With 97% counted, Netanyahu has a 65 seat majority thanks to Shas’s 12 seats

At 11’30 AM, With 97% of regular votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-religious bloc is heading to a convincing victory, while the left-wing Meretz party remains short of crossing the threshold.

The Central Elections Committee has so far counted 4,101,766 votes, with 24,306 invalidated.

Based on the current count, Netanyahu’s bloc would pick up 65 seats, though this number may change as more ballots are processed, including some 500,000 “double envelopes” containing ballots cast by soldiers, prisoners and diplomats.

Currently, Likud has 31; Yesh Atid, 24; Religious Zionism, 14; National Unity, 12; Shas, 12; United Torah Judaism, 8; Yisrael Beytenu, 5; Ra’am, 5; Hadash-Ta’al, 5 and Labor has 4.

What a relief.

The big surprise was Shas getting 10 seats putting Netanyahu over the top.
Final results will take two days at most.
Smotrich used to run Regavim.  He will ask to be made Defense Mister so he can rule Judea and Samaria.
Ben Gvir will ask for Minister of the Interior so he will be able to change the rules of engagement and other such issues.
November 3, 2022 | 7 Comments »

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  1. Meretz officially falls below electoral threshold; Netanyahu bloc at 64 seats
    Liberman gains a seat to a total of 6; Religious Zionism up to 15; ahead of coalition talks, Netanyahu ally said to start discussions with bloc parties

    From TOI

  2. Lapid is planning to concede in the coming hours amid many statements of abuse about him emerging from his allies on the Left where, among other back biting claims, it is being recalled that Lapid

    “ behaved like a cannibalistic pig who tried to eliminate [the other parties in his bloc] in order to be the biggest one, and this is the result”

    Cannibalistic pig. Interesting conversation piece there.

    In any event, Bibi is said to have begun coalition planning with his allies and is said to expect to be able to form a govt in two weeks. Of course, he has had enough time to plan for this outcome, so hopefully this is true.

  3. The headline to this article is misleading.. It should have read “97% of the single envelope ballots counted.” The double envelope votes amount to 12% of the total votes. They are being counted now.

  4. 15% of double envelopes counted, Balad and Meretz drop
    By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

    With around 15% of the double envelopes counted, the Meretz has dropped to around 3.15% of the vote, and the Balad party below 3%, Israeli media reported on Thursday morning.

    Meretz had previously had 3.19%, needing only 0.06% to pass the threshold.