The Israeli Central Election Commission has confirmed the final results of the parliamentary elections held on October 27. Based on the final results, the distribution of deputy mandates among parties and political blocs in the 120-seat parliament has been determined. After the elections, uncertainty regarding the coalition continues in the country.
Modern.az reports that "The Times of Israel" published information about this.
According to the commission's statement, in the vote on the confirmation of the results of the elections to the 26th parliament of Israel, 15 members voted in favor, 14 members abstained, and 2 members voted against.
According to the results formalized by the confirmation of the Central Election Commission, the ruling bloc, which includes the “Likud” Party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, won 53 mandates in parliament.
The opposition bloc, led by the “Yashar” Party, led by former Chief of Staff Gadi Ayzenkot, will be represented by 48 deputies.
The “Joint List” and “Raam” parties, representing Arab citizens of Israel, including Palestinians, who achieved successful results in the elections, won a total of 19 mandates in parliament.
Number of mandates won by parties
Based on the final results, the deputy seats in the Israeli parliament were distributed among political forces as follows:
“Likud” – 27 mandates;
“Yashar” – 21 mandates;
“Together” list – 12 mandates;
“Joint List” – 11 mandates;
“Democrats” – 8 mandates;
“Raam” – 8 mandates;
“Our Home Israel” – 7 mandates;
“Jewish Power” – 7 mandates;
“United Torah Judaism” – 7 mandates;
“Shas” – 6 mandates;
“Religious Zionism” – 6 mandates.
Election commission chairman called for respect for results
Noam Solhberg, chairman of the Central Election Commission, emphasized the importance of respecting the final election results.
“Political upheavals, unexpected events, and sharp disagreements have never shaken the fundamental agreement that election results must be respected,” he said.
The official election results were presented to Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
After this, Herzog will begin consultations with political forces before authorizing any party to form a coalition to form the government.
