LIVE: Israel Election Results — Exit Polls Point to No Clear Majority Bloc
Netanyahu-led bloc secures 50 seats, falls short of 21-seat mark.
As polling stations close across Israel, early projections show all political blocs falling short of a parliamentary majority. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot’s centrist opposition alliance won the 61 seats needed to control the 120-seat Knesset.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party is allied with six other right-wing, nationalist, and Zionist factions. He faces a challenge from a center-left opposition bloc headed by former military chief Eisenkot.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has won the highest share of votes in Tuesday’s election, but neither of Israel’s two political camps has a clear path to forming a government,” the Times of Israel reported.
In its updated exit poll, the Kan public broadcaster lowers Naftali Bennett’s B’Yachad from 14 to 13 seats, with the Joint List gaining from 10 to 11,” the news website added. “This means that Kan, Channel 12 and Channel 13 now all project the pro-Netanyahu bloc to win 50 seats, the anti-Netanyahu bloc to get 52, and the Arab parties to win a whopping 18.”
Israel’s Channel 14 is showing Prime Minister Netanyahu’s bloc closer to victory with 60 seats, one short of a majority:
Netanyahu-led right-wing bloc: 60
Eisenkot-led left-wing bloc: 43
Arab parties: 17 https://t.co/wdXC4dKfbe pic.twitter.com/jWGVFDBIfx— C14 News | EN (@c14english) October 27, 2026
A clearer picture is expected to emerge later tonight. “Exit polls are projections rather than official results, and the political picture may change as votes are counted and verified throughout the night,” the Jerusalem Post noted.
Israel’s initial exit polls, side by side. Six channels, six projections. All put Netanyahu-aligned parties below 61 seats. These are exit polls, not official results.https://t.co/8uK9vQPpA7 pic.twitter.com/Quy2KFc6iO
— Zvika Klein צביקה קליין (@ZvikaKlein) October 27, 2026
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud remains the biggest party in the new parliament, projected to win between 25 and 27 seats.
A 'happy' attmosphere at the Likud HQ in Jerusalem after exit polls suggest Netanyahu's party is to remain the biggest in Israel, reports @BaligSladeen @Nicole_Zedeck pic.twitter.com/thqv7eZzit
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) October 27, 2026
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving head of government, is seeking a record seventh term. He navigated Israel through a series of wars and counter-terrorism operations since the October 7 massacre, overseeing military campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.
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Time for both sides to start throwing money at likely defectors. That’s what happens here when Republicans have too comfortable majority of anything
The Muslim red/green is trying to steal votes
What a surprise
if they just had an obamaaaaa…
Wasn’t there an election, a few years ago, that resulted in no one being able to form a majority coalition in the Knesset?
So they had to hold another election and try again.
They had elections on April 9, 2019, September 17, 2019, and March 2, 2020, and March 23, 2021, and November 3, 2022.
Israeli politics is quite confusing 😂 Anyone know who the opposition is and their stance on dealing with Palestinians? Are they like Democrats, wouldn’t hesitate to give you up to terrorists as ,ont as they are in power? 🤔
Consusing is right.
We are pikers over here.
The election is the first step, then it moves into party consolidation.
It takes a while.
The winner of the first round gets to seek Presidential approval to take the first shot at consolidation, if that fails, the next guy gets a turn.
If consolidation is not possible, the incumbent stays on until the next election can be held.
Months later.
That is a very short summation.. and maybe not quite the best.
Confusing…
Meant to be
Most of the opposition parties are on the right or center, but they’re open to coalition with the left, and even with the Arabs. The only real left party left is the “Democrats”, which is about as bad as ours, and to their left are the Arabs, who are almost openly treasonous.
Things are quite uncertain, in Israel and elsewhere. As for the election there, it is interesting for those people that claim Israeli Apartheid that nearly 20 Knesset seats went to Palestinians. Did South Africa under Apartheid EVER have a black office holder, let alone in many areas. Ignorance abounds.
Anyone who says that is an out and out racist.
The people who say things like this would have been right there in October 7 getting their fair share of murdering and raping.
Muslims will procreate the Jews out of Israel
“Netanyahu-led bloc secures 50 seats, falls short of 21-seat mark.”
They secured 60 seats and the “mark” they needed to reach was 61.
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