Netanyahu’s Right-Wing Bloc Ahead of Opposition as Post-Election Vote Count Continues
- Partial results showed Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc ahead, with 43.51% of counted votes compared with 38.69% for Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition alliance.
- Projections placed Netanyahu’s bloc below the 61 seats needed for a governing majority, though estimates varied as counting continued.
- After official results are published, President Isaac Herzog will consult party leaders and assign a candidate to try to form a coalition.
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After the counting of 51.8% of the ballots, Mr. Netanyahu's Likud (right) and his allies are credited with 55 seats out of 120 in the Knesset, compared with 49 in the opposition bloc and 16 in the Arab parties, according to the data published by the Electoral Commission. These partial results are likely to change greatly as the counting progresses. Several polls at the exit of the ballot boxes published on Tuesday put the camps in elbow-to-neck …
Israelis voted in record numbers on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, in the first parliamentary elections since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Partial results show that Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud remains the largest party, while the right-wing bloc maintains its lead over the opposition led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. Neither bloc has a clear path to 61 […] The post Israel Elections: Likud Leads, But Government Still Far Away fir…
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc is leading in Tuesday's parliamentary elections with 42 percent of votes counted, according to the election commission, winning 57 seats in parliament, but falling short of a clear majority. The opposition, led by former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, won 47 seats.
Elections in Israel do not give Netanyahu or the opposition a majority - which means Netanyahu's bloc leads after half the votes are counted, but no force has 61 seats. Israel is waiting for coalition talks.
JERUSALEM, 28 OTT - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's deployment is ahead of the opposition, according to data released by the Israeli Central Electoral Commission after the poll of 50% of the votes in the crucial general elections. (ANSA)
Jerusalem, 28 Oct (EFE).- When the election vote in Israel exceeds 57.3%, the Prime Minister's block, Benjamin Netanyahu, remains in the lead, adding a total of 55 seats against the 49 that would hold that of its rival, Gadi Eisenkot, according to Central Election Committee data. [...] The entry With 57.3% of the cast vote, Netanyahu's block leads with 55 seats was first published in HolaNews.
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