Israel Election: Record Turnout as Netanyahu and Eisenkot Remain Deadlocked
Exit polls projected Netanyahu’s bloc at 50 seats and Eisenkot’s at 52, leaving coalition talks uncertain after a high-turnout vote, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Israel held its first national election since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack, ending without a clear winner as exit polls indicate neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc nor challenger Gadi Eisenkot's centrist "change bloc" secured the 61 seats needed for a majority.
- According to Channel 12 exit polls, Eisenkot's "change bloc" is projected to control 52 seats in the 120-member parliament, compared to 50 for Netanyahu's bloc and 18 for Arab-led parties. Record turnout exceeded 74% of eligible voters, the highest in decades.
- Arab-Led parties secured 17 to 18 seats, an unprecedented result despite Likud's campaign warning against high Arab turnout. Arab Israelis make up about 20% of the population but have never before wielded such electoral influence.
- Weeks of political jockeying now await as Israel's president tasks the party leader with the best prospect of forming a government to cobble together a coalition. If no leader succeeds, new elections could be held early next year.
- Regardless of the outcome, Eisenkot's bloc differs little from the current coalition on critical issues like the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, suggesting policy continuity despite leadership change. Netanyahu has remained within Israel's mainstream on most issues.
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Israel election: Record turnout as Netanyahu and Eisenkot remain deadlocked
Israel's election remained deadlocked on Tuesday, exit polls showed, with opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's bloc narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp by 52 seats to 50. Neither side had a clear path to forming a government. Voter turnout reached 77.7%, the highest in more than two decades.
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