Partial vote counting results in the Israeli elections, on the night of Wednesday, showed Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, taking the lead with 22.2% of the votes, ahead of the "Yesh Atid" party led by Gadi Eisenkot, which received 15.4%. Parties outside Netanyahu's camp, including Arab lists, obtained 51.3% of the votes, compared to 48.7% for Netanyahu's camp, after 28.19% of the total votes were counted.
Vote Details and Lists
According to data from the Elections Committee published by the "Yedioth Ahronoth" newspaper website until 04:47 local time, parties outside Netanyahu's camp received approximately 819.5 thousand votes, compared to approximately 778.4 thousand for his camp. The 51.3% percentage included Arab lists, which collectively obtained 12% of the votes, with 8.3% for the Joint List and 3.7% for the United Arab List "Ra'am".
Exit Polls and Counting
The Joint List came in third with 8.3%, followed by the "Together" list led by Naftali Bennett with 8.2%. "Yahadut HaTorah" received 6.7%, "Yisrael Beiteinu" 6.4%, "The Jewish Power" 6%, and "The Democrats" 5.9%. Both Shas and "Religious Zionism" obtained 5.7%, while "Ra'am" received 3.7%, "Reserve and Economy" 2.7%, and "Am Yisrael" 1.8%.
High Turnout and Government Formation Needs
The number of valid votes counted reached 1,597,973, while the total number of votes counted, including invalid ones, reached 1,605,421, equivalent to 28.19% of the total votes. The data showed that counting was completed in 3,906 polling stations out of 11,996, equivalent to 32.6% of the total stations. On Tuesday evening, the Israeli Elections Committee announced that the voting turnout reached 77.7%, an increase of 7.1% compared to the 2022 elections, stating it was the highest since 1999. Any camp needs at least 61 seats out of 120 to form a government.
Source: Anadolu Agency
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