The Central Elections Committee on Wednesday completed the tally of regular votes in Israel's 26th Knesset elections, with the distribution of seats among the blocs still leaving neither side able to form a government on its own.
According to the updated figures, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc holds 53 seats, the opposition bloc has 48, and the Arab parties hold a combined 19 seats.
Netanyahu's Likud remains the largest party in the Knesset with 26 seats, having lost another seat during the vote count. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party ranks second with 21 seats, five seats behind Likud.
The Joint List and Naftali Bennett's Together party each receive 12 seats, while Yair Golan's Democrats secure eight seats. Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu receives seven seats, as do Mansour Abbas's Ra'am, United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit, and Shas.
The joint Religious Zionist-Zehut list, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin, receives six seats.
Netanyahu's current coalition bloc stands at 53 seats, eight short of the 61-seat majority required to form a government. The opposition bloc holds 48 seats.
The Reservists and Economic Party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, receives 2.63% of the vote, while Amcha Yisrael, led by Brig. Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter, stands at 1.61%. Both remain below the electoral threshold.
Despite the completion of the count at regular polling stations, the election results are not yet final. The counting of double-envelope ballots remains outstanding, including votes cast by soldiers and voters at special polling stations.
The final voter turnout in the elections for the 26th Knesset stands at 77.7%, according to figures released Tuesday evening.
This marks Israel's highest voter turnout since 1999, an increase of 7.1 percentage points compared to the 2022 elections for the 25th Knesset.
Voter turnout among Arab Israelis reached 80%, reflecting particularly high participation in the election.