Netanyahu’s bloc projected to win 57 seats, Eisenkot’s 47 as vote count continues in Israeli elections

By Ikram Kouachi

ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc was set to win 57 seats compared with 47 seats for the bloc led by former army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, according to projections cited by Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily..

A total of 2,122,846 votes, representing 37.4% of the total, had been counted.

The current seat map put Arab parties at 16 seats.

None of the projections give either bloc the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.

Among the parties included in the projections, Netanyahu’s Likud holds 28 seats, followed by Eisenkot’s Yashar party with 21. The Arab Joint List is projected to win 12 seats, while Together stands at 11. United Torah Judaism and Yisrael Beiteinu each have eight seats.

The Democrats, Otzma Yehudit, Shas and Religious Zionism are each projected to win seven seats, while Ra’am stands at four.

The seat distribution remains provisional as vote counting continues.

Ikrame Imane Kouachi