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8:31 – MK Zandberg: “I thanked Lapid. He drove his hosts and paid in seats “
MK Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) said this morning in a broadcast of the Ynet studio that during the night she turned to the chairman of Yesh Atid Yair Lapid and thanked him for the moderate campaign he conducted, and allowed the small left-wing parties to enter the Knesset. “I texted him at night,” she said. “I thanked him for driving responsibly and paying seats on his own for the bloc. I think it’s the right thing to do and it’s good he did it. We talked about it during the campaign.”
On the results, she added: “When I see that Kahana’s successors are about to return to the Knesset at the front door, under the auspices of the prime minister, it is good that there will be Meretz there to lead these struggles. We are still waiting for the final results.”
Tamar Zandberg on the special broadcaster at the Ynet studio
8:04 – Will RAAM pass? MK Abbas: “From the data we have – we passed”
The RAAM party is missing 3,338 votes to reach the blocking percentage, thus changing the map of seats that after 78.5% of votes gives the right-wing bloc with Naftali Bennett 62 seats.
Party chairman Mansour Abbas said in a special broadcast at the Ynet studio: “We had a long night. We started with samples that really did not flatter us. The situation at the moment We do not yet pass the blocking percentage, but in terms of the results we have in hand from the Arab localities we are already over 150,000 votes. That means we’re inside. We will wait for the results of the truth. “
Mansour Abbas on the special broadcaster of the Ynet studio
8:00 – After 78.5% of the vote: the right-wing bloc with Bennett for 62 seats
The right-wing bloc led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and together with the right of Naftali Bennett, stands at 62 seats. After counting 78.5%, this is the distribution of seats: Likud 31, Yesh Atid 18, Shas 10, Torah Judaism 8, Blue and White 8, Labor 7, Right 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, Joint List 6, Religious Zionism 6, March 6 , New Hope 6. The RAAM party is missing 3,338 votes to reach the blocking percentage.
Likud 24.29%, Yesh Atid 13.91%, Shas 7.56%, Blue and White 6.64%, Torah Judaism 6.3%, Labor 5.9%, Right 5.74%, Yisrael Beiteinu 5.66%, Joint 5.26%, Religious Zionism 4.87%, New Hope 4.69%, Meretz 4.56% and RAAM 3.15%.
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Naftali Bennett and Benjamin Netanyahu
(Photo: Hadar Yoavian, Kobi Cuenx)
7:42 – Update 70% of the votes: Netanyahu still with 61 seats
After counting 70 percent of the vote, the bloc of supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu still stands at 61 seats. This is what their division looks like: Likud 31, Yesh Atid 18, Shas 9, Blue and White 8, Torah Judaism 8, Labor 8, Right 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, Joint List 6, Religious Zionism 6, New Hope 6, March 6. The RAAM party is 4,992 votes away from the blocking percentage. If you pass – the map of seats is expected to drink significantly.
Likud 23.66%, Yesh Atid 14.15%, Shas 7.38%, Blue and White 6.75%, Torah Judaism 6.5%, Labor 6.12%, Right 5.78%, Yisrael Beiteinu 5.39%, Joint List 5.33%, Religious Zionism 4.91%, Meretz 4.77%, New hope 4.68%. Common list 3.09%.