Election results: Likud 36, Blue and White 33, Right Bloc – 58

According to the results obtained at the counting of votes, Likud Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is granted 36 seats, compared with 33 seats forBlue and white Of Benny Gantz. The third largest party is The shared list, With 15 seats in the Knesset, followed by – Shas, Which receives 9 seats. The work-bridge-Meretz, Torah Jewry andIsrael is our Home Each of the 7 seats winsright Accepts 6.

According to the results, none of the blocs has the majority needed to form a government: The right-wing ultra-Orthodox bloc stands at 58 seats, compared to 55 seats for the center-left bloc with the joint list and the 7 additional seats of Israeli House Speaker Avigdor Lieberman.

The results are not yet official, as there are still exceptional cases that need to be decided: six polling stations suspected of election purity events and about 13,00 cases of double voting at the accessible polls. also, There may be minor changes due to control procedures still ongoing.

In the six polling booths, which include 5,500 voters, the Commission is continuing to examine in-depth and thorough scrutiny in light of the fact that some of them took place during election day in the area of ​​electoral purity. Until the official results are published, it will conduct a series of additional tests: So far, 700 polling stations selected according to various parameters have been infected and hundreds of additional polling stations are expected to be tested.

In addition, complaints received during the election day and in recent days from the public are also being reviewed for attempts to impair the purity of the elections, including reports from the Israeli police and reports of the poll purity inspectors. In addition to these procedures, inquiries from the various candidate lists will be reviewed, results will be checked for detection of typos, statistical and anomaly tests, and the case of suspected duplicate voting.

The Central Election Commission also stated that The final turnout is 71%. This represents a 1.2% increase over last September’s voter turnout, which stood at 69.8%.

Before the Election Commission’s announcement, the Likud sought to delay the publication of the results. The party has appealed to the committee, through its legal counsel, to look at all the protocols and gallons of the polling stations, as well as to verify the prosperity of recording the election results and typing in all the polling stations. Likud officials said the appeal was “despite repeated requests” that were not answered by the committee. “The Likud expects that these documents will not be duly handed over to it and that the review procedures and errors in typing the results of the election committee will be avoided,” the party said.

Gantz responds to the election results:

Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz thanked the Chairman, CEO and all the staff of the election committee, saying that “in a democratic state, the results of the election and voter decision must be respected. And not least the work of the State Commission that they believe in. ”

No. 2 in his party, MK Yair Lapid, said that “for the third time in a row, Netanyahu has failed. As he has often said, ‘the majority states’ and the majority has stated that he cannot be credited with the ballot box and cannot be a prime minister with indictments. Every effort was made to establish a broad government led by Benny Gantz. We thank the Electoral Commission for its efforts and will do everything possible so we don’t have to go back to it for a fourth election. ”

(First Update: 6pm)