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Preliminary results from Israeli parliamentary elections show the right-wing camp led by Netanyahu is temporarily in the lead, but has not yet met the 61-seat majority threshold. The remaining votes are yet to be counted on the last seats.
israel The Central Election Commission announced the preliminary vote counting results of the parliamentary election on the 28th, showing the Prime Ministernetanyahu The right-wing camp led by Benjamin Netanyahu is ahead of the opposition camp led by former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, but no party has been able to reach a majority in parliament. Likud, the right-wing political party led by Netanyahu, remains the largest party in Congress.
Specifically, Netanyahu’s right-wing camp is expected to win 53 seats, the opposition camp led by Eisenkot is expected to win 48 seats, and Arab parties that do not belong to any camp but oppose the current government are expected to win 19 seats. Among them, the United Party is expected to win 26 seats, and the centrist party Yashar led by Eisenkot is expected to win 21 seats, placing first and second respectively. Congress needs at least 61 seats to reach majority.
According to the Central Election Commission, about 85.6% of the votes have been counted in the preliminary count. Of the remaining ballots to be counted, 7% of ordinary ballots require “further verification” and up to 480,000 “double envelope ballots” remain to be counted. Those votes are expected to be counted in the final results in the coming days.
According to the Central Election Commission, “double enveloped ballot paper” refers to non-designated ballot papersvote The cast ballots are placed in an additional voting envelope, sealed and taken to the unified location for counting. Typically, Israeli soldiers and police, hospital patients, and other voters who for some reason are unable to vote at designated polling stations use this method to vote.
The Times of Israel reported that the full vote counting results are expected to be announced on the afternoon of the 29th, and the final official election results will be announced on November 4.
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Preliminary vote counts show that although the Netanyahu-led right-wing camp is ahead of the opposition, it has still not reached the 61 seats needed for a majority in Congress, indicating there is still uncertainty over the formation of the cabinet after the election.
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The right-wing camp is currently expected to win 53 seats, the opposition camp led by Eisenkot has 48 seats, and Arab parties have about 19 seats; In which United Party has 26 seats and Integrity Party has 21 seats.
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About 85.6% of the votes have been counted, and the remainder includes 7% of general votes that require further verification and 480,000 double-envelope votes, which may affect the final distribution of seats.
