Over 84% counted: Netanyahu bloc leads 54-49, Arab parties with 17 seats

After 84.5% of ballot boxes were counted as of 12:34 p.m. Israeli time, the Central Elections Committee said the bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at 54 seats, beating out the bloc led by Yashar’s Gadi Eisenkot which has 49 seats.

The Arab parties received a combined 17 seats, with 11 for the Joint List and six for Ra'am.

Netanyahu's Likud leads Eisenkot's Yashar, 27-22. Naftali Bennett's Together received 12 seats, while the left-wing Democrats led by Yair Golan received eight.

Seven seats each went to the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and Torah Judaism, as well as Yisrael Beitenu and Ben Gvir's Jewish Power.

Religious Zionism/Zehut received six mandates, while the Reservists (2.7%), People of Israel (1.6%), and the Charedi Public (0.2%) remained below the 3.25% threshold.