Date: October 27th, 2026 4:48 PM Author: ocher thriller location
With neither bloc at the magic number in any exit poll, if no one can form a government, Israel goes back to the polls within 90 days, with Netanyahu as caretaker until then. As for a minority government, the prospects aren’t good: the change bloc plus the more moderate Ra’am comes to only 59 or 60 in most polls. That’s enough to beat Netanyahu’s 50 if the Joint List abstains, but it would leave the government dependent on an explicitly anti-Zionist party.
The final option, and one made more likely by tonight’s numbers, is unity. Likud and Yashar win 46 to 49 seats together, and 58 to 62 with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad. With the Arab path so fraught, this may be the road Netanyahu and Eisenkot end up taking, though it will be a bumpy one
Date: October 27th, 2026 7:16 PM Author: magical institution azn
this is literally every israeli election. polls are terrible for bibi, initial exit polls show him doing way better, and then they keep getting revised even better for him
Date: October 27th, 2026 8:20 PM Author: ocher thriller location
NETANYAHU FACES ELECTION SETBACK AS ISRAELI EXIT POLLS SHOW DEADLOCK
ISRAELI EXIT POLLS SHOW PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S BLOC RUNNING NECK AND NECK WITH OPPOSITION LEADER GADI EISENKOT, WITH NEITHER SIDE PROJECTED TO SECURE THE 61 SEATS NEEDED FOR A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY.
VOTER TURNOUT REACHED 77.7%, THE HIGHEST IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES. ARAB PARTIES COULD HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER, ALTHOUGH COALITION NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN COMPLICATED.