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Final count as of Oct 30, 12:00 AM GMT+2. Seats calculated from the full count.Source

Red lines in this lineup

ShasUnited Torah JudaismYashar (Eisenkot)
Eisenkot's service prerequisite
An unconditional military or national service pledge is required, while the selected Haredi party continues to seek protections for full-time Torah scholars. On 29 October a senior UTJ official said the party would offer to back Eisenkot for prime minister, with a draft-exemption law as its first condition.
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ShasUnited Torah JudaismTogether (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
Bennett and Golan rule out the Haredi parties
Bennett says a government he forms will not lean on the Haredi parties and that Deri and Gafni must stay outside it, and Golan says the Haredim must not be in the next coalition; the selected Haredi party conditions joining on protections for full-time Torah scholars.
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Otzma YehuditYashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
The center rules out Ben Gvir
The selected centrist or left-wing party has explicitly ruled out serving with Ben Gvir.
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Yashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
Replace the Netanyahu-led government
These selected parties campaigned to replace the Netanyahu-led government and ruled out joining it. After the vote, Eisenkot called on Netanyahu to step down, Bennett said he had lost, Liberman said he would still not sit with him, and Golan called for a change government.
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Yashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
A signed pact to form a government together
Their leaders signed a principles document on 26 September, pledging to act together right after the election to form a Zionist government of repair and rebuilding, and not to attack one another's parties until it is formed. It names no candidate for prime minister.
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Yashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
Broader military or national service
They support wider military or national service. Their thresholds, pace, and enforcement plans differ.
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Yashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
State commission of inquiry into 7 October
These parties call for an independent state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding 7 October; Liberman and Bennett would make it the new government's first decision.
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Yashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)The Democrats
Prime-minister term limits
They support tenure limits: Yashar proposes two terms, Together's current platform specifies eight years, and the Democrats' platform pledges to legislate them.
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Yashar (Eisenkot)Together (Bennett-Lapid)
Continued pressure on Iran's nuclear program
They agree that pressure must continue to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon, while differing on strategy and political leadership.
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ShasOtzma Yehudit
Back Netanyahu for prime minister
Likud is led by Netanyahu, People of Israel says it will recommend only him, Otzma Yehudit says he is its only candidate for prime minister, Shas says it will stay in his bloc, and Religious Zionism says it remains in his camp. They differ over enlistment and other coalition terms.
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ShasUnited Torah Judaism
Constitutional protection for Torah study
A governing-bloc majority from Likud, Shas, and UTJ passed a Basic Law recognizing Torah study as a foundational value. Netanyahu missed the final vote, and some Likud lawmakers opposed broader protections.
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ShasUnited Torah Judaism
Pass the Haredi draft law before the next government
Shas conditions joining on a draft law that protects full-time Torah scholars passing before the swearing-in, UTJ's chair says the issue must be settled before a government is formed, and Likud's spokesman calls that the direction for its coalition agreements.
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