Summary
Exit polls from Israel’s election project Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc with 50 seats and opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc with 52 or 53. Neither projection reaches the 61 seats needed for a majority, while Arab parties are projected to win 18 seats combined.Key Facts
- Polling stations closed at 10 p.m. local time.
- Preliminary results are expected Wednesday, with a final tally expected Friday.
- The official results are due to be published on November 4.
- Turnout reached 74.3 percent by 8 p.m., according to Israel’s Central Elections Committee.
- Turnout in the 2022 election was 70.63 percent.
- The Central Elections Committee rejected Likud’s request to extend voting hours.
- The election is the first since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza.
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