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Israel: full vote count confirms lack of a majority

Israel's election committee published the full count for the 27 October election overnight on 29–30 October 2026: 53 seats for Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc, 48 for Gadi Eisenkot's and 19 for Arab parties, according to matching reports.

The Knesset in 2005.
The Knesset in June 2005. Archive photograph; it does not depict the 2026 election. Perspective corrected previously. — Joshua Paquin / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ — 5 juin 2005 ; correction de perspective préexistante, sans modification supplémentaire.

Neither main bloc reaches the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-member Knesset. Likud remains the largest party with 27 seats.

The Times of Israel says the results are due to be presented to President Isaac Herzog on 4 November after remaining checks, with the Knesset's swearing-in scheduled for 10 November. Completion of the count does not mean a government has already been formed.

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