Exit polls indicate no clear winner in Israeli election

Neither Netanyahu nor rival Eisenkot’s bloc was on track to have the 61 seats needed for a majority, polling by Israeli broadcasters indicated.

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Voters have “fired” Netanyahu’s government in the Israeli election today, rival Yair Golan, the leader of the Democrats party, said in a post on X.

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“The public has spoken. It has fired Netanyahu’s government. We have been given a historic opportunity to establish a genuine government of change in Israel, and we have no intention of giving up on it,” Golan wrote. “We represent an enormous segment of the public that has fought in the streets for four years, joined the party, and gone out into the field to persuade voters. We will do everything in our power to ensure that such a government is formed.”

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The Israeli Central Elections Committee released the first official results of the election on Tuesday night, which showed 14,433 votes counted.

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The results from 15 polling stations showed 26.50% of the votes for Netanyahu's Likud party and Eisenkot's bloc second with 19.32%.

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"The figures at this stage are preliminary and subject to change as counting and verification continue," the committee's spokesperson's office said in a statement.

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