Jerusalem, 28 October, 2026 (TPS-IL) — With 50.1% of ballots counted as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party was leading with 27 seats in the Knesset, according to the Central Election Committee.
The Yashar! party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, was projected to win 21 seats, followed by BeHad with 11.
The results put Netanyahu’s political bloc at 56 seats, compared with 49 for the bloc led by Eisenkot, leaving both short of the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
The Democrats were on nine seats, Yisrael Beiteinu on eight, and Otzma Yehudit and Shas on seven each. Religious Zionism-Identity was on six seats.
The Arab parties collectively held 15 seats, with the Joint List on 11 and Ra’am on four.
The committee had counted 2,854,332 votes by 8:30 a.m.
