Israel Parliamentary election 2026 (Knesset) — Live Results & Map
Live results will appear here on this page once counting begins on election day. This page updates automatically as official figures are released.
Government and coalitions
In office now
Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) has been Prime Minister since 29 December 2022, at the head of a right-religious coalition with Shas, United Torah Judaism, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit and Noam that won 64 of the Knesset's 120 seats at the 2022 election. On 17 July 2026 the Knesset voted to dissolve itself and polling day was set for 27 October 2026, the date the law had already fixed for the end of the term. The government continues in a caretaker capacity until a new Knesset is sworn in.
Possible coalitions
Thirty-eight lists were filed with the Central Elections Committee by the deadline of 9 September 2026. Religious Zionism is standing jointly with Moshe Feiglin's Zehut, and Hadash, Ta'al and Balad have revived the Joint List after splitting before the 2022 election. Among the lists filed are Likud (Benjamin Netanyahu), Yashar (Gadi Eisenkot), B'Yachad (Naftali Bennett), Blue and White (Benny Gantz), The Democrats (Yair Golan), Yisrael Beytenu (Avigdor Liberman), Shas (Aryeh Deri), United Torah Judaism (Yaakov Asher), Otzma Yehudit (Itamar Ben Gvir), Ra'am (Mansour Abbas) and the Joint List (Yousef Jabareen).
No agreement to form a government has been declared by anyone. Netanyahu is seeking to hold together the same bloc he has governed with, and Itamar Ben Gvir has said Otzma Yehudit is willing to sit in a coalition again. Avigdor Liberman has said his aim is to replace the government on 27 October, while Yisrael Beytenu also supports barring Ra'am and the Joint List from standing at all. The arithmetic that has blocked a change of government before is unchanged: in most published polls the parties opposed to Netanyahu reach 61 seats only when the Arab parties are counted on their side, so whether those parties would join or support such a government is the question the campaign has still to answer.
What the polls suggest
Five polls published on 17 September, by KAN, Channel 12, Channel 13, Channel 14 and Channel 16, agree on one thing and diverge on the rest. Four of the five make Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar the largest list, ahead of Likud; Channel 14 alone puts Likud comfortably first. Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad is third in all of them. Between the blocs the polls are close to level — some give Netanyahu's bloc a narrow edge and others the opposition, and the opposition reaches a majority in most of them only when the Arab parties are counted with it. Several smaller lists sit at or just under the threshold, so which of them gets in may decide more than the movement between the two largest.
A summary of published opinion polls, not a projection. ElectioMap publishes no poll figures and calls no result before the count.
About this election
Overview
Israel is required to hold elections to the Knesset, its 120-member parliament, by 27 October 2026 — the constitutional deadline for the term elected in November 2022 — though the vote could come earlier if the government falls or the Knesset votes to dissolve itself, a step that a large number of members have already signalled support for. It would be Israel's sixth election in roughly five years, against the backdrop of the war that followed the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023, deep divisions over the role of the judiciary and the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption, and questions about the political future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader.
The voting system
The Knesset is elected by closed-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, one of the purest proportional systems in the world. Voters choose a party list rather than an individual, seats are allocated by the d'Hondt (Bader–Ofer) method, and the electoral threshold is 3.25% — about four seats. Sixty-one seats constitute a majority. Because the threshold is low and the country deeply divided, the Knesset is highly fragmented, no party has ever won an outright majority, and governments are always coalitions assembled after intense post-election bargaining. The President tasks the party leader judged most able to command a majority with forming a government within a set period.
The political terrain
Israeli politics is organised less around left and right economics than around competing blocs defined by attitudes to Netanyahu, religion and the state, and security. Netanyahu's Likud anchors a right-religious bloc that includes the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism and the far-right Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit. Opposing it is a heterogeneous camp ranging from the centrist Yesh Atid (Yair Lapid) and National Unity (Benny Gantz) to the secularist Yisrael Beiteinu, the centre-left Labor and the Democrats, and the parties representing Arab citizens of Israel (Hadash–Ta'al and Ra'am). New parties and realignments are likely, and polls since the war have suggested significant volatility, including the possible rise of figures associated with the security establishment.
The last election (2022)
The November 2022 election returned Netanyahu to power at the head of the most right-wing coalition in Israel's history.
| Party (2022) | Vote % | Seats |
| Likud | 23.41 | 32 |
| Yesh Atid | 17.79 | 24 |
| Religious Zionism | 10.84 | 14 |
| National Unity | 9.08 | 12 |
| Shas | 8.25 | 11 |
| United Torah Judaism | 5.88 | 7 |
Yisrael Beiteinu, Ra'am, Hadash–Ta'al and Labor also won seats; the left-wing Meretz and the Arab-nationalist Balad fell below the threshold, a result that helped tip the balance to Netanyahu's bloc, which secured 64 of the 120 seats.
What to watch in 2026
The defining questions are whether Netanyahu and his bloc can retain a majority amid the fallout of the war and his ongoing corruption trial, how the conflict in Gaza and on other fronts shapes the security debate, and whether new centrist or security-focused parties reshape the opposition. The ultra-Orthodox conscription dispute, the cost of living, and the future of judicial reform — the issue that brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets in 2023 — are likely to be central.
Regional breakdown
Because Israel elects its parliament from a single national list, there are no constituency contests to map, but support varies geographically: Likud and the religious-right parties are strong in peripheral towns, settlements and among Mizrahi and religious communities, while the centre and left draw more from Tel Aviv and affluent central districts, and Arab parties from the Arab-majority towns of the north and the Negev. ElectioMap will display the national result and, where the Central Elections Committee publishes them, breakdowns by locality.
How ElectioMap will cover it
This page will show the live national vote share and the 120-seat allocation as counting proceeds, along with the all-important bloc arithmetic that determines who can form a government. Figures are sourced from Israel's Central Elections Committee, the body responsible for administering and certifying the vote.
הבחירות לכנסת 2026 — תוצאות אמת, חלוקת המנדטים בין הגושים ומפת תוצאות לפי יישוב, בזמן אמת ב-ElectioMap.
Frequently asked questions
When is the next Israeli election?
On Tuesday 27 October 2026. The Knesset voted to dissolve itself on 17 July 2026, setting polling day on the date the law had already fixed for the end of the term elected in November 2022.
How is the Knesset elected?
By closed-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with seats allocated by the d'Hondt (Bader–Ofer) method and a 3.25% threshold (about four seats). Sixty-one seats are a majority; governments are always coalitions.
Who are the main contenders?
Thirty-eight lists were filed by the deadline of 9 September 2026. Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud anchors a right-religious bloc with Shas, United Torah Judaism, Religious Zionism–Zehut and Otzma Yehudit. Facing it are Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar, Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad, Benny Gantz's Blue and White, Yair Golan's Democrats and Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu, plus Ra'am and a revived Joint List. The Central Elections Committee rules on the lists and assigns ballot letters before the campaign proper.
What is the context?
The vote follows the war that began with the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack, deep divisions over judicial reform and the ultra-Orthodox draft exemption, and questions over Netanyahu's political future and his corruption trial.
When will results be available?
The Central Elections Committee reports preliminary results on election night, with the final allocation — including soldiers' and absentee ballots — confirmed within days. Live national figures and the bloc arithmetic will appear on this page as counting begins.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
Understanding this election
- Why Turnout Figures Disagree — why two sources publish different turnout for one election
- D’Hondt vs Sainte-Laguë — how a divisor formula turns vote shares into seats
- How Electoral Systems Work Around the World — first-past-the-post, proportional and mixed systems, with real numbers