Election 2026

Winter crashes with 1.65% in real count

Throughout the campaign, multiple surveys showed Winter's Amcha Yisrael clearing the threshold. With 70% of ballots tallied, the party is nowhere near the Knesset

Jfeed Staff

OCT 28, 2026 12:32

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The Central Elections Committee updated the real results Wednesday after counting 70.7% of the ballots (an additional 250,588 votes).

Likud is the largest party with 27 seats. Yashar follows with 20 seats (down one). The Joint List stands at 13 seats (up one), and Yachad receives 11 seats.

Further down, the Democrats and Yisrael Beiteinu each hold 8 seats. United Torah Judaism, Otzma Yehudit and Shas each have 7 seats, Ra'am has 6 seats. Closing the list of parties crossing the threshold are Religious Zionism and Zehut, each with 6 seats.

The parties falling short of the threshold are HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit with 2.64% of the vote, and Amcha Yisrael with 1.65%.

The Haredi Public party received 0.21% of the vote, and Noam led by Avi Maoz sits near the bottom with 0.16%.

In numerous polls throughout the recent period, Winter was repeatedly shown crossing the threshold. A survey published on Channel 12 just six days ago had Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael clearing the threshold and receiving 4 seats.

In that same poll, HaMiluimnikim VeHaKalkalit led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelekha did not cross the threshold and received 2.8% of the vote.

In a Times of Israel poll from October 8, 2026: the party crossed the threshold and achieved 4 seats.

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