Israel’s official election tally expanded to 322,299 ballots from 908 polling stations Tuesday evening, but it remained a small, nonrepresentative count that can change sharply. The ballots recorded were equivalent to about 4.4% of the 7,331,981 registered voters listed by the Central Elections Committee, not a measure of turnout or a result for the country.
The committee’s national results page, checked at 8:41 p.m. Eastern, was marked as of 2:38 a.m. Wednesday in Israel, corresponding to 8:38 p.m. Tuesday Eastern time. It listed 320,750 valid ballots and 1,549 invalid ballots.
That was a larger pool than the earlier 302-station update, but it was still too incomplete to establish a winner, a seat allocation or a governing coalition. The figures below describe only the valid ballots in this partial official tally, not projected national vote shares.
- Likud: 89,002 votes, 27.75%.
- Yashar with Eisenkot: 52,408 votes, 16.34%.
- Bennett’s list: 28,824 votes, 8.99%.
- Yisrael Beitenu: 26,111 votes, 8.14%.
- Otzma Yehudit: 23,154 votes, 7.22%.
- Shas: 18,716 votes, 5.84%.
- Religious Zionism and Zehut: 16,889 votes, 5.27%.
- United Torah Judaism: 16,452 votes, 5.13%.
- The Democrats: 15,799 votes, 4.93%.
- The Joint List: 10,831 votes, 3.38%.
- The Reservists and Economic Party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha: 10,509 votes, 3.28%.
These are the eleven leading lists in the displayed table, not every list contesting the election. The percentages use the 320,750 valid ballots counted as their denominator. They should not be converted into parliamentary seats from this early sample.
The comparison with registered voters shows how limited the count remains. It does not say how many people voted: ballots cast and ballots already included in the published tally are different quantities.
The committee says final results will be published by November 4 and warns that the figures may change until then. The official count is also separate from election-night exit polls. As additional polling stations report, both the totals and the mix of ballots represented in the table can shift.
JBizNews Desk | Jerusalem
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