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Oct. 27, 2026 Confirmed

Israel
State of Israel
Election for Knesset (Israeli Knesset)

Results



General Information

At Stake in this Election:  

  • All 120 seats in the Israeli parliament (Knesset). 

 

Government Structure:  

  • Assembly: unicameral parliament with a 120-seat Knesset  

 

Electoral System:   

  • The President of Israel is elected by an absolute majority in the Knesset, by secret ballot. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the first or second round of voting, the candidate with the least votes is eliminated in each subsequent round, if needed until only two remain. They are elected to a single seven-year term. 

  • The Prime Minister must be a Member of parliament and is generally the leader of the largest party in the Knesset. Following consultations with parties in the Knesset, the President assigns a Member with the task of building a Government. The Government is presented to and confirmed by the Knesset. Finally, the Prime Minister of the approved Government makes a declaration of allegiance before the Knesset. 

  • The 120 members of the Knesset are directly elected by closed list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. They serve four-year terms. 

 

Last Election:  

In the 2022 Israeli parliamentary elections were held on November 1, 2022. Voter turnout was 70.61%. The Likud party won 32 seats, the Yesh Atid party won 24 seats, the Religious Zionist Party won 14 seats, the National Unity party won 12 seats, and the Shas party won 11 seats. The remaining 27 seats were won by independent candidates and smaller parties.  

No party won an absolute majority of seats, and a coalition was therefore negotiated between the Likud, Otzma Yehudit, Noam, Religious Zionist Party, United Torah Judaism, and Shas parties.  

 

New/Unique in this Election: 

The 2026 Israeli parliamentary elections mark the first successfully completed four-year term for the Knesset since 1988. 

 

Information for Voters: 

מידע לבוחר / Voter Information (in Hebrew)

 

Key Deadlines:  

  • Voter registration deadline: N/A, Registration is passive  

 

Main Parties in this Election: 

  • Likud (הליכוד – תנועה לאומית ליברלית) 

    • Leader: Benjamin NETANYAHU 

    • Seats won in previous election: 32 

  • Be’Yahad ( ביחד) 

    • Leader: Naftali BENNETT 

    • Seats won in previous election: 24* 

  • Religious Zionist Party & Zehut  

    • Leader: Bezalel SMOTRICH and Moshe FEIGLIN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 14 ** 

  • Otzma Yehudit ( עוצמה יהודית) 

    • Leader: Itamar Ben GVIR 

    • Seats won in previous election: 14 *** 

  • Blue and White Israel Resiliance Party (כחול לבן חוסן לישראל) 

    • Leader: Benny GANTZ 

    • Seats won in previous election: 12 ****

  • Shas (ש״ס) 

    • Leader: Aryeh DERI 

    • Seats won in previous election: 11 

  • United Torah Judaism (יַהֲדוּת הַתּוֹרָה) 

    • Leader: Ya’akov ASHER 

    • Seats won in previous election: 7 

  • The Democrats (מיסודה של תנועת) 

    • Leader: Yair GOLAN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 45 

  • Ra’am (United Arab List) (הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת)/ (القائمة العربية الموحدة) 

    • Leader Mansour ABBAS 

    • Seats won in last election: 5 

  • Yisrael Beiteinu (יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ) 

    • Leader: Avigdor LIEBERMAN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 6 

  • Joint Arab List (القائمة المشتركة) ( הרשימה המשותפת)   

    • Leaders: Ayman ODEH and Ahmad TIBI 

    • Seats won in previous election: 56 

  • Yashar! ( יָשָׁר)  

    • Leader: Gadi EISENKOT 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Sharshar l’Ahava v’Ahdut Ha’am (שרשר לאהבה ואחדות העם) 

    • Leader: unknown  

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • HaShutafim L’Kulam (השותפים לכולם) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • HaPiratim (הַפִּירָאטִים) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Amcha Yisrael (עמך ישראל) 

    • Leader: Ofer WINTER 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Yisrael Techila (ישראל תחילה) 

    • Leader: Sharren HASKEL 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Gan Eden (גַּן־עֵדֶן) 

    • Leader: Yeshua Yisrael ben DAVID 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Kol HaNashim  

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • B’Yahad Natzliah (Joint Arab-Jewish List)  

    • Leader: Avi SHAKED 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Mishpat Tzedek (משפט צדק) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Shema 

    • Leader: Naftali GOLDMAN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0  

  • Seder Hadash  

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • The Reservists (המילואימניקים) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Haredi (הציבור החרדי) 

    • Leader: Moti Leitner 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • You and I – The Israeli People’s Party (אני ואתה מפלגת העם הישראלית) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Brit Olam (ברית עולם) 

    • Leader: Ofer Pinhas LIFSHITZ and Kinneret Golan HOZ 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • The Amendment to the Electoral System in Israel (התיקון לשיטת הבחירות בישראל) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • The Biblical Bloc (גּוּשׁ הַתָּנָכִי) 

    • Leader: Dennis LIPKIN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Betah (Social Security)  

    • Leader: Semion GRAFMAN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Orot HaShahar (Dawn Lights) (אורות השחר) 

    • Leader: Nissim LOUK 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Personal Security (ביטחון אישי) 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Tzeva Shahor 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • The Ahi Movement 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Tzomet (צומת) 

    • Leader: Moshe GERIN 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Derech Hazon & Tekuma 

    • Leader: unknown 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • The Community (HaKahal) 

    • Leader: Rabbi Shlomo ELBOIM 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

  • Noam (נֹעַם) 

    • Leader: Avi MAOZ 

    • Seats won in previous election: 0 

* Be’Yahad is an alliance between Yesh Atid and Bennett 2026 for this Knesset election. Yesh Atid is the party that won the 24 listed seats in the 2022 Knesset election.

** Zehut and the Religious Zionist Party formed an alliance ahead of the 2026 Knesset election. Zehut did not participate in the 2022 Knesset election. The 14 seats listed were won by the Religious Zionist Party in 2022. 

*** Otzma Yehudit competed as part of the Religious Zionist alliance in 2022, which won 14 seats.  

**** Blue and White competed within the National Unity alliance in 2022, and the National Unity alliance won 12 seats. 

Country Context: 

 

Gender Data: 

  • CEDAW Status: Signed July 17, 1980, Ratified October 3, 1991  

  • Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

 

Disability Data: 

  • CRPD Status: Signed March 30, 2007, Ratified, September 28, 2012  

  • Projected population with a disability: 1,619,648 (2025 est.) 

Election Modified: Oct 06, 2026

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