What kind of moment: Politics·, Parliamentary election
2026 Israeli legislative election: Likud largest, no majority
Voters went to the polls on 27 October 2026. Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud took the most seats, 27 of 120, short of the 61 needed for a majority. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar came second with 21.
Seats: 120 seats in the Knesset
Turnout: 77.97%
61 for a majority
The result
Seats, change and vote share as the results table of 2026 Israeli legislative election gives them; the change is against the seats it lists for the previous election.
Readers: each leader's busiest day around the vote, against their own usual readership. A leader the record names whose busiest day falls in the vote's days was read for the vote.
Party and leaderChangeVoteReaders vs usualSeats
The small line: each leader's readers over these days. The figure: their busiest day against usual.
1LikudBenjamin Netanyahu▼ −9 seats9 fewer than last time20.52%8.0× usual27 seats
Benjamin Netanyahu: readers a day, peak 227K on 28 Oct · 8.0× usual
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party won more votes than his main challenger, but both sides will likely struggle to cobble together a coalition.CBS News
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
