Netanyahu leads, but no majority in sight

With more than 85% of votes counted in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc leads with 54 seats to opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc’s 49, but neither side has a clear path to a governing majority.

Gabrielle Debinski
Gabrielle Debinski
Oct 28, 2026
This combination of pictures created on October 28, 2026, shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaking to the media after voting in Jerusalem on October 27, 2026, and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot addressing his supporters at the election night rally in Tel Aviv early on October 28, 2026. (Jewel SAMAD and Maya LEVIN / various sources / AFP via Getty Images)

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