# Who won the 2026 Israeli election?

*Eleven lists won seats in the 26th Knesset, and the official results show that none of them holds more than 27 of the 120 seats.*

- Type: News
- Section: World
- By: World Desk
- Published: 2026-11-11T23:09:20-05:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T00:16:43-05:00
- URL: https://factsdesk.com/world/who-won-the-2026-israeli-election/

## Key facts

- Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, won the most seats in Israel's October 27, 2026 election: 27 of 120, with 1,167,591 votes (20.51 percent), the official final results show. Source: [Central Elections Committee of Israel](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/). Confirmed 2026-11-11T23:08:00-05:00. Cite: https://factsdesk.com/world/who-won-the-2026-israeli-election/#likud-led-by-benjamin-netanyahu-won-the-most-seats-in-israel
- The Yashar! with Eisenkot list finished second with 21 seats and 913,629 votes (16.05 percent), and the Together list headed by Naftali Bennett was third with 12 seats. Source: [Central Elections Committee of Israel](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/). Confirmed 2026-11-11T23:08:00-05:00. Cite: https://factsdesk.com/world/who-won-the-2026-israeli-election/#the-yashar-with-eisenkot-list-finished-second-with-21-seats
- Eleven lists passed the 3.25 percent electoral threshold and won seats. The other 27 lists on the official results page won none. Source: [Central Elections Committee of Israel](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/nationalresults?lang=en). Confirmed 2026-11-11T23:08:00-05:00. Cite: https://factsdesk.com/world/who-won-the-2026-israeli-election/#eleven-lists-passed-the-3-25-percent-electoral-threshold-and
- Final voter turnout was 77.98 percent: 5,717,397 people voted out of 7,331,981 eligible voters. Source: [Central Elections Committee of Israel](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/nationalresults?lang=en). Confirmed 2026-11-11T23:08:00-05:00. Cite: https://factsdesk.com/world/who-won-the-2026-israeli-election/#final-voter-turnout-was-77-98-percent-5-717-397-people-voted
- President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of Yashar, with forming a government on November 8, 2026, the president's office said. Source: [Office of the President of Israel](https://www.president.gov.il/en/president-herzog-tasks-gadi-eisenkot-with-forming-a-government/). Confirmed 2026-11-12T00:16:43-05:00. Cite: https://factsdesk.com/world/who-won-the-2026-israeli-election/#president-isaac-herzog-tasked-gadi-eisenkot-the-leader-of

## What is known

Verified:
- The Central Elections Committee labels its national results for the 26th Knesset as official final results.
- Likud won 27 seats, the most of any list, and 11 lists share the 120 seats.
- President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of Yashar, with forming a government on November 8, 2026.

Not yet known:
- No official record opened for this page says that a new government has been formed.

Likud, the list led by Benjamin Netanyahu, won the most seats in the election for Israel's 26th Knesset, held on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The [official final results](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/) from the Central Elections Committee give Likud 27 seats on 1,167,591 votes, or 20.51 percent of the valid votes. The 11 lists that won seats share 120 seats between them, and the largest holds 27.

Winning the most seats did not give Likud the task of forming a government. President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of Yashar, with forming a government on November 8, 2026, the [president's office said](https://www.president.gov.il/en/president-herzog-tasks-gadi-eisenkot-with-forming-a-government/). The results page itself reports votes and seats only.

## Seats won by each list

The committee marks these figures as "Official Final Results" on the [English version of its results page](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/nationalresults?lang=en). The committee prints the list names in Hebrew, and the names below are translations or the common English names.

| List | Seats | Votes (share) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Likud, led by Benjamin Netanyahu | 27 | 1,167,591 (20.51%) |
| Yashar! with Eisenkot | 21 | 913,629 (16.05%) |
| Together, headed by Naftali Bennett | 12 | 532,018 (9.35%) |
| The Joint List | 11 | 500,755 (8.80%) |
| The Democrats, headed by Yair Golan | 8 | 366,278 (6.44%) |
| Ra'am, the United Arab List | 8 | 337,720 (5.93%) |
| Yisrael Beiteinu, headed by Avigdor Liberman | 7 | 337,450 (5.93%) |
| Otzma Yehudit, headed by Itamar Ben Gvir | 7 | 326,793 (5.74%) |
| United Torah Judaism | 7 | 312,632 (5.49%) |
| Shas | 6 | 299,533 (5.26%) |
| Religious Zionism, headed by Bezalel Smotrich, and Zehut, headed by Moshe Feiglin | 6 | 290,549 (5.11%) |

The seats in the table add up to 120. Ra'am and Yisrael Beiteinu were separated by 270 votes, and Ra'am received 8 seats to Yisrael Beiteinu's 7.

## Lists that won no seats

The [results page](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/nationalresults?lang=en) states an electoral threshold of 3.25 percent, and 27 of the 38 lists on the page have no seats.

The largest list below the threshold was the Reservists and the Economic Party list, headed by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha, with 155,199 votes, or 2.73 percent. The next was Amcha Yisrael, headed by Ofer Winter, with 95,764 votes, or 1.68 percent. Every other list received less than 1 percent.

## Turnout

The committee's [final figures](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/nationalresults?lang=en) show how many people took part.

| Measure | Final figure |
| --- | --- |
| Eligible voters | 7,331,981 |
| Voters | 5,717,397 |
| Turnout | 77.98% |
| Valid ballots | 5,691,426 |
| Disqualified ballots | 25,971 |

## Who was asked to form a government

President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of Yashar, with forming a government on November 8, 2026, in a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, the [president's office said](https://www.president.gov.il/en/president-herzog-tasks-gadi-eisenkot-with-forming-a-government/). In the same statement, Herzog said: "I am well aware that Likud is the largest faction in the incoming Knesset."

No official record opened for this page says that a new government has been formed. For who holds the office now and how the recommendations divided, see [who is the prime minister of Israel](/world/who-is-the-prime-minister-of-israel/).

## Sources

1. [Results of the elections for the 26th Knesset: national results (Hebrew)](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/), Central Elections Committee of Israel, 2026-11-11 (primary source)
2. [Results of the Elections for the 26th Knesset: National Results (English)](https://votes26.bechirot.gov.il/nationalresults?lang=en), Central Elections Committee of Israel, 2026-11-11 (primary source)
3. [President Herzog Tasks Gadi Eisenkot with Forming a Government](https://www.president.gov.il/en/president-herzog-tasks-gadi-eisenkot-with-forming-a-government/), Office of the President of Israel, 2026-11-08 (primary source)

## Corrections

- 2026-11-12: An earlier version of this page said the question of who would try to form a government remained open. The office of Israel's president had already stated on November 8, 2026, that President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of Yashar, with forming a government. The page now reports that.