Israel election results 2026: When will we know who won and what’s next?

Israelis are voting in the first election since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, amid the war on Gaza, escalating violence in the occupied West Bank and regional tensions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces questions over failures preceding the attack, efforts to retrieve captives, alleged corruption and ultra-Orthodox military conscription. The final-poll average cited by Haaretz gives Netanyahu’s bloc 50 seats and the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot 54; 61 of the Knesset’s 120 seats are needed for a majority. Polls opened at 7am and close at 10pm local time, with about 7.3 million eligible voters, including 1.2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel.