Tel Aviv:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political bloc is projected to secure 57 seats, while the bloc led by former army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is set to win 47 seats, as the vote counting continues in the Israeli elections.
According to Anadolu Agency – English, the ongoing count has tallied 2,122,846 votes, which accounts for 37.4% of the total votes cast. The current projections show that Arab parties are expected to secure 16 seats.
Neither Netanyahu's nor Eisenkot's bloc is projected to reach the 61-seat threshold required for a parliamentary majority. Among the parties in the projections, Netanyahu's Likud party is expected to win 28 seats, while Eisenkot's Yashar party is projected to gain 21 seats. The Arab Joint List is anticipated to secure 12 seats, and the Together party is projected to win 11 seats. United Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beiteinu are each expected to win eight seats.
Additional projections indicate that the Democrats, Otzma Yehudit, Shas, and Religious Zionism are each set to win seven seats, with Ra'am projected to gain four seats. The distribution of seats remains provisional as the vote counting process continues.