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Israel’s partial election count reached 5,344,198 ballots Thursday, with Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad list moving into third place ahead of the Joint List. Likud remained first with 20.62% of the valid votes counted, followed by Yashar! with Eisenkot at 16.14%.
The Central Elections Committee’s national results page recorded 12,161 polling stations, 5,320,404 valid ballots and 23,794 invalid ballots at 10:02 Israel time on October 29, equivalent to 4:02 a.m. EDT. These are partial results, not a final result or a measure of total turnout.
Party order changes as more ballots enter the count
The tally added 152,286 ballots and 306 polling stations compared with the previously published CEC snapshot of 5,191,912 ballots from 11,855 stations at 06:56 Israel time.
Beyachad had 485,082 votes, or 9.12%, narrowly ahead of the Joint List’s 483,329 votes and 9.08%. Otzma Yehudit also moved ahead of United Torah Judaism: 297,789 votes and 5.60%, compared with 297,552 votes and 5.59%.
Party results in the partial count
Percentages below are the committee’s published shares of 5,320,404 valid ballots at the 10:02 Israel update (4:02 a.m. EDT). 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 | 1,097,210 | 20.62% |
| Yashar! with Eisenkot | 858,953 | 16.14% |
| Beyachad (Naftali Bennett) | 485,082 | 9.12% |
| Joint List | 483,329 | 9.08% |
| The Democrats | 344,604 | 6.48% |
| Ra'am – United Arab List | 322,230 | 6.06% |
| Yisrael Beiteinu | 315,661 | 5.93% |
| Otzma Yehudit | 297,789 | 5.60% |
| United Torah Judaism (Agudat Yisrael – Degel HaTorah) | 297,552 | 5.59% |
| Shas | 281,218 | 5.29% |
| Religious Zionism – Zehut | 256,708 | 4.82% |
| Reservists-Economic Party (Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha) | 141,343 | 2.66% |
| Amcha Yisrael (Ofer Winter) | 86,476 | 1.63% |
| Black Color – Shield of Torah World | 10,367 | 0.19% |
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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