With 85% of the votes counted, the right-wing Likud party is the first force with 31 seats, to which it would add the 14 of the far-right Religious Zionism and the 20 of the two ultra-Orthodox formations.
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, He has won the elections in Israel, with 85% of the votes counted, and for now he would maintain a majority to form a government with his bloc of far-right and ultra-Orthodox allied parties.
According to data from the Central Electoral Committee, which has counted some 3.8 million votes in yesterday’s elections, the right-wing party Likud of Netanyahu would be the first force with some 31 seats, and would have a vast majority of 65 seats to return to power with the support of the far rights of Religious Zionism (14) and of the two formations ultra-orthodox (twenty).
With 85% of the vote counted, the victory of the bloc of #Netanyahu closer and closer in the #Israelex22
Currently 65 seatsPhoto @AP pic.twitter.com/pNJSz778f1
– mikel ayestaran (@mikelayestaran) November 2, 2022
Waiting for the scrutiny to be broader, the bloc anti-Netanyahu led by the current acting prime minister, Yair Lapid, is for now far below, and the amalgamation of right, center and left forces that he leads would remain with 50 seats, although this could change as the scrutiny in localities progresses of a more liberal nature or keys to the Arab vote.
The match Lapid’s centristYesh Atid, I would continue as second force with about 24 seats, but the leftist allied formation Meretz does not for now exceed the threshold of 3.25% of votes to obtain representation. This would subtract 4 seats from the anti-Netayahu bloc.
On the other hand, the Arab Balad party is also close to reaching the minimum electoral threshold, although for now it has not reached it. Together with Meretz, if this party finally obtained parliamentary representation, it could once again modify the correlation of forces.
The exit polls released last night after the closing of the electoral colleges in Israel gave a minimum majority of between 61 and 62 seats to the pro-Netanyahu bloc, while the parties opposed to the former head of government returning to power remained with between 54 and 55 seats.
After these polls, Lapid was very cautious during his speech at the Yesh Atid electoral headquarters, where he urged to wait to “count until the last ballot” before drawing conclusions.
For his part, the atmosphere was more optimistic at the headquarters of Netanyahu’s Likud, which celebrated being “on the verge of a great victory”, although he asked for caution until the figures are final.
The elections of this November 1 have been the fifths in less than four years, and they intend to get out of the political paralysis and the vicious circle that has led to one electoral round after another since 2019.
Source: Eitb
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