: Netanyahu’s bloc: 54 seats Eisenkot’s bloc: 49 seats Palestinian parties: 17 seats Neither bloc has reached the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.
After the counting of 51.8% of the ballots, Mr. Netanyahu's Likud and his allies were credited with 55 seats out of the 120 in the Knesset.
Benjamin Netanyahu's extreme right-wing coalition opened up an advantage over a bloc of Jewish opposition parties in Israel's decisive elections, but neither side had won the parliamentary majority, with more than three-quarters of the votes cast this Wednesday. The election, the first since Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023, is considered by many Israelis to be the most important in the country's history and puts forward Netanyahu's religious-na…
Benjamín Netanyahu's Likud leads the partial scrutiny, but his block does not reach the 61 seats needed to form government; the mouth of urn places the opposition at the front and anticipates a complex negotiation
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