Arab-led political parties achieved historically strong results in the October 2026 Israeli parliamentary election

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The Israeli center-left political camp secured approximately the same electoral support in the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election as it achieved in the November 2022 election

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party won 27 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Otzma Yehudit won 7 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, the Joint List won 11 seats

Following the count of 77% of the vote, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition bloc held 54 Knesset seats, while opposition parties held 66 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Yair Golan's The Democrats won 8 seats

Between 75,000 and 100,000 voters flew to Israel from the United States and the United Kingdom to vote in the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election

Arab political parties secured approximately 15% of the popular vote in the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Mansour Abbas's Ra'am party won 6 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Gadi Eisenkot's party Yashar won 22 seats

In 2019, former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz received more than one million votes in three consecutive Israeli elections

Arab voter turnout in the November 2022 Israeli legislative election was approximately 53%

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, the Shas party won 7 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, the Bedouin city of Rahat recorded higher voter turnout than Tel Aviv

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Naftali Bennett's party Bayahad won 12 seats

Prior to the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, Avigdor Lieberman, Naftali Bennett, and Gadi Eisenkot pledged not to seek support from Arab parties to form a government

Arab voter turnout in the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election reached 78%, exceeding Jewish voter turnout

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu won 7 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, United Torah Judaism won 7 seats

In the October 2026 Israeli Knesset election, with 77% of ballots counted, the Religious Zionism party won 6 seats