The key facts

  • Netanyahu's bloc leads by a narrow margin: 50.4% to 49.6% with about 28% of votes counted
  • Neither bloc has yet secured a majority of 61 seats out of 120
  • Turnout of 77.7% is 7.1 percentage points higher than in 2022 and the highest since 1999

Israel election interim results

In Israel's parliamentary elections, the bloc of incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is narrowly leading the opposition bloc as votes are counted. According to data published by the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, with about 28% of ballots processed, Netanyahu's bloc is receiving 50.4% against 49.6% for the opposition. Neither bloc has yet reached the threshold of 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, and the partial count does not allow the final distribution of seats to be determined.

Party breakdown and record turnout

Netanyahu's Likud leads among parties with 24.1% of the vote, followed by the Yashar party of former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot with 16.1%. The Together alliance led by former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is receiving 8.8%, Yisrael Beiteinu 6.9%, United Torah Judaism 6.7%, and Otzma Yehudit 6.4%. The Joint List receives 5.9%, Shas and the Democrats 5.6% each, and Religious Zionism 5.4%. The Arab party Ra'am is receiving 2.8%, bringing the combined share of the two Arab lists — the Joint List and Ra'am — to 8.7% of the votes counted. According to the Central Elections Committee, turnout reached 77.7% — 7.1 percentage points higher than in the 2022 elections and the highest figure since 1999.