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Netanyahu’s Likud at 20,68% with 4 million votes counted

Likud Party had 828,972 votes (20.68%). after 4,026,049 votes had been counted at 8,702 voting stations, the country’s Central Elections Committee said.

El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, se dirige a sus seguidores en el mitin de la noche electoral tras el anuncio de las primeras encuestas a pie de urna, en Jerusalén, en la madrugada del 28 de octubre de 2026, durante las elecciones legislativas de Israel. Según las primeras proyecciones, el 27 de octubre los votantes israelíes dieron una ligera ventaja a los partidos de la oposición frente a Netanyahu, tras una participación electoral que alcanzó su nivel más alto en décadas en las primeras elecciones del país desde el trauma de los atentados del 7 de octubre de 2023.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party had  828,972 votes (20.68%). after 4,026,049 votes had been counted at 8,702 voting stations, the country’s Central Elections Committee said in an update at 10:01 a.m. on Wednesday.

Together with United Torah Judaism (240,648, 6.00%), Otzma Yehudit (220,798, 5.51%), Shas (217,202, 5.42%) and Religious Zionism-Zehut (196,346, 4.90%), Netanyahu’s bloc stood at 1,703,966 votes, or 42.51%.

Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar was second with 640,241 votes (15.97%). Its allies are B’Yachad (353,717, 8.83%), the Democrats (254,429, 6.35%) and Yisrael Beiteinu (239,040, 5.96%). The four parties had a combined 1,487,427 votes, or 37.11%.

Yair Golan says opposition bloc should work with Arab parties

Yair Golan, the head of Israel's main left-wing party, called on Wednesday for his opposition allies to work with Arab parties to unseat Netanyahu, as partial election results showed their support would be crucial to reaching a governing coalition.

"We must no longer accept Netanyahu's racist division between Jewish votes and Arab votes," he said on X. "We have a responsibility. And we have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel's Arab citizens."

IDF voter turnout reaches 79.9%

Voter turnout among Israel Defense Forces personnel reached 79.9% in Tuesday’s Knesset election, the military said, reporting a 6.2% increase compared with elections for the 25th Knesset.

More than 890 military polling stations operated at bases and units nationwide and in combat zones, about a quarter of them mobile.

Early voting began on Oct. 21 to accommodate operational requirements.

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