{
  "id": 17142390,
  "title": "Central Elections Committee publishes final election results",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/central-elections-committee-publishes-final-election-results",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T22:38:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
    "slug": "arutz-sheva-israel-national-news",
    "url": "https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/696394"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Central Elections Committee has released the definitive results from Israel's 26th Knesset elections. Likud secured 27 seats, followed by Yashar with 21, Beyachad at 12, and the Joint List with 11 seats. The Democrats and Ra'am each won eight seats, while Yisrael Beytenu, Otzma Yehudit, and United Torah Judaism each claimed seven seats. Shas and the Religious Zionist Party each earned six seats. All other parties failed to meet the electoral threshold.\n\nThe current coalition achieved 53 seats, the change bloc garnered 48 seats, and the Arab parties combined for 19 seats. Voter participation reached 77.9%, with a total of 5,716,665 votes cast. Of these, 5,690,778 were deemed valid, and 25,887 were invalid. The threshold for election was set at 3.25%, or 184,947 votes.\n\nThe Central Elections Committee noted that the results are pending further election integrity checks and minor adjustments during the verification process. The official results will be submitted to the President of Israel on November 4.",
  "summary": "<p>Central Elections Committee Publishes Final Election Results</p><p>The Central Elections Committee has published the final results of Israel's 26th Knesset elections following the completion of the double-envelope ballot count and an initial review of the results from regular polling stations.</p><p>According to the results, Likud won 27 seats, Yashar 21, Beyachad 12, and the Joint List 11.…",
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  "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."
}