Results in Israel’s 26th Knesset election continue to update this morning (Wednesday), and according to data from the Central Elections Committee as of 7:26 AM, Likud under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds first place with 20.81% of valid votes counted so far, while the Yashar party led by Gadi Eisenkot stands in second with 17.06%, as vote counting continues at polling stations across the country.
In third place is the Beyachad party led by Naftali Bennett, currently receiving 9.21% of the vote, followed by the Joint List with 8.52%. The Democrats party led by Yair Golan stands in fifth place with 7.08%, while United Torah Judaism receives 6.43% and Yisrael Beiteinu led by Avigdor Liberman gets 6.19%.
Further down the list stands Shas with 5.60% of the vote, followed by Otzma Yehudit led by Itamar Ben-Gvir with 5.41%. The Religious Zionism party led by Bezalel Smotrich receives 4.92% at this stage, while Ra’am, led by Mansour Abbas, stands at 3.41% and is slightly above the electoral threshold.
Below the threshold is the Reservists and Economic party led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, receiving 2.66% of the vote—73,171 voters. Behind it is the Amcha Yisrael party led by Ofer Winter, receiving just 1.67%, with 45,924 votes, and remaining outside the Knesset at this stage.
Interesting results are also recorded among the smaller parties. The “Sharshar for Love and Unity of the People” party has received 952 votes so far, surpassing the Israel First party led by Sharon Haskel, which gets only 548 votes. The Noam party led by Avi Maoz receives 4,450 votes, while the Haredi Public party led by Moti Litner gets 6,465 votes.
According to updated data, 2,758,594 votes have been counted so far in 6,456 polling stations, of which 2,746,397 are valid votes and 12,197 are invalid votes. The number of eligible voters stands at 7,331,981, and the political picture may change as vote counting progresses.