Israel votes on 27 October 2026 for a 120-seat Knesset. Final polls put Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar ahead of Likud but gave neither bloc the 61 seats needed. Exit p…
About 7.3 million people can vote for 38 lists. Turnout hit 31.5% by noon. Exit polls come at 10 p.m. Israel time; official results are due on 4 November.
Yashar polled 22-23 seats to Likud's 19-21. The change bloc had 52-56 and Netanyahu's coalition 50. These are estimates, not results.
A list needs 3.25% to win seats. Arab-led lists polled 14-16 seats, and Amcha Yisrael and the Reservists hovered near the threshold.
Not separately. Lapid's Yesh Atid runs inside Together, the joint list led by Naftali Bennett.
After ultra-Orthodox parties broke with Netanyahu over the draft law, the Knesset dissolved itself and confirmed 27 October, the latest legal date.
Not always. Likud came first with 30 seats in 2021 but went into opposition under the Bennett-Lapid government.
Isaac Herzog consults every elected list and tasks the member most likely to win a Knesset majority.
The nominee has 28 days plus up to 14 more. The government takes office after a Knesset confidence vote; Netanyahu stays caretaker until then.
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