# Likud leads after all votes counted in Israel election, committee says

https://mins.news/en/item/121456

- TASS, 2026-10-29 20:35 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2210565

> Preliminary figures from Israel’s Central Elections Committee show Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud winning the most votes in the October 27 parliamentary election, with 27 of the Knesset’s 120 seats projected. The governing bloc is expected to win 53 seats and the opposition 48, leaving both short of the 61 needed to form a government.

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