Israel Election Results 2026
Polls close at 22:00 on Tuesday, 27 October 2026. The TV channels' exit polls appear on this page at 22:00, followed by the official count as the Central Elections Committee publishes it.
At a glance
- Eligible voters
- 7,331,981
- Central Elections Committee register, 6 September 2026
- Polling stations
- 12,018
- Across Israel, plus 250 in hospitals, 55 in prisons and 102 at Israel's missions abroad
- Approved lists
- 38
- Approved by the Central Elections Committee on 27 September 2026
Turnout
The share of eligible voters who cast a ballot. On election day the Central Elections Committee reports turnout during the day, and its readings appear here.
The last six elections
Election night, step by step
- Exit polls
- At 22:00 the TV channels publish their exit polls: estimates from samples of voters, not results.
- Election night
- Most polling stations close at 22:00, and the ballots are counted.
- Double envelopes
- Ballots cast in double envelopes, among them soldiers' votes and those cast at hospitals, prisons and Israel's missions abroad, are counted afterwards at the Knesset.
- Official results
- The Central Elections Committee publishes the official results within eight days, by Wednesday 4 November 2026.
- First sitting
- The new Knesset holds its first sitting within 14 days of election day.
- The President's choice
- Within seven days of the official results, the President consults the lists elected to the Knesset and gives one member who agrees the task of forming a government.
- A new government
- That member has 28 days, which the President may extend by up to 14 more. The government takes office once the Knesset expresses confidence in it.
How the 120 seats are allocated
- Threshold
- A list needs at least 3.25% of the valid votes to win any seats.
- Seat allocation
- Seats are divided by the Bader-Ofer method, and two lists may sign a surplus-vote agreement to pool their leftover votes.
- Coalition
- Every Israeli government so far has been a coalition of more than one party. A majority of the Knesset is 61 of the 120 seats.
Surplus-vote agreements for 2026
Two lists that both pass the threshold can pool their leftover votes for the last seats. The Central Elections Committee published these agreements on 19 October 2026:
- Together (Bennett-Lapid) and Yisrael Beytenu
- Joint List (Hadash-Ta'al-Balad) and Ra'am
- Religious Zionism-Zehut and Likud
- United Torah Judaism and Shas
- The Democrats and Yashar (Eisenkot)
- The notice also pairs two smaller lists.
The 2022 election
Seats won in the election to the 25th Knesset on 1 November 2022. Turnout was 70.63% of 6,788,804 eligible voters.
The exit polls and the result
The three main channels' first exit polls, at 22:00 on 1 November 2022, beside the official result. They gave the right-religious bloc 61 or 62 seats; it won 64. Meretz, given 4 or 5 seats by all three, fell below the threshold and won none.
| Party | KAN 11 | Channel 12 | Channel 13 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Likud | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Yesh Atid | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| National Unity | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Shas | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| United Torah Judaism | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Yisrael Beytenu | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Ra'am | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hadash-Ta'al | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Labor | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Meretz | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Right-religious bloc | 62 | 61 | 62 | 64 |
Questions and answers
When do the exit polls come out?
At 22:00 on 27 October 2026, when most polling stations close. From Friday night until then, no new poll results may be published.
When will the results be known?
Each polling station counts its ballots as soon as voting ends there, at 22:00 for most stations, and double-envelope votes are counted afterwards at the Knesset. The Central Elections Committee publishes the official results within eight days, by 4 November 2026.
How many seats are needed to form a government?
There is no fixed number in law: a new government takes office once it wins a vote of confidence in the Knesset, which needs more votes for it than against. A majority of the Knesset is 61 of the 120 seats, and every Israeli government so far has been a coalition of more than one party.
What is the electoral threshold?
A list must win at least 3.25% of the valid votes to enter the Knesset. In 2022 that meant 154,855 votes.
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