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2,132,650 ballots had entered Israel’s official election tally early Wednesday Eastern time, according to the Central Elections Committee’s latest published count. Returns covered 5,037 polling stations, but the tally remained incomplete and should not be treated as representative of the final national result.
The committee’s national results page recorded 2,122,846 valid ballots and 9,804 invalid ballots. Its timestamp was 5:57 a.m. Wednesday, October 28, in Israel, equivalent to 11:57 p.m. Tuesday Eastern time. JBizNews checked the figures at 12:12 a.m. Wednesday Eastern time.
The published ballot total was equivalent to about 29.1% of the 7,331,981 registered voters listed on the page. This describes the scale of the count, not turnout: ballots entered in the tally and ballots cast nationwide are different quantities.
Party results in the committee’s partial count
Percentages below are the committee’s published shares of the 2,122,846 valid ballots counted at the same 5:57 a.m. Israel timestamp (11:57 p.m. Eastern). The table includes every list at or above 3.25% in this partial count, followed by the next three below it.
The 3.25% electoral threshold applies to the final valid vote. Being above or below it in an incomplete count does not establish whether a list will qualify. These are partial vote figures, not seat projections.
| List | Votes | % of valid votes |
|---|---|---|
| Likud | 460,565 | 21.70% |
| Yashar! | 333,786 | 15.72% |
| Joint List | 195,808 | 9.22% |
| Be'Yahad (Naftali Bennett) | 177,904 | 8.38% |
| United Torah Judaism (Agudat Yisrael – Degel HaTorah) | 136,365 | 6.42% |
| Yisrael Beiteinu | 133,186 | 6.27% |
| The Democrats | 125,030 | 5.89% |
| Otzma Yehudit | 124,001 | 5.84% |
| Shas | 120,402 | 5.67% |
| Religious Zionism – Zehut | 116,836 | 5.50% |
| Ra'am – United Arab List | 80,894 | 3.81% |
| Reservists-Economic Party (Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha) | 57,666 | 2.72% |
| Amcha Yisrael (Ofer Winter) | 37,472 | 1.77% |
| Haredi Public (Moti Leitner) | 5,436 | 0.26% |
Further returns can change both totals and percentages. This count does not establish a winner, the final distribution of seats or a governing coalition. The committee says results can change until final results are published by November 4.
JBizNews Desk | Jerusalem
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