Netanyahu's Likud dominates the election for now, but it would be overtaken by the opposition bloc, with the Arab left in third place

With about 37% of the votes cast yesterday in Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud continues to dominate with 21.7% of the vote, followed by dagp Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! (15.7%), while the Arab-majority leftist Joint List (9.2%), which could hold the key to governance, ranks third.

At 5:58 a.m. local time (4:58 in Euskal Herria), 2.12 million ballots were counted from 5,037 polling stations out of 5,695,682 ballots from 12,018 polling stations, according to data from the Central Electoral Board.

They are followed by the ultra-orthodox United Judaism of the Torah (6.4%), the Israel Beitenu of Avigdor Liberman (6.3%), the Democrats (5.9%), the ultra-right-wing Jewish Power of Itamar of Ben Gvir (5.8%), the ultra-orthodox Sephardic Shas (5.7%) and Religious Zionism (5.5%).

Netanyahu has called for the final results to be awaited, but has opted for a right-wing\ u00A0government without an "Arab and anti-Zionist party."

The partial ballot and the ballot box polls givethe winner Likud, but they do not give their bloc a majority in the Kneset (Parliament), meaning it would not reach 61 seats.

The turnout was 77.7%, almost eight points higher than in 2022, and the highest since 1999, with a significant increase in the number of votes in the Arab villages.

The ballot can be extended until noon today. In 2022, the final results were published around 14:00 (13:00 in the Basque Country).