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Israel’s partial election count reached 5,474,083 ballots Thursday, with Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad list passing 500,000 votes while remaining in third place. Likud remained first with 20.58% of the valid votes counted, followed by Yashar! with Eisenkot at 16.10%.
The Central Elections Committee’s national results page recorded 12,413 polling stations, 5,449,594 valid ballots and 24,489 invalid ballots at 13:32 Israel time on October 29, equivalent to 7:32 a.m. EDT. These are partial results, not a final result or a measure of total turnout.
Bennett’s list passes half a million votes
The tally added 129,885 ballots and 252 polling stations compared with the previously published CEC snapshot of 5,344,198 ballots from 12,161 stations at 10:02 Israel time.
Beyachad had 501,049 votes, or 9.19%, ahead of the Joint List’s 489,421 votes and 8.98%. The order of the leading lists was unchanged from the previous snapshot. Otzma Yehudit remained ahead of United Torah Judaism: 307,881 votes and 5.65%, compared with 303,277 votes and 5.57%.
Party results in the partial count
Percentages below are the committee’s published shares of 5,449,594 valid ballots at the 13:32 Israel update (7:32 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.
| List | Votes | % of valid votes |
|---|---|---|
| Likud | 1,121,743 | 20.58% |
| Yashar! with Eisenkot | 877,516 | 16.10% |
| Beyachad (Naftali Bennett) | 501,049 | 9.19% |
| Joint List | 489,421 | 8.98% |
| The Democrats | 351,700 | 6.45% |
| Ra'am – United Arab List | 327,588 | 6.01% |
| Yisrael Beiteinu | 323,415 | 5.93% |
| Otzma Yehudit | 307,881 | 5.65% |
| United Torah Judaism (Agudat Yisrael – Degel HaTorah) | 303,277 | 5.57% |
| Shas | 287,518 | 5.28% |
| Religious Zionism – Zehut | 268,578 | 4.93% |
| Reservists-Economic Party (Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha) | 146,247 | 2.68% |
| Amcha Yisrael (Ofer Winter) | 89,642 | 1.64% |
| Black Color – Shield of Torah World | 10,709 | 0.20% |
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.
Projected Knesset seats
CEC snapshot: October 29, 2026, 3:05 p.m. Israel time (9:05 a.m. EDT). This is newer than the article’s earlier vote table.
JBizNews partial-count projection, not an official seat allocation. If these votes were final, the 120 seats would divide as below under Bader-Ofer and the CEC-filed surplus agreements. The projection will change as counting continues.
Minimum to qualify: 3.25% of valid votes, or 179,245 votes at this snapshot. That is roughly four seats’ worth of votes, not a fixed four-seat entitlement.
| List | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Likud | 1,133,834 | 20.56% | 27 |
| Yashar! with Eisenkot | 887,341 | 16.09% | 21 |
| Beyachad (Naftali Bennett) | 509,399 | 9.24% | 12 |
| Joint List | 493,536 | 8.95% | 11 |
| The Democrats | 355,768 | 6.45% | 8 |
| Ra'am – United Arab List | 330,630 | 5.99% | 8 |
| Yisrael Beiteinu | 327,298 | 5.93% | 7 |
| Otzma Yehudit | 312,644 | 5.67% | 7 |
| United Torah Judaism | 305,283 | 5.54% | 7 |
| Shas | 290,503 | 5.27% | 6 |
| Religious Zionism – Zehut | 274,252 | 4.97% | 6 |
| 27 other lists | 294,723 | 5.34% | 0 |
| Total | 5,515,211 | 100% | 120 |
Highest list below the threshold: Reservists-Economic Party, 2.69%.
Sources: CEC count; filed surplus agreements; Knesset allocation method.
JBizNews Desk | Jerusalem
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