Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc currently holds 53 seats, remaining well below the threshold required to form a government. Meanwhile, opposition parties working to unseat him have accumulated 67 seats based on the latest partial results. The electoral authority is set to examine roughly 500,000 outstanding ballots cast by military personnel and other remote voters.
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The current seat projection leaves the incumbent bloc eight seats short of forming a parl…: The current seat projection leaves the incumbent bloc eight seats short of forming a parliamentary majority.
Likud leads the ongoing vote count with twenty-six seats while Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar par…: Likud leads the ongoing vote count with twenty-six seats while Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party follows closely behind.
Specialized ballots cast by soldiers and remote voters are scheduled to be counted starti…: Specialized ballots cast by soldiers and remote voters are scheduled to be counted starting at midnight.
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Netanyahu’s bloc falls to 53 seats as Israel counts 85.6 percent of ballots
28 October 2026 13:13 GMT
Parties seeking to remove Benjamin Netanyahu hold a combined 67 seats in the latest projections, leaving the prime minister’s bloc eight seats short of a parliamentary majority.
With officials having counted 85.6 percent of ballots, Netanyahu's Likud party leads with 26 seats, followed by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar on 21. Together and the Arab-led Joint List have 12 each, while the United Arab List has gained a seat, taking its total to seven.
At midnight, election officials will begin counting about 500,000 ballots from soldiers and other voters who cast their votes away from their registered polling stations.
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