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Israel votes Tuesday: final polls show Eisenkot's party ahead of Likud, but neither bloc near a 61-seat majority

Published , Monday, October 26, 2026 · Updated
In the 6 AM CT update

Israel votes Tuesday: final polls show Eisenkot's party ahead of Likud, but neither bloc near a 61-seat majority
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The final round of Israeli surveys shows Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, with neither of the two major blocs reaching the 61 seats needed to form a government, The Jerusalem Post reported. The average gap between the blocs stands at 4.5 seats, the paper said.

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  • The Jerusalem PostEisenkot leads Netanyahu but deadlock looms, election polls show two days before Israelis vote

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