October 31, 2026 3:00pm by David Farrar

Bibi does better than expected

The results so far for the Israeli election shows the government parties have lost a majority, but are still the largest bloc. Here’s the seats so far:

Government supporting:

  • Likud (right) 26
  • Shas (social/religious conservative) 7
  • United Torah Judaism (conservative, non zionist) 7
  • Otzma Yehudit (far right, ultra orthodox) 7
  • Religious Zionism (far right, religious) 6
  • Total 53

Opposition supporting:

  • Yashar (centrist) 21
  • Together (centrist) 12
  • The Democrats (left) 8
  • Yisrael Beiteinu (right) 7
  • Total 48

Arab

  • Joint List (left, anti zionist) 12
  • Raam (Islamist) 7
  • Total 19

The potential outcomes are:

  • Bibi gets one of the opposition parties to support him
  • A coalition between Likud and Yashar (Yashar has ruled this out)
  • A Yashur-led Government with support from Arab parties
  • A Yashur-led Government in coalition with an Arab party