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 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. 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. 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 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 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. 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.