Netanyahu leads with 53 seats in the partial count, and there is no majority for either camp
16:41 · 28 October 2026
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The partial results of the Israeli elections, on Wednesday, showed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp declined to 53 seats, compared to 48 for the Gadi Eisenkot camp and 19 for the Arab parties, after about 85.6 percent of the votes were counted, according to Israeli media that reported data from the Central Elections Commission. With this temporary distribution, Netanyahu's camp remains short of the parliamentary majority of 61 seats in the 120-member Knesset.
The provisional distribution of seats was as follows: Likud: 26 seats. Yashar: 21 seats. Joint List: 12 seats. "Ma'an" Party: 12 seats. Democrats: 8 seats. Yisrael Our Home: 7 seats. United Torah Judaism: 7 seats. Chas: 7 seats. Jewish power: 7 seats. Religious Zionism - Identity: 6 seats. The United Arab List “Ra’em”: 7 seats.
The numbers remain preliminary and are subject to change as the counting continues, especially the votes from the double envelopes, which include the soldiers’ votes. The progress of Netanyahu's camp does not determine the identity of the next government, as its formation depends on the final results and the parties' ability to reach coalition understandings.
The Israeli Central Elections Commission indicated that there were between 430 and 480 thousand double envelopes
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