Central Elections Committee publishes final election results

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The Central Elections Committee published the results of the elections to the 26th Knesset after completing the count of the double envelopes and the initial review of the results of the regular polling stations. According to Arutz Sheva, Likud won 27 seats, Yashar! 21, Together 12, the Joint List 11, the Democrats and Ra'am 8 each, Yisrael Beytenu, Otzma Yehudit and United Torah Judaism 7 each, and Shas and Religious Zionism 6 each.

According to TheMarker, the opposition won 67 seats compared with 53 for Netanyahu's bloc, and 306,679 votes were cast for parties that did not pass the electoral threshold. According to Kikar HaShabbat, Ra'am rose to an eighth seat at the expense of the Joint List after 99% of the votes were counted, and the current coalition remained with 53 seats.

The Central Elections Committee clarified that the Shin Bet investigation will not affect the results. According to Arutz Sheva, the remaining lists did not pass the electoral threshold.