Central Elections Committee

Rule Changes

Certified the results on November 4 after finding no evidence the election's integrity was compromised

President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government on November 8, after 67 of the Knesset's 120 members recommended him. Eisenkot, a former army chief, has until December 6 to assemble a coalition, with a possible two-week extension.

Updated 3 hours ago

Rule Changes

Its disqualification of Arab lists was overturned; it published final results on October 30.

Final results published October 30 put Netanyahu's right-wing bloc at 53 seats, eight short of the 61 needed to govern. Arab-led parties won 19 seats: the Joint List took 11 and Ra'am eight, after the Supreme Court restored both lists to the ballot.

Updated 2 days ago

Rule Changes

Adjudicated petitions and issued two removal orders against Netanyahu

Israel's Central Elections Committee chair, Justice Noam Sohlberg, ruled on October 4 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used state resources for election propaganda. He granted two of six petitions fully, three partly, and rejected one, ordering content removed from official and personal accounts. A second ruling on October 6 ordered Netanyahu to delete a Tel Nof Air Base video from his personal accounts and pay NIS 2,500, on top of NIS 29,000 already imposed.

Updated Oct 30