{
  "id": 16739991,
  "title": "Highest voter turnout since 1977, says election committee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/highest-voter-turnout-since-1977-says-election-committee",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T11:28:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/highest-voter-turnout-1977-says-election-committee"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Highest voter turnout since 1977, says election committee Israel's election committee said the turnout by noon was the highest since 1977. Over 2.3 million Israelis cast their vote by noon, 31.5 percent of eligible voters. The 1977 election was the first time Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party won a pluarlity of seats in the country.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}