Final results of the Israeli parliamentary elections

Election results

The Israeli Central Election Commission has published the final results of the 2026 parliamentary elections. According to the results, the bloc supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received 53 seats. As for oppositionist Gadi Eisenkot's bloc, imedinews, rustavi2 and tabula-fb report that it won 48 seats, while according to interpressnews, the aforementioned bloc received 49 seats. Arab parties won a total of 19 seats. Imedi+4

Voter turnout in the election was 77.9%. It is noteworthy that the parties included in Netanyahu's supporting bloc had 68 seats in the current Knesset. At this stage, no bloc is approaching the 61-seat majority required to form a government. Imedi+2

Subsequent procedures

The final official results will be handed over to President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday after the commission examines possible errors and complaints. After this, the president will meet with party leaders in order to select a candidate for the formation of a new government. Herzog called on party leaders to do everything to avoid another round of elections. The swearing-in of the new composition of the Knesset is scheduled for November 10. Imedi+1

In parallel, according to rustavi2, the country's security service is investigating a case of foreign interference and possible funding in the elections. Rustavi 2