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Israel election results live: Exit polls soon as Netanyahu faces tight race 

27 October 2026
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This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.

Employees of the Central Elections Committee for the 26th Knesset are pictured in the Knesset building in Jerusalem on October 27, 2026, on the day of Israel's legislative election. A deeply divided Israel headed to the polls for the first time since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, with voters delivering their verdict on veteran prime minister and the country's rightward drift. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

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Israelis begin voting as Netanyahu fights for political survival

By Stephen Quillen, Mahmoud Sayed and Ali Mustafa

Published On 27 Oct 202627 Oct 2026

  • There is no outright winner in Israel’s election, TV exit polls have projected after voting ended, with neither pro-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition nor the main Jewish-led opposition alliance securing a clear majority in parliament.
  • Millions of voters have cast ballots to choose 120 members of Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, in the first general election since the start of the genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023.

 

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