Israel’s 26th Knesset election polls close with 74.3% turnout

Oct 27, 2026 16:05 ET · 1h ago

TREE NEWS update: Polling for Israel’s 26th Knesset election closed at 10 p.m. local time on Oct. 27, with turnout reaching 74.3% as of 8 p.m., up from 66.3% at the same point in the 2022 election, the Central Elections Committee said. The committee said it was the highest turnout recorded at that hour since 1988. Parties must clear a 3.25% threshold to enter the 120-seat parliament; preliminary results are expected Oct. 28 or 29, with final results due Nov. 4.

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The turnout figure is the real signal here: a jump of this size against the comparable 2022 hour, and the highest at that point since 1988, suggests an electorate unusually motivated to vote, though the material does not say which blocs benefit. For markets and policy-watchers, the more consequential detail is the sequencing — the 3.25% threshold, preliminary results on Oct. 28 or 29, and final results not until Nov. 4 — meaning coalition arithmetic will be unresolved for days after voting ends. Whether that elevated participation translates into a decisive result or a fragmented Knesset is the open question.

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