Israel's Central Elections Committee announced that as of 8:00 PM, national turnout for the 26th Knesset elections stands at 74.3 percent — a jump of more than eight percentage points over the 66 percent recorded at the same hour in the previous election cycle.
By that hour, 5,449,277 voters had cast ballots.
"The committee welcomes the broad public participation on election day and the arrival of so many voters to exercise their right and make their voices heard," the committee said in a statement.
The communities with the highest turnout as of 8:00 PM:
1. Bat Chen — 97.9% (updated 20:00)
2. Zavdiel — 94.3% (updated 20:11)
3. Beit Hogla — 92.5% (updated 20:26)
4. Timmorim — 91.6% (updated 16:12)
5. Yuval — 91.5% (updated 18:21)
6. Megiddo — 91.4% (updated 20:02)
7. Hazon — 91.1% (updated 20:34)
8. Yesodot — 91.1% (updated 20:11)
9. Al-Arian — 90.7% (updated 20:40)
10. Shorashim — 90.1% (updated 12:16)
11. Giv'olim — 89.3% (updated 20:11)
12. Kfar Hasidim Alef — 88.5% (updated 19:58)
13. Galil Yam — 88.4% (updated 20:00)
14. Binyah — 88.2% (updated 19:59)
15. Ben Zakkai — 88.2% (updated 20:04)
The figures were presented at a 9:00 PM press conference held by Attorney Din Livneh, acting director-general of the committee, at the committee's control center in the Knesset.
National turnout updates will be released every two hours until 11:00 PM.
