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Israel votes 2026 · Updated 30 October

Israel has voted. What now?

On Tuesday, Israelis went to the polls in an election that could shape the country’s future for years to come. With the count nearing completion, neither of the two main blocs has the 61 seats needed to form a government.

54Netanyahu’s bloc
48Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc
18Arab parties

Provisional figures out of 120 Knesset seats. Final official results are published by the Central Elections Committee.

The new Knesset

Who is in each bloc

Eleven parties crossed the threshold. This is how they line up, based on the latest projections.

Netanyahu’s bloc 54

  • LikudBenjamin Netanyahu27
  • ShasAryeh Deri7
  • United Torah JudaismMoshe Gafni7
  • Otzma YehuditItamar Ben Gvir7
  • Religious ZionismBezalel Smotrich6

Eisenkot’s bloc 48

  • Yashar!Gadi Eisenkot21
  • BeyachadNaftali Bennett12
  • The DemocratsYair Golan8
  • Yisrael BeytenuAvigdor Liberman7

Arab parties 18

  • Joint ListYousef Jabareen12
  • Ra’amMansour Abbas6
The decisive month

Three ways this could go

No bloc reaches 61 on its own. That leaves three realistic paths.

1

A national unity government

Parties from both main blocs agree to govern together. It would need compromises on leadership, and on who sits in the coalition.

2

A government supported by Arab parties

Eisenkot’s bloc could only reach 61 with Arab party votes. Several leaders in his bloc, including Bennett and Liberman, have ruled that out.

3

Another round of elections

If no one can build a majority in the time the law allows, the Knesset dissolves and Israel goes back to the polls.

The process

What happens next

Israeli law sets a clear timetable for forming a government.

  1. Official results

    The Central Elections Committee finishes the count, including soldiers’ and diplomats’ ballots, and publishes the final results.

    In the coming days

  2. The President consults the parties

    President Isaac Herzog meets every party in the new Knesset and asks who they recommend to form a government.

  3. The mandate

    The member of Knesset with the best chance is given 28 days to build a coalition, with a possible extension of up to 14 more.

    Up to 42 days

  4. A second chance

    If that fails, the President can hand the mandate to another candidate for 28 days. After that, any member of Knesset who gathers 61 signatures has 21 days.

  5. Or back to the polls

    If nobody succeeds, new elections are held automatically.

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We Believe in Israel is a UK charity and does not endorse any Israeli party. Figures are provisional projections reported by Israeli media from Central Elections Committee data, and may change when the final results are published.