With 86% of the votes counted as of Wednesday morning, Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc maintains a 65-seat lead.
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be on course for another victory after exit polls suggested that his bloc could win by a narrow margin in the 120-seat Knesset.
Updates count list: Likud 32, Yesh Atid 24, Religious Zionism 14, National Unity Party 12 , Shas 11, United Torah Judaism 8, United Arab List 5, Hadash-Ta’al 5 , Yisrael Beiteinu 5, Labor 4.
The completed number of seats can still change as more ballots are processed, including a large number of ballots cast by soldiers, prisoners and diplomats.
With 85.9% of the ballots from Tuesday's general election counted by 2:06 p.m. on Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has gained another seat.#Israelex22 | #Israel
Read more: https://t.co/Eg1gAaTAl6 pic.twitter.com/qtON2Txgh7— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 2, 2022
Supporters of former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu are celebrating his possible return to power. @EhudYaariJLM tells @bevvo14 exit polls in the country's latest election show he and his far-right allies will secure the numbers required to form a new government… #TheWorld pic.twitter.com/2a83cD3bHs
— ABC News (@abcnews) November 2, 2022
It's a day of mourning for the left in Israel.
The right-wing bloc has 65 mandates headed by Benjamin Netanyahu
The left-wing bloc is 50, as votes are still being counted.— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) November 2, 2022
